How to Install Photo Stream on MXLinux Latest

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.

Prerequisites

Before starting, make sure you have the following prerequisites:

Step 1: Install Required Packages

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

Step 2: Install Photo Stream

Next, you need to download and install Photo Stream from the GitHub repository. To do this, follow these steps:

  1. Open the terminal and clone the Photo Stream repository using the following command:

    git clone https://github.com/waschinski/photo-stream.git
    
  2. Navigate to the downloaded directory using the following command:

    cd photo-stream/
    
  3. Create a Python virtual environment with the following command:

    python3 -m venv venv
    
  4. Activate the virtual environment using the following command:

    source venv/bin/activate
    
  5. Install the required Python packages using the following command:

    pip3 install -r requirements.txt
    

Step 3: Run Photo Stream

Now, you can run Photo Stream on your system. To do this, follow these steps:

  1. Navigate to the src directory using the following command:

    cd src/
    
  2. Run the following command to start Photo Stream:

    python3 start.py
    
  3. Finally, open your web browser and navigate to http://localhost:5000 to access the Photo Stream application.

Conclusion

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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