How to Install Metronome IM on NixOS Latest

Metronome IM is an open source instant messaging client, that is designed to be secure, reliable, and easy to use. This tutorial will guide you through the steps of installing Metronome IM on NixOS.

Prerequisites

• NixOS Latest installed
• Root access

Step 1 - Update Your System

Before installing Metronome IM, it's a good idea to update your system package list.

sudo nix-channel --update
sudo nix-env -iA nixpkgs.pkgsTop

Step 2 - Install Dependencies

To install Metronome IM, you need to install some dependencies that are not included in the base NixOS installation. To do this run the following command:

sudo nix-env -iA nixpkgs.gcc nixpkgs.pkg-config nixpkgs.glib nixpkgs.libxml2 nixpkgs.libidn nixpkgs.libotr nixpkgs.nano nixpkgs.gnutls nixpkgs.iconv nixpkgs.gettext nixpkgs.lua nixpkgs.dbus nixpkgs.tcl nixpkgs.tcllib nixpkgs.tcltls nixpkgs.ttmkfdir nixpkgs.freetype nixpkgs.fontconfig nixpkgs.libxslt nixpkgs.expat

Step 3 - Clone the Repository

Now that you have installed all the dependencies, you can clone the Metronome IM repository using Git.

git clone https://github.com/metronomeim/metronome.git

Step 4 - Build and Install Metronome IM

Change into the metronome directory that was just cloned from the repository and run the following command to install Metronome IM:

cd metronome
sudo make install

Step 5 - Configure Metronome IM

By default, Metronome IM is installed to /usr/local/bin/metronome. The configuration for Metronome IM can be found in /usr/local/etc/metronome/. To edit the configuration file, you can use your editor of choice:

sudo nano /usr/local/etc/metronome/metronome.cfg.lua

After making the changes, you can start the Metronome IM service using the following command:

sudo /usr/local/bin/metronome

Conclusion

In this tutorial, we have shown you how to install Metronome IM on NixOS. You should now be able to start using Metronome IM to communicate securely with your contacts.