BudgetZero is an open-source personal finance manager that helps you track your spending and stick to a budget. In this tutorial, we’ll show you how to install BudgetZero on NixOS Latest using the terminal.
Before you begin, make sure you have the following:
If Git is not already installed on your system, you can install it using the following command:
sudo nix-env -i git
Next, clone the BudgetZero repository using Git. Change to your preferred directory and run the following command:
git clone https://github.com/budgetzero/budgetzero.git
BudgetZero requires Node.js and npm to be installed. You can install both of them using the following command:
sudo nix-env -iA nixos.nodejs
Once you have installed all the necessary dependencies, you can build and start the application. Change to the BudgetZero directory and run the following commands:
npm install
npm run build
npm run start
This will install all the necessary dependencies for the application, build the application, and start it on localhost:3000.
That’s it! You’ve successfully installed BudgetZero on NixOS. You can access the application by navigating to http://localhost:3000 in your web browser.
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