How to Install Oddmuse on NixOS Latest?

Oddmuse is a lightweight and flexible wiki engine that can be used to create wikis, blogs, and other collaborative websites. In this tutorial, we will walk you through the steps to install Oddmuse on NixOS Latest.

Step 1: Install Nix Package Manager

As the first step, you need to install the Nix package manager on your NixOS Latest system. Here is how you can do it:

$ sudo su
$ curl https://nixos.org/nix/install | sh

This will download and install Nix package manager on your system.

Step 2: Install Oddmuse

Now that you have Nix installed, you can use it to install Oddmuse. Here is how you can do it:

$ sudo su
$ nix-env -iA nixos.oddmuse

This will download and install Oddmuse on your NixOS Latest system.

Step 3: Configure Oddmuse

After the installation is complete, you need to configure Oddmuse to get it up and running. Here is how you can do it:

$ cd /etc/nixos
$ sudo vi configuration.nix

Add the following lines to the configuration file:

services.oddmuse = {
  enable = true;
  wikiName = "MyWiki";
  wikiUrl = "http://localhost:8080";
};

Here, services.oddmuse specifies that you want to enable Oddmuse. wikiName is the name of your wiki, and wikiUrl is the URL of your wiki.

Save the configuration file and close it.

Step 4: Activate Oddmuse

To activate Oddmuse, you need to reload the NixOS configuration:

$ sudo su
$ nixos-rebuild switch

This will reload the NixOS configuration and start Oddmuse.

Step 5: Access Oddmuse

Once Oddmuse is up and running, you can access it by opening your web browser and navigating to the URL specified in the configuration file (http://localhost:8080 in our example).

That’s it! You have successfully installed Oddmuse on NixOS Latest. You can now start using Oddmuse to create and manage wikis, blogs, and other collaborative websites.