Gossa is a simple and self-hosted photo gallery written in Go language. It can store your photos in a database and display them in a clean and responsive web interface. In this tutorial, we will show you how to install Gossa on OpenSUSE in a few simple steps.
Before we start with the installation process, it is recommended to update the OpenSUSE system packages to the latest version. This can be done by running the following command in the terminal.
sudo zypper update
Gossa requires some dependencies to be installed before we can proceed with the installation. Run the following command to install the necessary packages.
sudo zypper install go git nodejs npm libexif12 libwebp7
After the installation of the dependencies, we need to clone the Gossa repository to our system. Use the following command to clone the repository.
git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/pldubouilh/gossa.git
Now we will build and install Gossa to our system. Change the directory to the cloned gossa folder using the following command.
cd gossa
Next, run the following command to build and install Gossa.
make
sudo make install
After a successful installation of Gossa, navigate to the configuration folder using the following command.
cd /usr/local/etc/gossa
Here, you will find a configuration file named gossa.yaml. Edit this file using any text editor of your choice to configure Gossa settings, such as database credentials, photo folder directory, and more.
Finally, you can start and run Gossa using the following command.
gossa
After running the command, you should see a message similar to the following:
Gossa listening on 127.0.0.1:8080
Now, you can open your web browser and visit the Gossa interface by typing 127.0.0.1:8080 in the address bar.
Congratulations! You have successfully installed and configured Gossa on OpenSUSE.
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