How to Install Sigal on Manjaro

Sigal is a simple yet powerful Python-based tool for generating static galleries. In this tutorial, we will learn how to install Sigal on Manjaro.

Prerequisites

Before we begin, ensure that you have the following prerequisites:

• Manjaro Linux installed in your system.
• Python 3.6 or higher version installed in your system.

Installing Sigal

1. The first step is to install Sigal dependencies which are Pillow, Jinja2, and Click. Open the terminal by pressing Ctr+Alt+T or by searching for it in the Applications menu.

2. Update your system's package list using the following command:

   sudo pacman -Syu
   

3. Install the required dependencies using the following command:

   sudo pacman -S python-pillow python-jinja python-click
   

4. Next, we are going to install Sigal. You can install it from the official repository or using pip.

   Installing Sigal from the Official Repository:

   Type the following command in the terminal to install Sigal:

   sudo pacman -S sigal
   

   Installing Sigal using pip:

   Type the following command to install Sigal using pip:

   sudo pip install sigal
   

5. Once the installation is completed, you can confirm it by running the following command in the terminal:

   sigal --version
   

   It should return the version of Sigal that you just installed.

Conclusion

In this tutorial, we learned how to install Sigal on Manjaro. Sigal is a simple, yet powerful tool to generate static photo galleries in no time. Now you can easily install it on your Manjaro Linux system and start creating beautiful photo galleries.

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