In this tutorial, we will guide you on how to install TextMate on NixOS Latest. TextMate is a popular text editor specifically designed for macOS. However, it can be used on NixOS as well by following the steps mentioned below.
To install TextMate on NixOS Latest, you need to perform the following steps.
First, you need to create a new Nix package for TextMate. You can do this by creating a new file with the .nix extension, such as textmate.nix. Open your favorite editor (e.g., vim, emacs, or nano) and enter the following code.
{ stdenv, fetchFromGitHub, perl }:
stdenv.mkDerivation {
name = "textmate-${version}";
version = "2.0.19";
src = fetchFromGitHub {
owner = "textmate";
repo = "textmate";
rev = "${version}";
sha256 = "0hqhk6kzg231rqi3r3qax1r8wi6fzfb1pw95asrgndhhk05xad8i";
};
buildInputs = [ perl ];
meta = with stdenv.lib; {
description = "TextMate is a popular text editor specifically designed for macOS.";
homepage = https://github.com/textmate/textmate;
license = licenses.gpl3;
maintainers = with maintainers; [ bjoern ];
};
}
Save and exit the file.
Next, you need to add TextMate to the Nix package collection. Open your terminal and enter the following command.
sudo nix-env -f ~/path/to/textmate.nix -iA textmate
Replace ~/path/to/textmate.nix with the actual path to your TextMate Nix package file.
Lastly, you need to verify if TextMate has been installed successfully on your system. You can do this by running the following command in your terminal.
which textmate
If everything has been installed successfully, the above command should output the location of the textmate binary.
In this tutorial, we have discussed how to install TextMate on NixOS Latest. By following these steps, you can easily install TextMate and use it as your primary text editor on NixOS.
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