This tutorial will guide you step-by-step to install 'This Week in Past' on the latest version of NixOS. 'This Week in Past' is a command-line tool that tells you what happened on this week in previous years.
Before getting started, make sure you have the following:
cd ~
git clone https://github.com/RouHim/this-week-in-past.git
cd this-week-in-past
buildInputs
section. Add the following lines:, curl
, jq
Save and close the default.nix file.
Build the package:
nix-build
cd result
this-week-in-past
command:./this-week-in-past
Congratulations, you have successfully installed This Week in Past on NixOS.
To use This Week in Past, simply execute the following command:
./this-week-in-past
This will show you what happened on this week in previous years.
You can also specify a date by passing it as an argument. For example, if you want to know what happened on the 1st of January in previous years, execute the following command:
./this-week-in-past 01-01
This will show you what happened on the 1st of January in previous years.
In this tutorial, you learned how to install This Week in Past on NixOS Latest. With just a few simple steps, you can now use this powerful command-line tool to discover interesting events from the past. Happy exploring!
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