This tutorial will guide you through the process of installing Mediagoblin on nixOS Latest. Before we begin, please ensure that you have a basic understanding of nixOS and its command-line interface.
The first step is to install all the necessary dependencies for running Mediagoblin. Open the terminal and run the following command:
$ sudo nix-env -i mediagoblin
This will install all the dependencies required for Mediagoblin to run.
Once the installation of dependencies is complete, we need to configure Mediagoblin. Open the configuration file in your preferred text editor:
$ sudo nano /etc/mediagoblin/mediagoblin_local.ini
Replace the "example.com" with your domain name or IP address.
[mediagoblin]
base_url = http://example.com/
Now that everything is installed and configured, we can start Mediagoblin. Run the following command to start the service:
$ sudo systemctl start mediagoblin
Once the service has started, you can access Mediagoblin by typing the following URL in your browser:
http://yourdomain.com:6543/
Congratulations! You have successfully installed Mediagoblin on nixOS Latest. Enjoy exploring all the amazing features that it has to offer.
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