How to Install Documize on nixOS Latest

Documize is a documentation system that can help organizations to easily create, manage and share documents. This tutorial will guide you through the process of installing and setting up Documize on nixOS latest.

Prerequisites

Before beginning the installation process, make sure you have the following prerequisites:

  • A nixOS latest operating system installed on your computer.
  • An active internet connection.
  • Administrator privileges.

Step 1: Add Documize to nixpkgs

The first thing to do is to add Documize to nixpkgs. This can be done by adding the following line to your configuration.nix file:

nixpkgs.config.packageOverrides = pkgs: {
documize = pkgs.callPackage (fetchurl {
url = "https://github.com/documize/community-edition/archive/v3.7.4.tar.gz";
sha256 = "0w3rv4fq09lv2k49v9k6z39vm6b5sw6k5jzyb5ns6gncrkq3c4j4";
}) {};
};

Step 2: Install Documize

After adding Documize to nixpkgs, run the following command:

sudo nix-env -iA nixpkgs.documize

This will download and install Documize.

Step 3: Run Documize

Once Documize is installed, you can run it with the following command:

documize

Documize should now be accessible by visiting http://localhost:8080 in your web browser.

Conclusion

In this tutorial, we have covered the steps required to install Documize on nixOS latest. Documize is now ready to be used for creating, managing and sharing documents.