Re: error message : user with UID 120300 not found / guix install: error: while creating directory `/var/guix/profiles/per-user/evanol': Permission denied

[Leo Famulari]

On Thu, Aug 20, 2020 at 04:26:10PM +0000, Lory EVANO wrote:
> Hi all,
> 
> I am new with Guix and I am currently trying to install it as a root on a VM. 
> I followed the steps described in the Guix manual 
> (https://guix.gnu.org/manual/en/html_node/Binary-Installation.html). After 
> the installation, I tried guix as a user (not root). I tried to install a 
> simple package such as zlib but I had the following error message :
> user with UID 120300 not found
> guix install: error: while creating directory 
> `/var/guix/profiles/per-user/evanol': Permission denied
> hint: Please create the `/var/guix/profiles/per-user/evanol' directory, with 
> you as the owner.
> 
> Do you have an idea how I could solve this problem ?

It should have "Just worked" based on the instructions you followed.
Does the /var/guix directory exist? What are its permissions?

Also, did you try the hint?