Sigal is an open-source, simple, and lightweight photo gallery generator designed to create and manage inspiration galleries, portfolios, and personal photography websites. This tutorial will guide you on how to install Sigal on Elementary OS latest.
Before installing Sigal, make sure you have the following prerequisites:
pip package managerYou can install pip and Python 3.6 on Ubuntu/Elementary OS by running the following commands:
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install python3-pip
sudo apt-get install python3.6
To install Git, run the following command:
sudo apt-get install git
Follow these simple steps to install Sigal:
git clone https://github.com/saimn/sigal.git
cd sigal
pip3 install -r requirements.txt
pip3 install .
sigal
This command will display the help screen and options available for Sigal.
By default, Sigal creates a gallery in the current working directory. However, you can customize the gallery settings to suit your preference. To configure Sigal, create a new directory e.g gallery and run the following command:
sigal init gallery
This command will generate a sigal.conf.py file, which you can modify to suit your preference. Note that the sigal.conf.py file contains various settings such as the gallery name, theme, and more. You can modify these settings to suit your requirements.
Once you've customized Sigal to your liking, you can deploy the gallery by running the following command:
sigal build
This command will generate the HTML pages for your gallery. You can then preview the gallery by running a local server:
sigal serve
Finally, open your web browser and go to http://localhost:8000 to preview your gallery.
That's it! You've successfully installed and configured Sigal on Elementary OS. You can now create and manage your galleries, portfolios, and personal photography website with ease. Happy gallery building!
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