Installing PicoShare on NixOS Latest

PicoShare is an open-source and self-hosted file sharing solution that allows users to easily share files with others. In this tutorial, we will learn how to install PicoShare on NixOS Latest.

Prerequisites

Before we begin, make sure your NixOS Latest system is up-to-date:

sudo nix-channel --update
sudo nixos-rebuild switch

You also need to make sure that your system has git installed. If it's not installed, run:

sudo nix-env -i git

Step 1 - Clone PicoShare repository

First, we need to clone the PicoShare repository:

git clone https://github.com/naggie/drydock.git

This will clone the repository into your current directory.

Step 2 - Configure the PicoShare settings

Copy the config-example.toml file to config.toml

cp config-example.toml config.toml

Then, edit the config.toml file to set your desired settings. You can change the host, port, temp_dir, public_dir, and other settings as you see fit.

Step 3 - Install Rust

PicoShare is written in the Rust programming language. Therefore, we need to install Rust before we can compile PicoShare.

Install Rust using the following command:

sudo nix-env -i rustup

Step 4 - Compile PicoShare

Run the following commands to compile PicoShare:

cd drydock
cargo build --release

This will compile PicoShare in release mode.

Step 5 - Run PicoShare

To run PicoShare, run the following command:

./target/release/drwydck`

This will start PicoShare on your configured host and port.

Step 6 - Access PicoShare from your Web Browser

Open your web browser and navigate to the URL http://<your-host>:<your-port>. You should see the PicoShare interface.

You can now use PicoShare to share files with others.

Congratulations! You have successfully installed PicoShare on NixOS Latest.