How to Install Photoview on Debian

Photoview is a minimalist, web-based image viewer that can be used to easily browse, organize and share your photos. It offers a simple, intuitive interface that is easy to navigate and doesn't clutter up the screen with unnecessary features. In this tutorial, we will show you how to install Photoview on Debian.

Prerequisites

Before we start, make sure that you have the following prerequisites:

• A Debian 10 server
• SSH access to your server

Step 1: Install Node.js and NPM

Photoview is built using Node.js, a popular JavaScript runtime. To install Photoview, we first need to install Node.js and NPM.

You can install Node.js and NPM from the official Debian repositories using the following command:

sudo apt-get install nodejs npm

After the installation is complete, you can verify the installation by checking the version number of Node.js and NPM:

node -v
npm -v

Step 2: Install Photoview

We can now proceed with installing Photoview. First, create a directory for Photoview:

sudo mkdir /opt/photoview

Next, navigate to the Photoview directory:

cd /opt/photoview

Now, download the Photoview release by running the following command:

sudo wget https://github.com/photoview/photoview/releases/download/v0.2.2/photoview-v0.2.2.tar.gz

Extract the archive by running:

sudo tar -xvf photoview-v0.2.2.tar.gz

The contents of the archive will be extracted to a photoview directory. Navigate to this directory:

cd photoview

Step 3: Configure Photoview

Before starting Photoview, we need to configure it by creating the config.js file:

sudo cp config.example.js config.js

Next, open config.js with your favorite text editor:

sudo nano config.js

Update the following settings:

• assetsDir: The directory containing your images
• baseUrl: The URL that Photoview will be served from
• port: The port that Photoview will listen on

Save and close the file.

Step 4: Install Dependencies

Photoview requires several dependencies that need to be installed before it can be started. Install these dependencies by running the following command:

sudo npm install

Step 5: Start Photoview

Finally, we can start Photoview by running the following command:

sudo npm start

Photoview should now be accessible at the URL that you specified in config.js.

Conclusion

In this tutorial, we showed you how to install Photoview on Debian. With Photoview, you can easily browse, organize and share your photos using a simple, intuitive interface.

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