How to Install Smashing on NixOS Latest

In this tutorial, we will go through the process of installing Smashing on the latest version of NixOS using the command line interface.

Prerequisites

Before we begin, ensure that you have the following prerequisites installed:

• A computer running the latest version of NixOS
• Access to the command line interface

Step 1: Installing Smashing

Smashing is not natively supported on NixOS, so we need to add it as an overlay in our configuration.nix file. To add the overlay, open your configuration.nix file using your preferred text editor, and add the following to the file:

{nixpkgs}:
let
  smashingOverlay = (import (builtins.fetchGit {
      url = "https://github.com/smashing/smashing.git";
      rev = "<latest release tag>";
    }));
in
nixpkgs.overlays = [ smashingOverlay ];

In the above code, replace <latest release tag> with the latest release tag from the Smashing GitHub page. This will download the necessary dependencies and files needed for Smashing to run.

Step 2: Configure Smashing

Next, we need to create a configuration file for Smashing. In your terminal, navigate to the directory where you want to store the configuration file and create a new file named config.ru. Open the file in your text editor and add the following code:

require 'rubygems'
require 'bundler/setup'

require 'sinatra/base'
require 'sinatra/reloader'
require 'tilt/erubis'

class Dashboard < Sinatra::Base
  configure do
    enable :reloader
  end

  get '/' do
    erb :index
  end
end

run Dashboard

In the above code, we are creating a simple dashboard that will display an index page when accessed. We are also using the Ruby bundler gem to manage our dependencies.

Step 3: Start Smashing

To start Smashing, navigate to the directory where you saved the config.ru file and enter the following command in your terminal:

$ smashing start

This will start the Smashing server and allow you to access your dashboard by navigating to http://localhost:3030/.

Congratulations! You have successfully installed and set up Smashing on the latest version of NixOS. You can now start creating and customizing your dashboard to fit your needs.