Installing Goeland on NixOS Latest

Goeland is an open-source implementation of a SICP-inspired interpreter for Scheme programming language. In this tutorial, we will be covering the steps to install Goeland on NixOS Latest.

Prerequisites

We assume that you have a running instance of NixOS Latest and have administrative privileges. You should also have a basic understanding of the command line interface.

Steps to Install Goeland on NixOS Latest

  1. Open up the terminal window on your NixOS Latest machine.

  2. Install Git by running the following command in the terminal.

    $ sudo nix-env -i git
    
  3. Clone the latest version of Goeland from its Git repository by executing the following command.

    $ git clone https://github.com/slurdge/goeland.git
    
  4. Navigate to the Goeland directory that was just cloned.

    $ cd goeland
    
  5. Install Goeland's dependencies with Nix by executing the following command.

    $ nix-shell
    
  6. Once the dependencies finish installing, build Goeland by executing the following:

    $ make
    
  7. After the Goeland build is complete, you can start the interpreter. Run the following command:

    $ ./goeland
    

    The goeland executable should now launch.

  8. You can now test Goeland's functionality by typing any Scheme commands.

Conclusion

In this tutorial, we have covered the steps to install Goeland on NixOS Latest. You can now start exploring the features that Goeland has to offer. Happy coding!