Installing RconCli on nixOS Latest

RconCli is a command line tool that enables you to remotely manage a game server using the RCON protocol. In this tutorial, we will walk you through the steps of installing RconCli on the latest version of nixOS.

Prerequisites

Before we begin with the installation process, make sure you have the following prerequisites:

Installation

Follow the steps below to install RconCli on nixOS Latest:

  1. Open a terminal window by pressing Ctrl+Alt+T keys together.

  2. Update your package manager by running the following command:

    sudo nix-channel --update
    
  3. Install RconCli by running the following command:

    sudo nix-env -iA nixos.rcon-cli
    
  4. Verify the installation by checking the version of RconCli:

    rcon-cli --version
    
  5. You now have RconCli installed on your nixOS Latest machine!

Usage

To use RconCli, open a terminal window and run the following command:

rcon-cli -H <server_ip_address> -P <rcon_password>

Replace <server_ip_address> and <rcon_password> with the actual IP address of your game server and RCON password, respectively. Once connected, you can use various commands to manage your game server remotely.

Conclusion

In this tutorial, we showed you how to install RconCli on nixOS Latest. Now you can remotely manage your game server using the RCON protocol. If you have any questions or feedback, please leave a comment below.

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