Wayback is an open-source tool used for archiving websites. It is available on Github at https://github.com/wabarc/wayback. In this tutorial, we will guide you on how to install Wayback on NixOS Latest.
Before proceeding with the installation, make sure that you have the following prerequisites:
Here are the steps to install Wayback on NixOS Latest:
Open the terminal application on your system.
Run the following command to open the Nix package manager configuration file:
sudo nano /etc/nixos/configuration.nix
Locate the environment.systemPackages option in the configuration file.
Add the following line under the environment.systemPackages option:
pkgs.wabarc-wayback
Here's an example of how it should look:
environment.systemPackages = [
pkgs.vim
pkgs.git
pkgs.wabarc-wayback
];
Save and close the configuration file.
Run the following command to update the system:
sudo nixos-rebuild switch
After the system update is complete, Wayback should be installed on your system. You can verify the installation by running the following command:
wayback --version
The command should display the current version of the installed Wayback.
You have successfully installed Wayback on NixOS Latest. You can now use Wayback to archive websites and retrieve them at a later time. You can find documentation and usage instructions for Wayback on their Github page.
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