Picsur is a photo organizer and viewer application that helps to manage your pictures, albums, and collections with ease. This tutorial will guide you through the process of installing Picsur on your Elementary OS operating system.
Prerequisites:
Before installing Picsur, you need to install some dependencies that are required to run the application. Open the terminal and run the following command to install them:
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install libgranite-dev libgtk-3-dev libsqlite3-dev libgstreamer-plugins-base1.0-dev libexif-dev valac meson git
After installing the dependencies, you need to clone the Picsur repository from GitHub using Git. Run the following command to clone the repository:
git clone https://github.com/rubikscraft/Picsur.git
Now navigate to the downloaded repository directory by running:
cd Picsur
Next, build and install Picsur using Meson:
meson build --prefix=/usr
sudo ninja -C build install
After successful installation, you can launch Picsur by typing picsur in the terminal or by finding the application in the applications menu. Once opened, you can start organizing and viewing your photos with Picsur.
In this tutorial, you learned how to install Picsur on your Elementary OS operating system. You can now manage and organize your photos with ease using Picsur.
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