Installing Bicimon on NixOS Latest

Bicimon is a tool for managing MIFARE classic RFID tags. In this tutorial, we will guide you through the installation process on NixOS Latest.

Step 1: Clone the Bicimon Repository

First, clone the Bicimon repository by running the following command in your terminal:

git clone https://github.com/knrdl/bicimon.git

Step 2: Install the Required Dependencies

Before installing Bicimon, make sure to install the required dependencies first. You can do this by adding the following code snippet to your NixOS configuration file:

# NixOS Configuration

{
  environment.systemPackages = with pkgs; [
    libnfc
    libffi
    python36Packages.pyscard
    python36Packages.setuptools
    python36Packages.wheel
    python36Packages.cryptography
    python36Packages.simplejson
    python36Packages.pyserial
  ];
}

After adding the snippet to your configuration file, update it by running:

sudo nixos-rebuild switch

Step 3: Install Bicimon

To install Bicimon, navigate to the cloned repository and run the following command:

cd bicimon && sudo python3 setup.py install

Step 4: Verify the Installation

Once installed, verify that Bicimon is working correctly by running the following command:

bicimon --help

This should display the help menu for Bicimon.

Conclusion

In this tutorial, we covered the steps required to install Bicimon on NixOS Latest. Now you can start using Bicimon to manage your MIFARE classic RFID tags.