Photonix is a lightweight and powerful photo management software that allows you to organize, edit, and share your photos easily. In this tutorial, we will guide you through the process of installing Photonix on NetBSD.
Before we begin the installation process, make sure you have the following installed on your system:
Open the terminal on NetBSD and execute the following command to update the package manager:
sudo pkgin update
Next, we need to install the package dependencies required to run Photonix. Enter the following command in the terminal:
sudo pkgin install php74-gd php74-mbstring php74-curl php74-pdo_sqlite sqlite3
Navigate to the photonix.org website and download the latest version of Photonix. You can use the following command to download the Photonix file on NetBSD:
wget https://github.com/delphiki/photonix/archive/master.zip
Next, extract the downloaded Photonix file using the following command:
unzip master.zip
You can rename the extracted folder like below:
mv photonix-master photonix
Set required permissions to the photonix folder by executing the below commands:
sudo chown -R www:www /path/to/photonix && sudo chmod -R 775 /path/to/photonix
Replace /path/to/photonix with the actual path to the Photonix folder.
Navigate to the photonix folder and copy the config.sample.php file to config.php.
cd /path/to/photonix && cp config.sample.php config.php
Now, open the config.php file in your favorite text editor on NetBSD. Modify the database connection settings as per your needs. You can also modify other settings in this file as required.
Start the PHP server using the below command:
php -S 127.0.0.1:9090 -t /path/to/photonix
Replace /path/to/photonix with the actual path to the Photonix folder.
Open your web browser and type http://127.0.0.1:9090 in the address bar. You should then see the Photonix web interface. Congratulations! You have successfully installed Photonix on NetBSD.
In this tutorial, we have learned how to install Photonix on NetBSD. You can now organize, edit, and share your photos with Photonix. Feel free to explore the features and customize settings as per your needs.
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