In this tutorial, we will guide you through the process of installing Immich on the latest version of NixOS. Immich is a command-line utility that allows you to perform image-related tasks such as resizing, cropping, flipping, and rotating images. Immich is available on GitHub, and we will install it from there.
Here are the steps you need to follow to install Immich on NixOS Latest:
Before installing any new packages or software, it is always recommended to update the system to the latest available packages.
To update your system, simply run the following command in your terminal:
sudo nixos-rebuild switch --upgrade
This command will update your system to the latest available packages.
Immich has a few dependencies that need to be installed before we can install it. The dependencies are GraphicsMagick and NodeJS, and we will install them using the Nix package manager.
To install GraphicsMagick and NodeJS, run the following commands in your terminal:
sudo nix-env -iA nixpkgs.graphicsmagick
sudo nix-env -iA nixpkgs.nodejs
The above commands will install both dependencies on your system.
Now that we have installed the dependencies, we can proceed to install Immich. To do so, we need to clone the Immich repository from GitHub.
To clone the repository, run the following command in your terminal:
git clone https://github.com/alextran1502/immich.git
Once the repository has been cloned, change into the immich directory by running the following command:
cd immich
Now that we are in the immich directory, we can install Immich by running the following command:
sudo npm install -g
This command will install Immich globally on your system.
To test if Immich has been installed successfully, run the following command in your terminal:
immich --help
If everything is installed correctly, you should see the help menu for Immich printed in your terminal.
Congratulations! You have successfully installed Immich on NixOS Latest. You can now start using Immich to perform various image-related tasks.
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