Clonezilla is a free, open-source disk cloning and partitioning tool that allows users to backup, restore, and clone their hard drives or partitions. In this tutorial, we will walk you through the steps to install Clonezilla on nixOS Latest.
Before proceeding with the installation, you need to have the following prerequisite:
Before installing Clonezilla, you should update your nixOS system to ensure that all required libraries and dependencies are available. To update your system, you can run the following command:
sudo nix-channel --update && sudo nixos-rebuild switch
This command will update your nixOS channels and rebuild the system with the latest updates.
Clonezilla is available in the nixOS package manager, and can be installed using the following command:
sudo nix-env -iA nixos.clonezilla
This command will download, compile and install Clonezilla on your nixOS system.
After the installation is complete, you can verify that Clonezilla is installed correctly by running the following command:
sudo clonezilla
If Clonezilla launches without any errors, then the installation is successful.
Congratulations! You have successfully installed Clonezilla on nixOS Latest. You can now use Clonezilla to backup, restore, and clone your hard drives or partitions. You can find more information about using Clonezilla in the official Clonezilla documentation.
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