PictShare is an open-source image hosting service that allows you to upload and share images online. It has a simple and easy-to-use interface and can be installed on any server that supports PHP. In this tutorial, we will guide you through the process of installing PictShare on POP! OS Latest.
Before we start, you should have the following:
PictShare requires Apache, PHP, and MySQL to run. If you don't have them installed, you can install them by running the following commands:
sudo apt update
sudo apt install apache2 php mysql-server php-mysql
Once installed, start the Apache and MySQL services by running:
sudo systemctl start apache2
sudo systemctl start mysql
To check if they are working correctly, enter the following commands:
sudo systemctl status apache2
sudo systemctl status mysql
You should see an active status for both services.
Next, download the latest version of PictShare from the official website:
wget https://github.com/chrisiaut/pictshare/archive/latest.zip
Unzip the downloaded file:
unzip latest.zip
Move the extracted directory to the /var/www/html directory:
sudo mv pictshare-latest /var/www/html/pictshare
Login into MySQL as a root user:
sudo mysql -u root -p
Create a new database for PictShare:
CREATE DATABASE pictshare;
Create a new user and grant all privileges on the pictshare database:
GRANT ALL ON pictshare.* TO 'pictshareuser'@'localhost' IDENTIFIED BY 'yourpassword';
Flush the privileges and exit from MySQL:
FLUSH PRIVILEGES;
EXIT;
In the /var/www/html/pictshare directory, rename the file config.php.example to config.php:
sudo mv config.php.example config.php
Open the config.php file in a text editor:
sudo nano config.php
Edit the following lines to match the MySQL database details you just created:
define('PS_DB_HOST', 'localhost');
define('PS_DB_NAME', 'pictshare');
define('PS_DB_USER', 'pictshareuser');
define('PS_DB_PASS', 'yourpassword');
Save and close the file.
To ensure that PictShare can read and write files, we need to set the correct permissions and ownership. Run the following commands:
sudo chown -R www-data:www-data /var/www/html/pictshare
sudo chmod -R 755 /var/www/html/pictshare
sudo chmod -R 777 /var/www/html/pictshare/data
Open your web browser and navigate to the http://
You should see the PictShare login page. Enter the default username and password (admin/admin), and you should be redirected to the PictShare dashboard.
Congratulations, you have successfully installed PictShare on POP! OS Latest.
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