EDA is an open-source electronic design automation tool for designing digital circuits. In this tutorial, we will guide you through the process of installing EDA on NixOS.
Before installing any package on NixOS, it's important to update the system packages to the latest version. To do this, open the terminal and run the following command:
sudo nixos-rebuild switch
This command will update the system packages to the latest version.
To install EDA on NixOS, you need to install the Nix package manager first. To install Nix, run the following command:
sudo nix-env -i nix
This command installs the Nix package manager on your system.
To download the EDA package, go to the EDA website at https://eda.jortilles.com/en/jortilles-english/ and download the appropriate package for your operating system.
In this case, NixOS is a Linux distribution, so you should download the Linux version of the package.
Once you have downloaded the EDA package, you can install it using the Nix package manager. To install the package, run the following command:
nix-env -i eda-<version-number>-linux
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This command installs the EDA package on your system.
Now that you have installed the EDA package, you can run it by simply typing the following command in the terminal:
eda
This should launch the EDA application.
Congratulations, you have successfully installed EDA on NixOS. You can now use this tool to design digital circuits.
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