How to Install Papermerge on nixOS Latest

Papermerge is an open-source document management system that allows users to organize, sort, and search through their digital documents. It is a simple and effective way to manage all your digital documents in one place.

In this tutorial, we will learn how to install Papermerge on the latest version of nixOS. The installation process involves the following steps:

  1. Install nixOS on your computer.
  2. Install Papermerge dependencies.
  3. Install Papermerge.
  4. Configure Papermerge.
  5. Start Papermerge.

Prerequisites

Before we begin, ensure that you have the following:

  • A computer running the latest version of nixOS.
  • A user account with sudo privileges.

Step 1: Install nixOS

The first step is to install nixOS on your computer. If you have not installed nixOS, follow the official documentation to install nixOS.

Step 2: Install Papermerge Dependencies

Papermerge requires some dependencies to be installed on nixOS. The following dependencies must be installed:

  • PostgreSQL
  • Redis
  • Tesseract
  • RabbitMQ

To install these dependencies, run the following command:

$ sudo nix-env -iA nixos.postgresql nixos.redis nixos.tesseract nixos.erlang nixos.rabbitmq

Step 3: Install Papermerge

We will install Papermerge using the pip package manager. To install pip, run the following command:

$ sudo nix-env -iA nixos.python38Packages.pip

After installing pip, run the following command to install Papermerge:

$ sudo pip install papermerge

Step 4: Configure Papermerge

After installing Papermerge, you can configure it for your use case. Papermerge configuration is located at /etc/papermerge/settings.py. Edit the configuration file to suit your needs.

$ sudo nano /etc/papermerge/settings.py

Step 5: Start Papermerge

Finally, we can start the Papermerge server. Run the following command:

$ sudo papermerged

Papermerge will start and can be accessed by going to http://localhost:8000 on your web browser.

Conclusion

In this tutorial, we learned how to install Papermerge on nixOS. Papermerge is a powerful tool for managing digital documents, and it can be used to improve productivity and organization. With this tutorial, you can easily install, configure, and use Papermerge on nixOS.