Tutorial: How to Install Picsur on Alpine Linux Latest

In this tutorial, we will guide you through the installation process of Picsur on Alpine Linux Latest. Picsur is a tool that allows you to create and manage your own image gallery, which makes it a useful utility for bloggers and website owners who need to display images regularly.

Prerequisites

• A machine with Alpine Linux Latest installed
• Access to the terminal
• Root privileges or a user with sudo access

Step 1: Install Required Dependencies

Before we can begin the installation process for Picsur, we need to ensure that our machine has all the dependencies required to run Picsur. Open up your terminal and type the following command:

sudo apk add --update curl git imagemagick yarn nodejs npm

This command will download and install all the dependencies necessary to run Picsur on Alpine Linux Latest.

Step 2: Download the Latest Version of Picsur

Next, we will download the latest version of Picsur from the Github repository. To do so, run the following command:

git clone https://github.com/rubikscraft/Picsur.git

This command will download the latest code from the Picsur repository and save it to your machine.

Step 3: Install Required Packages for Picsur

To install the packages necessary for Picsur to run, navigate into the project directory by typing the following command:

cd Picsur

Then, run the following command to install the required packages:

yarn install

Step 4: Configure Picsur

Now that we have all the required packages and dependencies installed, we need to configure the Picsur project to suit our needs. Open up the config/index.js file in your preferred text editor.

Here, you can change the following key-value pairs to configure your Picsur installation:

• port: This value sets the port your Picsur installation will be running on.
• staticDir: This value sets the directory where your image files will be uploaded.
• limitSize: This value sets the maximum allowed size for image uploads in bytes.
• saltRounds: This sets the number of salt rounds for password hashing.

Once you have made all desired modifications, save the changes to the config/index.js file.

Step 5: Running Picsur

Now that everything is set up, you can start Picsur by running the following command:

npm start

This will start Picsur on the port you specified in the config file. Open up your favorite web browser and navigate to http://localhost:<PORT_NUMBER> to access Picsur.

Conclusion

In this tutorial, we have covered the installation process for Picsur on Alpine Linux Latest. By following these steps, you should now have a fully functional Picsur installation running on your machine.

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