How to Install DailyTxT on NixOS Latest

DailyTxT is a command-line tool developed for writing daily journals in plain text format. It is available on the GitHub repository https://github.com/PhiTux/DailyTxT. This tutorial will guide you through the process of installing DailyTxT on NixOS Latest.

Prerequisites

Before we begin, make sure that you have the following prerequisites:

• Access to a terminal on your NixOS system.
• An internet connection.

Steps

1. Open your terminal and login to your NixOS system.

2. Update the package list with the following command:

   sudo nix-channel --update
   

3. Install the required packages by running:

   sudo nix-env -iA nixos.git glibc openssl libedit
   

4. Clone the DailyTxT repository from GitHub using the following command:

   git clone https://github.com/PhiTux/DailyTxT.git
   

5. Change to the DailyTxT directory:

   cd DailyTxT/
   

6. Run the following command to build the application:

   nix-build
   

7. Once the build is finished, DailyTxT will be available in the result/bin directory. You can run it using the following command:

   ./result/bin/dailytxt
   

   Replace dailytxt with daily if you want to use the old name.

8. Congratulations! You have successfully installed DailyTxT on your NixOS system.

Conclusion

In this tutorial, we have covered the steps to install DailyTxT on NixOS Latest. You can use this powerful tool to write daily journals in plain text format.

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