# Error while updating my GUIX System installation

**URL:** <https://forum.systemcrafters.net/t/error-while-updating-my-guix-system-installation/416>\
**Category:** Guix\
**Created:** [March 5, 2024, 10:50am UTC](https://forum.systemcrafters.net/t/error-while-updating-my-guix-system-installation/416 "2024-03-05T10:50:19Z")\
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**Author:** ![lukianos](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/45deac/32.png) [@lukianos](https://forum.systemcrafters.net/u/lukianos)\
**Post date:** [March 5, 2024, 10:50am UTC](https://forum.systemcrafters.net/t/error-while-updating-my-guix-system-installation/416/1 "2024-03-05T10:50:19Z")

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After I installed GUIX System 1.4.0 with a Mate Desktop on one of my systems and installed some additional packages I wanted to update the whole system. The Manual pointed me to the following two steps.

- guix pull
- sudo guix system reconfigure /etc/config.scm

This starts a lengthy process that ends with an error with a mate-utils package, when I start the system reconfiguration step again it works through to the end. The system seems to work without a problem. Does anyone experience the same and what can I do to resolve the problem?

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**Author:** ![ennoausberlin](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex029/user_avatar/forum.systemcrafters.net/ennoausberlin/32/37_2.png) [@ennoausberlin](https://forum.systemcrafters.net/u/ennoausberlin)\
**Post date:** [March 5, 2024, 2:00pm UTC](https://forum.systemcrafters.net/t/error-while-updating-my-guix-system-installation/416/2 "2024-03-05T14:00:14Z")

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Might be a timeout or memory problem. Some packages are well known for this. You can always check the log file to see what causes the error