How to install Kavita on NixOS Latest

Kavita is a reader application for Hindi and Regional Languages. Here is a tutorial for installing Kavita on NixOS Latest.

Prerequisites

1. You will need to have a running instance of NixOS Latest.
2. You need an internet connection to download the required files.

Step 1: Update 'configuration.nix' File

Open the configuration.nix file using a text editor. You can do this by typing sudo nano /etc/nixos/configuration.nix on your terminal.

Add the following code snippet to your configuration.nix file:

environment.systemPackages = with pkgs; [
  wget
  libxcb
  libX11
  libXext
  libXrender
  libXtst
  libfreetype
  fontconfig
  openssl
  xorg
];

This will install some required dependencies for Kavita.

Save and close the file.

Step 2: Install Kavita

Open your terminal and run the following commands to download and install Kavita:

mkdir kavita
cd kavita
wget https://www.kavitareader.com/kavita-latest.zip
unzip kavita-latest.zip

This will download and extract Kavita on your system.

Step 3: Launch Kavita

Navigate to the Kavita folder.

cd kavita-latest

Run the following command to start the application:

./kavita

This will launch Kavita on your NixOS Latest system.

Conclusion

In this tutorial, we have shown you how to install Kavita on NixOS Latest. If you have any problems or questions, feel free to ask in the comments below.

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