Installation of golinks on nixOS

Golinks is a tool which is designed to allow the user to create and store custom URL shortcuts for frequently visited websites.

In order to install golinks on nixOS, follow these below steps:

Step 1: Install Git

Git is an open-source version control system which helps the user to manage the code within the repository. Therefore, follow the command below to install git:

nix-env -i git

Step 2: Clone the golinks Repository

In order to install golinks on nixOS, the first thing that the user needs to do is clone the golinks repository from git.mills.io by running the following command:

git clone https://git.mills.io/prologic/golinks.git

Step 3: Install the Dependencies

In order to install dependencies for the golinks, the user needs to create a default.nix file in the root directory of the Golinks repository. It can be done by running the following command:

touch default.nix

This default.nix file will download and install the dependencies which are required to run the golinks application. Copy the following into the default.nix file:

{ pkgs ? import <nixpkgs> {} }:

with pkgs;

let

  source = ./;

  goPackagePath = "github.com/prologic/golinks";

  go = go_1_16;

in goModules.override {
  inherit goPackagePath source;

  modules = [
    { name = goPackagePath; path = source; }
  ];
}

Step 4: Build and Install golinks

Once the dependencies are installed, run the following command in the root directory of the Golinks directory to build and install the Golinks binary:

nix-env -f default.nix -iA package

Step 5: Verify Installation

After installation, the user should be able to run the Golinks command to verify the installation:

golinks

If the output shows the list of commands available with golinks, then the installation is successful.

Conclusion

By following the above steps, the user should have successfully installed golinks on nixOS, and will be able to use the tool to create custom URL shortcuts for frequently visited websites.