readme: document non-flake nixos usage

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## nixos module ## nixos module
for this setup, you will need a [flake-enabled](https://nixos.wiki/wiki/Flakes) installation of NixOS. for [flake-enabled](https://nixos.wiki/wiki/Flakes) installations of NixOS:
```nix ```nix
{ {
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} }
``` ```
if you don't use a flake in your configuration, you can use other dependency management tools like [npins](https://github.com/andir/npins), [niv](https://github.com/nmattia/niv), or even plain [`fetchTarball`](https://nix.dev/manual/nix/stable/language/builtins#builtins-fetchTarball), like so:
```nix
{ pkgs, ... }:
let
# npins example, adjust for your setup. copyparty should be a path to the downloaded repo
# for niv, just replace the npins folder import with the sources.nix file
copyparty = (import ./npins).copyparty;
# or with fetchTarball:
copyparty = fetchTarball "https://github.com/9001/copyparty/archive/hovudstraum.tar.gz";
in
{
# load the copyparty NixOS module
imports = [ "${copyparty}/contrib/nixos/modules/copyparty.nix" ];
# add the copyparty overlay to expose the package to the module
nixpkgs.overlays = [ "${copyparty}/contrib/package/nix/overlay.nix" ];
# (optional) install the package globally
environment.systemPackages = [ pkgs.copyparty ];
# configure the copyparty module
services.copyparty.enable = true;
}
```
copyparty on NixOS is configured via `services.copyparty` options, for example: copyparty on NixOS is configured via `services.copyparty` options, for example:
```nix ```nix
services.copyparty = { services.copyparty = {