This tutorial will guide you through the installation process of Mercurial on the latest version of nixOS.
Before we start, make sure your system is updated and all the necessary packages are installed.
sudo nix-channel --update
sudo nix-env -iA nixos.nix
sudo nix-env -iA nixos.bash
To install Mercurial, open your terminal, and run the following command:
sudo nix-env -iA nixos.mercurial
This command will install the latest version of Mercurial on your system along with all the necessary dependencies.
To verify that Mercurial is installed correctly and running, open your terminal and type the following command:
hg version
This will display the version of Mercurial installed on your system.
Congratulations, you have successfully installed Mercurial on nixOS Latest. You can now use Mercurial to manage your source code repositories. Happy coding!
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