Lychee is a free photo-management application that allows users to easily organize, view and share their photo collections. In this tutorial, we will guide you on how to install Lychee on Arch Linux.
Before you can start installing Lychee, ensure that you have the following prerequisites:
Before you start installing any package on your system, you need to first update your system. To do that, open the terminal and run the following command:
sudo pacman -Syu
The above command will update all the packages on your system to the latest available versions.
Lychee requires a web server, PHP, and a database to function. In this step, we will install the required packages.
To install Apache, run the following command on your terminal:
sudo pacman -S apache
After the installation is complete, start the Apache service and enable it to start at boot time using the following commands:
sudo systemctl start httpd
sudo systemctl enable httpd
To install PHP, run the following command on your terminal:
sudo pacman -S php php-apache
After the installation is complete, restart the Apache service using the following command:
sudo systemctl restart httpd
To install MariaDB, run the following command on your terminal:
sudo pacman -S mariadb
After the installation is complete, start the MariaDB service and enable it to start at boot time using the following commands:
sudo systemctl start mariadb
sudo systemctl enable mariadb
In this step, we will create a database for Lychee. Run the following command to secure your MariaDB installation:
sudo mysql_secure_installation
Next, log in to the MariaDB shell as the root user:
sudo mysql -u root -p
Enter the root password when prompted, then run the following commands to create a new user and database for Lychee:
CREATE DATABASE lychee;
CREATE USER 'lychee'@'localhost' IDENTIFIED BY 'password';
GRANT ALL PRIVILEGES ON lychee.* TO 'lychee'@'localhost';
FLUSH PRIVILEGES;
Make sure to replace 'password' with your own secure password.
Exit the MariaDB shell using the following command:
exit
To install Lychee, follow the steps below:
cd /var/www/html/
sudo wget https://github.com/LycheeOrg/Lychee/archive/master.zip
sudo unzip master.zip
sudo mv Lychee-master lychee
sudo chown -R http:http lychee/
sudo nano /etc/httpd/conf/httpd.conf
Add the following lines at the end of the file:
Alias /lychee /var/www/html/lychee
<Directory /var/www/html/lychee>
AllowOverride All
Require all granted
</Directory>
Save and exit the file.
sudo systemctl restart httpd
Lychee is now installed on your Arch Linux system. To access Lychee, open a web browser and navigate to the following URL:
http://localhost/lychee
You will be prompted to enter a username and password. Use the following credentials to log in:
Username: admin
Password: admin
You can now upload and manage your photo collection using Lychee.
Congratulations! You have successfully installed Lychee on Arch Linux.
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