Podman is a container engine that allows users to manage containers and images in a similar way to Docker, but without the need for a daemon. In this tutorial, we will guide you through the process of installing Podman on NixOS Latest.
Before proceeding with the installation of Podman on NixOS, you should ensure that your system is up-to-date. To do this, run:
sudo nixos-rebuild switch
This command will update your operating system to the latest version.
To install Podman, you can use the nix-env command. We will first update our package list and then install Podman.
sudo nix-channel --update
sudo nix-env -i podman
This will install the latest version of Podman on your NixOS system.
After the installation, you can check whether Podman is installed correctly by running the following command:
podman --version
If everything has been installed correctly, you should see the version number of Podman.
Now that Podman is installed on your system, you can start using it. To create a new container, you can use the following command:
podman run [image-name]
This will start a container running the specified image.
In this tutorial, we have shown you how to install Podman on NixOS Latest. You can now start using Podman to manage containers and images on your system.
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