Komga is an open-source comic book server software that allows you to organize and read your comics using a web interface. It supports various file formats and has a user-friendly interface. In this tutorial, we will walk you through the steps to install Komga on Linux Mint Latest.
Before we begin, make sure you have the following:
First, we need to update the system to ensure that all the software packages are up to date. Open the Terminal and run the following command:
sudo apt update && sudo apt upgrade -y
Enter your sudo password if prompted and wait for the update to finish.
Komga requires the Java Runtime Environment (JRE) to run. We can install OpenJDK, an open-source implementation of the JRE, by running the following command:
sudo apt install -y openjdk-11-jre-headless
Enter your sudo password if prompted and wait for the installation to finish.
We can install Komga using Docker. Docker is a containerization platform that allows you to run applications in isolated environments. To install Docker, run the following command:
sudo apt install -y docker.io
Enter your sudo password if prompted and wait for the installation to finish.
Next, we need to start the Docker service using the following command:
sudo systemctl start docker
Now, we can download the Komga Docker image using the following command:
sudo docker pull gotson/komga
Wait for the download to finish.
Now that we have installed Komga, we need to create a folder to store our comics, and configure Komga to use it. We can create a folder called komga in our home directory using the following command:
mkdir ~/komga
Now, we can run the Komga Docker container using the following command:
sudo docker run -d \
--name=komga \
-p 8080:8080 \
-v ~/komga:/komga \
gotson/komga
This command will start a new Docker container named komga, map the Docker container's default port 8080 to the host's port 8080, create a volume named komga in our home directory and mount it to the Docker container at /komga, and use the gotson/komga image we downloaded earlier.
Now that Komga is running, we can access it by opening a web browser and navigating to http://localhost:8080. You should see the Komga login page:
Use the default username and password of admin and admin to log in. You can then configure Komga to suit your needs.
Congratulations! You have successfully installed Komga on Linux Mint Latest using Docker. You can now organize and read your comics using Komga's user-friendly web interface.
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