Latest issue trying to organize my Guix configuration files -> error: Unknown command: hostname

Guix
1

Still following this tutorial, I run into yet another issue:

$ test-home
fish: Unknown command: hostname
~/.config/fish/config.fish (line 1): 
hostname
^~~~~~~^
in command substitution
	called on line 33 of file ~/.config/fish/config.fish
from sourcing file ~/.config/fish/config.fish
	called during startup
~/.config/fish/config.fish (line 33): Unknown command
alias test-home "sudo guix home -L ~/dotfiles container ~/dotfiles/config/home/folaht/$(hostname).scm"
                                                                                       ^~~~~~~~~^
2

try in your shell first

hostname
3

You mean like guix shell? hostname exists in there.

4

He means just running the hostname command in your shell. The error seems to indicate that it can’t find the hostname command on path.

5

It can not find hostname in the newly created guix home container if that’s what you mean.

6 
$ hostname

What’s the output?

It seems your shell is fish but you are making config for bash?

7

In normal shell it’s the name of my machine.

One still needs both.

8

Not sure if hostname works in your container command. You can use a defined name to test in the container first.