In this tutorial, we will walk you through the steps to install Hindsight on NixOS Latest. Hindsight is a tool that allows you to analyze Mozilla Firefox data.
Before you begin, make sure you have the following:
Follow the steps below to install Hindsight on NixOS Latest:
If you do not have Nix installed on your machine, you can install it by running the following command:
curl https://nixos.org/nix/install | sh
Update your system to ensure that all packages are up-to-date:
sudo nix-channel --update && sudo nixos-rebuild switch
Install Git so that you can clone the Hindsight repository:
sudo nix-env -i git
Clone the Hindsight repository to your machine:
git clone https://github.com/mozilla-services/hindsight.git
Change to the hindsight directory and install the required Python dependencies:
cd hindsight
sudo nix-shell --run 'pip install -r requirements.txt'
Install Hindsight using the following command:
sudo nix-env -f . -i hindsight
Verify that Hindsight has been installed by running the following command:
hindsight -h
This command should display the help menu for Hindsight.
Congratulations! You have successfully installed Hindsight on NixOS Latest. You can now use Hindsight to analyze Mozilla Firefox data.
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