Pico is a simple, lightweight and easy to use content management system that allows you to create websites and blogs quickly. In this tutorial, we'll show you how to install Pico on nixOS Latest.
First, you need to install nixOS on your system. You can download the latest version of nixOS from their official website: https://nixos.org
Once you have nixOS installed, you can install Pico using the nix package manager. To do this, open a terminal and run the following command:
$ nix-env -i picocms
This will install Pico along with all its dependencies.
To create a Pico website, you need to create a directory where you want to store your website files. You can create the directory using the following command:
$ mkdir ~/my-website
Now, you need to create a new file called index.md in the my-website directory. This file will be your website's homepage.
$ touch ~/my-website/index.md
Open the file using your favorite text editor and add the following content:
# Welcome to my Pico website!
This is my first Pico website. I hope you enjoy it!
Save the file and close it.
To start the Pico web server, open a terminal, navigate to the my-website directory, and run the following command:
$ picocms -r
This will start the Pico web server and will serve your website at http://localhost:8080.
Open your web browser and visit http://localhost:8080. You should see your Pico website's homepage.
Congratulations! You have successfully installed Pico on nixOS latest and created a simple website.
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