Groove Basin is a music player server that runs on Node.js. In this tutorial, we'll guide you on how to install Groove Basin on NixOS Latest.
The first step is to ensure the Nix package manager is installed on your system. To do this, open your terminal and enter:
$ curl https://nixos.org/nix/install | sh
This will download and install the latest version of Nix on your system.
Once Nix is installed, you need to configure your system to use it. First, update your environment variables by entering:
$ . /etc/profile.d/nix.sh
Then, open the configuration file for Nix:
$ sudo nano /etc/nix/nix.conf
Add the following line to the file:
sandbox = false
This will allow the Groove Basin installation to proceed without any conflicts.
You can now proceed to install Groove Basin. To do this, enter the following command:
$ nix-env -iA nixpkgs.groovebasin
This will download and install the latest version of Groove Basin.
Once installation is complete, you can start Groove Basin by executing the following command:
$ groovebasin &
This will start the Groove Basin server in the background. You can now access the web interface by opening a web browser and navigating to http://localhost:16242/
Congratulations! You have successfully installed Groove Basin on NixOS. You can now begin uploading your music library to enjoy your favorite tunes from the comfort of your browser. Enjoy!
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