Coppermine is a free, open-source photo gallery software that allows you to create and manage albums of images on your website. In this tutorial, we will guide you on how to install Coppermine on Fedora Server Latest.
Before starting with the installation, make sure that you have the following prerequisites:
First, download the latest stable release of Coppermine from their official website. You can use the following command to download it:
wget https://github.com/coppermine-gallery/coppermine/archive/1.6.x.zip
Next, extract the downloaded file using the following command:
unzip 1.6.x.zip
This will create a folder named coppermine-1.6.x in your current directory.
Now, copy the Coppermine files to your web root directory. In Fedora, the web root directory is generally /var/www/html/. You can use the following command to copy the files:
sudo cp -r coppermine-1.6.x /var/www/html/coppermine
Next, you need to set the correct permissions for the coppermine directory. Use the following command to set the appropriate permissions:
sudo chown -R apache:apache /var/www/html/coppermine/
sudo chmod -R 755 /var/www/html/coppermine/
Now, you need to create a new MySQL database for Coppermine. You can do it using the following commands:
mysql -u root -p
CREATE DATABASE coppermine_db;
GRANT ALL PRIVILEGES ON coppermine_db.* TO 'coppermine_user'@'localhost' IDENTIFIED BY 'coppermine_password';
FLUSH PRIVILEGES;
exit
Make sure to replace coppermine_db, coppermine_user, and coppermine_password with your desired database name, username, and password.
Now, you need to configure Coppermine by creating a config.inc.php file. You can do this by copying the include/config.inc.php.sample file and making the necessary changes. Use the following command:
sudo cp /var/www/html/coppermine/include/config.inc.php.sample /var/www/html/coppermine/include/config.inc.php
sudo nano /var/www/html/coppermine/include/config.inc.php
Replace the values of the following settings:
$CONFIG['dbserver'] with localhost$CONFIG['dbuser'] with your database username (coppermine_user in our case)$CONFIG['dbpass'] with your database password (coppermine_password in our case)$CONFIG['dbname'] with your database name (coppermine_db in our case)$CONFIG['path'] with /var/www/html/coppermine/$CONFIG['category_icons_path'] with $CONFIG['path'] . 'themes/default/icons/'After making the changes, save and close the file.
Finally, access http://your-server-ip/coppermine/ in your web browser. You will see the Coppermine installation wizard. Follow the instructions to complete the installation.
Once the installation is complete, you can access the Coppermine Photo Gallery by navigating to http://your-server-ip/coppermine/.
Congratulations! You have successfully installed Coppermine on your Fedora Server.
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