This tutorial will guide you through the process of installing ImageStore on Linux Mint, which is a web application for managing and sharing images. The steps below will assume that you already have Linux Mint installed on your system.
The first step is to install the required packages that provide the necessary dependencies for ImageStore to run. Open the Terminal and type the following command:
sudo apt-get install git python3-pip libpq-dev python3-dev libjpeg-dev libtiff-dev zlib1g-dev libfreetype6-dev liblcms2-dev libwebp-dev tcl8.6-dev tk8.6-dev python-tk
The above command will install all the packages required to run ImageStore without any issues.
After installing the necessary packages, we need to create a virtual environment to manage the dependencies. The virtualenv package can be installed using the following command:
pip3 install virtualenv
After the installation completes, create a new virtual environment using the following command:
virtualenv --python=python3 env
This command will create a new virtual environment named env. You can specify any name you want.
Now, we need to clone the ImageStore repository from GitHub. Change the directory to the folder where you want to clone the repository:
cd /path/to/folder
Next, use the git clone command to clone the repository:
git clone https://github.com/gregordr/ImageStore.git
Change the directory to the ImageStore folder:
cd ImageStore
Activate the virtual environment:
source ../env/bin/activate
Install the required dependencies using pip:
pip3 install -r requirements.txt
ImageStore uses PostgreSQL as the database. Before running the application, we need to create the database and add the necessary tables. Run the following commands to create the database and tables:
sudo -u postgres psql
CREATE DATABASE imagestoredb;
CREATE USER imagestoreuser WITH PASSWORD 'password';
GRANT ALL ON DATABASE imagestoredb TO imagestoreuser;
After executing these commands, exit the PostgreSQL shell by typing:
\q
Create a new file named .env in the ImageStore folder and add the following content:
DB_NAME='imagestoredb'
DB_USER='imagestoreuser'
DB_PASSWORD='password'
SECRET_KEY='your_secret_key'
DEBUG='True'
Replace your_secret_key with a unique and strong secret key.
After setting up the environment and configuring the application, you can run it using the following command:
python3 manage.py runserver
This command will start the application on your local machine at http://localhost:8000.
Congratulations! You have successfully installed ImageStore on Linux Mint. Now you can manage and share your images.
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