In this tutorial, we will guide you on how to install Sismics Reader, a free and open-source web-based RSS reader, on the latest version of NixOS using the terminal. This tutorial is suitable for beginners and requires no prior technical knowledge.
Before installing any package, it is always a good practice to update your system to ensure that you have the latest software packages and security updates. You can update your system by running the following command in the terminal:
sudo nix-channel --update && sudo nixos-rebuild switch
Next, we will install Sismics Reader. To install it, we need to add its package to our NixOS configuration file.
/etc/nixos/configuration.nix
.sudo nano /etc/nixos/configuration.nix
environment.systemPackages = with pkgs; [
su-exec
git
nodejs-14_x
yasm
nginx
gcc
make
cmake
postgresql
sismics-reader
];
Save and close the file.
Now, run the following command to rebuild your NixOS configuration to install Sismics Reader:
sudo nixos-rebuild switch
After the installation is complete, you need to configure Sismics Reader and start the service.
sudo -u postgres createuser sismics-reader
sudo -u postgres createdb -O sismics-reader sismics-reader
sudo cp /etc/sismics/sismics-reader/sismics-reader.default /etc/nixos/sismics-reader.nix
sudo nano /etc/nixos/sismics-reader.nix
postgresql = {
enable = true;
database = "sismics-reader";
username = "sismics-reader";
password = "sismics-reader";
host = "localhost";
};
Save and close the configuration file.
Now, start the service:
sudo systemctl start sismics-reader
sudo systemctl enable sismics-reader
http://localhost:8080
in your web browser.Congratulations! You have successfully installed Sismics Reader on NixOS.
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