In this tutorial, we'll go through the step-by-step process of installing PictShare on OpenSUSE Latest. PictShare is an open-source image hosting and sharing platform that allows you to upload and share images with others.
PictShare can be downloaded from their official website at https://www.pictshare.net/. Once on the website, click on the "Download" button to download the latest version of PictShare. Alternatively, you can use the following command to download PictShare using the terminal:
wget https://github.com/chrisiaut/pictshare/archive/master.zip
Once the download is complete, use the following command to unzip PictShare:
unzip master.zip
This will create a new directory called "pictshare-master" in the current directory.
Now that we have unzipped PictShare, we need to move it to the web server directory so that it can be accessed by users over the internet. We will move PictShare to the default web server directory on OpenSUSE, which is "/srv/www/htdocs/". Use the following command to move PictShare to the web server directory:
sudo mv pictshare-master /srv/www/htdocs/pictshare
Before we can use PictShare, we need to create a new MySQL database for it. Use the following command to create a new MySQL database for PictShare:
sudo mysql -u root -p -e "CREATE DATABASE pictshare;"
Enter the root password for MySQL when prompted. This will create a new database called "pictshare".
Next, we need to create a new MySQL user for PictShare so that it can access the database we just created. Use the following commands to create a new MySQL user for PictShare:
sudo mysql -u root -p -e "CREATE USER 'pictshareuser'@'localhost' IDENTIFIED BY 'password';"
sudo mysql -u root -p -e "GRANT ALL PRIVILEGES ON pictshare.* TO 'pictshareuser'@'localhost';"
sudo mysql -u root -p -e "FLUSH PRIVILEGES;"
Replace "password" with a strong password for the MySQL user. This will create a new MySQL user called "pictshareuser" and grant it all privileges on the "pictshare" database.
PictShare comes with a sample configuration file located at "/srv/www/htdocs/pictshare/includes/pictshare.config.php.sample". We need to rename this file to "pictshare.config.php" and modify it to match our MySQL configuration. Use the following commands to do this:
cd /srv/www/htdocs/pictshare/includes
cp pictshare.config.php.sample pictshare.config.php
nano pictshare.config.php
In the configuration file, modify the following lines to match your MySQL configuration:
define('MYSQL_HOST', 'localhost');
define('MYSQL_USER', 'pictshareuser');
define('MYSQL_PASS', 'password');
define('MYSQL_DB', 'pictshare');
Replace "password" with the password you set for the "pictshareuser" MySQL user.
Next, we need to set the correct permissions for the PictShare directory so that it can be accessed by the web server. Use the following command to set the correct permissions:
sudo chown -R wwwrun:www /srv/www/htdocs/pictshare
sudo chmod -R 755 /srv/www/htdocs/pictshare
PictShare should now be accessible by visiting the web server's IP address or domain name followed by "/pictshare" in a web browser. For example, if the server's IP address is "192.168.1.100", the URL for PictShare would be "http://192.168.1.100/pictshare".
Congratulations! You have successfully installed PictShare on OpenSUSE Latest.
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