PhotoPrism is a web application that allows you to organize your photos with ease, and access them from anywhere. In this tutorial, we will show you how to install PhotoPrism on Arch Linux.
Before you start, make sure you have the following prerequisites:
As always, it is recommended that you update your system packages to the latest version. This can be done by running the following command:
sudo pacman -Syyu
PhotoPrism requires several dependencies to be installed before it can be used. You can install them by running the following command:
sudo pacman -S git go npm sqlite
Next, you need to clone the PhotoPrism repository from GitHub by running the following command:
git clone https://github.com/photoprism/photoprism.git
Once you have cloned the repository, change into the photoprism directory and run the following command to build PhotoPrism:
make
This will build the necessary binaries and create the executable.
Before running PhotoPrism, you need to create a configuration file. This can be done by running the following command:
./photoprism init
This will create a file named config.yml in the photoprism directory.
Next, open the config.yml file in a text editor and modify the configuration options as per your requirements.
To start PhotoPrism, run the following command:
./photoprism server
You should see the following output:
INFO[0000] Starting PhotoPrism version x.x.x on http://localhost:2342 [pid: xxx]
This means that PhotoPrism has started successfully and can be accessed at http://localhost:2342 in your browser.
In this tutorial, we have shown you how to install and configure PhotoPrism on Arch Linux. With PhotoPrism, you can now organize and access your photos with ease.
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