Sigal is a simple yet powerful image gallery generator that can be used to create customizable static websites. In this tutorial, we will go through the steps required to install Sigal on Pop! OS Latest.
Sigal is written in Python, so you will need to have Python installed on your system. To check if Python is already installed, open a terminal and type:
python --version
If Python is not installed, you can install it by running:
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install python3
Next, we need to install pip, which is the package installer for Python. You can do this by running:
sudo apt-get install python3-pip
Once we have Python and pip installed, we can use pip to install Sigal. Run the following command:
pip3 install sigal
This will install Sigal and all its dependencies.
To create a gallery using Sigal, you will need to have a directory with your images. You can create a new directory and copy your images into it, or you can use an existing directory.
Next, navigate to the directory where your images are located in the terminal. For example, if your images are located in a directory named my_images, you can navigate to it by running:
cd my_images
Then, you can generate a gallery by running:
sigal build
This will create a new directory named output with your gallery website.
To view your gallery website, open a web browser and navigate to the output directory. For example, if your website is located in the my_images/output directory, you can open it by navigating to file:///path/to/my_images/output in your web browser.
Congratulations! You have successfully installed Sigal and created a static image gallery website.
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