Photo Stream is a free and open-source photo album application that allows users to upload and manage their photos from various sources in a single place. In this tutorial, we will show you how to install Photo Stream on MXLinux Latest.
Before starting, make sure you have the following prerequisites:
First, you need to install some required packages on your system. Open the terminal and update the system repository as follows:
sudo apt update
Then, install the required packages using the following command:
sudo apt install git python3 python3-venv python3-pip python3-tk python3-pil python3-pil.imagetk
Next, you need to download and install Photo Stream from the GitHub repository. To do this, follow these steps:
Open the terminal and clone the Photo Stream repository using the following command:
git clone https://github.com/waschinski/photo-stream.git
Navigate to the downloaded directory using the following command:
cd photo-stream/
Create a Python virtual environment with the following command:
python3 -m venv venv
Activate the virtual environment using the following command:
source venv/bin/activate
Install the required Python packages using the following command:
pip3 install -r requirements.txt
Now, you can run Photo Stream on your system. To do this, follow these steps:
Navigate to the src directory using the following command:
cd src/
Run the following command to start Photo Stream:
python3 start.py
Finally, open your web browser and navigate to http://localhost:5000 to access the Photo Stream application.
In this tutorial, we have shown you how to install Photo Stream on MXLinux Latest. You can now easily upload and manage your photos from various sources in a single place using Photo Stream.
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