Installing PictShare on EndeavourOS Latest

In this tutorial, we will walk you through the process of installing PictShare on EndeavourOS Latest. PictShare is an open-source image sharing platform that allows users to upload, store and share images online.

Prerequisites

Before we begin with the installation process, make sure the following software packages are installed on your system:

• Git
• Apache
• PHP
• MySQL or MariaDB

Step 1: Clone the PictShare repository

First, open the terminal on your EndeavourOS machine and clone the PictShare repository using Git. Run the following command to clone the repository:

$ git clone https://github.com/chrisiaut/pictshare.git

Step 2: Install dependencies

Once the repository is cloned, navigate to the pictshare directory using the following command:

$ cd pictshare

Now use the following command to install the dependencies:

$ composer install

Step 3: Configure the Database

In this step, we will configure the database for PictShare. To do this, first create the MySQL/MariaDB database and a user with all privileges. Replace pictsharedb, pictshareuser and pictsharepassword with your own values:

$ mysql -u root -p

mysql> CREATE DATABASE pictsharedb;
mysql> CREATE USER 'pictshareuser'@'localhost' IDENTIFIED BY 'pictsharepassword';
mysql> GRANT ALL PRIVILEGES ON pictsharedb.* TO 'pictshareuser'@'localhost' WITH GRANT OPTION;
mysql> FLUSH PRIVILEGES;
mysql> EXIT;

Next, navigate to the config directory and copy the database.php.example to database.php.

$ cd config 
$ cp database.php.example database.php

Now open the database.php file using a text editor, and edit the values as follows:

$config['db'] = [
    'user' => 'pictshareuser',
    'password' => 'pictsharepassword',
    'host' => 'localhost',
    'database' => 'pictsharedb',
    'charset' => 'utf8mb4'
];

Save the changes and exit the text editor.

Step 4: Configure the Web Server

In this step, we will configure the web server to serve PictShare. We will use Apache as the web server for PictShare.

First, create a new VirtualHost configuration file in the Apache configuration directory:

$ sudo vim /etc/httpd/conf/extra/pictshare.conf

Add the following content in the file:

<VirtualHost *:80>
    ServerName pictshare.local
    DocumentRoot /path/to/pictshare
    <Directory /path/to/pictshare>
        AllowOverride All
        Require all granted
    </Directory>
    ErrorLog "/var/log/httpd/pictshare.error_log"
    CustomLog "/var/log/httpd/pictshare.access_log" common
</VirtualHost>

Note: Replace /path/to/pictshare with the absolute path to the PictShare directory on your system.

Save the changes and exit the text editor. Next, enable the mod_rewrite module and restart the Apache service:

$ sudo systemctl enable --now httpd
$ sudo systemctl reload httpd

Step 5: Verify the Installation

Open your web browser and navigate to http://pictshare.local. You should be redirected to the PictShare installation page.

Follow the instructions on the screen to complete the installation process.

Congratulations! You have successfully installed PictShare on EndeavourOS Latest.

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