In this tutorial, we will go through the steps of installing Go IPFS on the Latest nixOS release. Go IPFS is a popular distributed file system that allows users to store and access files in a decentralized manner using IPFS peer-to-peer network. It is an open-source project hosted on Github and written in the Go programming language.
Before we begin, ensure you have access to a nixOS machine with the latest version installed.
Open a terminal window.
Install Git (a version control system) using nix package manager:
nix-env -i git
git clone https://github.com/ipfs/go-ipfs.git
cd go-ipfs
make install
sudo make install
ipfs init
ipfs daemon
To verify that Go IPFS was successfully installed, do the following:
Open another terminal window.
Check the IPFS version:
ipfs version
If Go IPFS was successfully installed, the output should display the IPFS version and commit hash.
Congratulations! You have successfully installed Go IPFS on nixOS Latest.
In this tutorial, we have gone through the steps of installing Go IPFS on nixOS Latest. Go IPFS is a powerful tool for storing and accessing files in a decentralized manner using the IPFS peer-to-peer network. You can now experiment with Go IPFS to share files with others and enjoy the benefits of decentralized file storage.
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