I just did: apt-get install guix
on a fresh Debian server install: Setting up liblz1:amd64 (1.12-1) ... Setting up libpcrecpp0v5:amd64 (2:8.39-13) ... Setting up guile-2.2 (2.2.7+1-5.4) ... update-alternatives: using /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/guile/2.2/bin/guile to provide /usr/bin/guile (guile) in auto mode Setting up libpcre16-3:amd64 (2:8.39-13) ... Setting up guile-3.0-libs:amd64 (3.0.5-2) ... Setting up guile-json:amd64 (4.3.2-2) ... Setting up guile-bytestructures (1.0.7-3) ... Setting up libsqlite3-dev:amd64 (3.34.1-2) ... Setting up libgpg-error-dev (1.38-2) ... Setting up libpcre32-3:amd64 (2:8.39-13) ... Setting up liblz-dev:amd64 (1.12-1) ... Setting up nscd (2.31-9) ... Created symlink /etc/systemd/system/multi-user.target.wants/nscd.service → /lib/systemd/system/nscd.service. Setting up libssh-4:amd64 (0.9.5-1) ... Setting up zlib1g-dev:amd64 (1:1.2.11.dfsg-2) ... Setting up libmbedcrypto3:amd64 (2.16.9-0.1) ... Setting up libguile-ssh13 (0.13.1-4) ... Setting up guile-zlib (0.0.1-3) ... Setting up guile-gnutls (3.7.0-5) ... Setting up libhttp-parser2.9:amd64 (2.9.4-4) ... Setting up libhttp-parser-dev (2.9.4-4) ... Setting up guile-ssh (0.13.1-4) ... Setting up guile-lzlib (0.0.2-2) ... Setting up libmbedx509-0:amd64 (2.16.9-0.1) ... Setting up libpcre3-dev:amd64 (2:8.39-13) ... Setting up libmbedtls12:amd64 (2.16.9-0.1) ... Setting up libmbedtls-dev:amd64 (2.16.9-0.1) ... Setting up libssh-dev:amd64 (0.9.5-1) ... Setting up guile-sqlite3 (0.1.3-2) ... Setting up libgcrypt20-dev (1.8.7-3) ... Setting up libssh2-1-dev:amd64 (1.9.0-2) ... Setting up guile-gcrypt (0.3.0-3) ... Setting up libgit2-1.1:amd64 (1.1.0+dfsg.1-4) ... Setting up libgit2-dev:amd64 (1.1.0+dfsg.1-4) ... Setting up guile-git (0.4.0-3) ... Setting up guix (1.2.0-3) ... Creating group _guixbuild with gid 998. Creating group _guixbuilder0 with gid 997. Creating user _guixbuilder0 (Guix build user 0) with uid 997 and gid 997. Creating group _guixbuilder1 with gid 996. Creating user _guixbuilder1 (Guix build user 1) with uid 996 and gid 996. Creating group _guixbuilder2 with gid 995. Creating user _guixbuilder2 (Guix build user 2) with uid 995 and gid 995. Creating group _guixbuilder3 with gid 994. Creating user _guixbuilder3 (Guix build user 3) with uid 994 and gid 994. Creating group _guixbuilder4 with gid 993. Creating user _guixbuilder4 (Guix build user 4) with uid 993 and gid 993. Creating group _guixbuilder5 with gid 992. Creating user _guixbuilder5 (Guix build user 5) with uid 992 and gid 992. Creating group _guixbuilder6 with gid 991. Creating user _guixbuilder6 (Guix build user 6) with uid 991 and gid 991. Creating group _guixbuilder7 with gid 990. Creating user _guixbuilder7 (Guix build user 7) with uid 990 and gid 990. Creating group _guixbuilder8 with gid 989. Creating user _guixbuilder8 (Guix build user 8) with uid 989 and gid 989. Creating group _guixbuilder9 with gid 988. Creating user _guixbuilder9 (Guix build user 9) with uid 988 and gid 988. Created symlink /etc/systemd/system/guix-daemon.service.wants/gnu-store.mount → /lib/systemd/system/gnu-store.mount. Created symlink /etc/systemd/system/multi-user.target.wants/guix-daemon.service → /lib/systemd/system/guix-daemon.service. Created symlink /etc/systemd/system/multi-user.target.wants/guix-publish.service → /lib/systemd/system/guix-publish.service. Processing triggers for man-db (2.9.4-1) ... Processing triggers for libc-bin (2.31-9) ... root@machine:/home/wrk# ps xau|grep guix root 5268 0.0 0.0 12944 5088 ? Ss 09:44 0:00 /usr/bin/guix-daemon --build-users-group=_guixbuild Mind blowing stuff :) And as a normal user guix pull Updating channel 'guix' from Git repository at 'https://git.savannah.gnu.org/git/guix.git'... guix pull: error: Git error: SSL error: 0xffffffff - UNKNOWN ERROR CODE (0001) Not so good ;) This, however, works: guix package -i guix -p ~/opt/guix The certificates work for Guix, but not for git. Not sure what the problem is. Pj.