How to Install plugNmeet on NixOS Latest

This tutorial will guide you through the installation process of installing plugNmeet on NixOS Latest.

Prerequisites

Before you start installing plugNmeet, ensure that:

• You have access to a terminal session on the NixOS machine.
• You have sudo/root access on the NixOS machine.

Step 1: Install NixOS

If you do not have NixOS installed on your machine, follow the steps outlined in the official documentation for installing NixOS.

Step 2: Install Git

sudo nix-env -iA git

Step 3: Clone the plugNmeet Repository

Clone the plugNmeet repository using the following command:

git clone https://github.com/plugnmeet/plugnmeet.git

Step 4: Install Dependencies

sudo nix-env -iA openssl libevent libevent-dev libssl-dev libxml2 libxml2-dev libxslt libxslt-dev libpqxx libpqxx-dev

Install plugNmeet

Change into the cloned repository directory.

cd plugnmeet

Build and install plugNmeet.

nix-build
sudo nix-env -i ./result

Step 6: Run plugNmeet

To start the plugNmeet service, run the following command:

sudo systemctl start plugnmeet

To enable plugNmeet to start at boot time, run the following command:

sudo systemctl enable plugnmeet

Conclusion

Congratulations! You have successfully installed plugNmeet on NixOS Latest. You can now start using plugNmeet for your web conferencing needs.

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