How to Install Quru Image Server on Void Linux

Quru Image Server is an open-source image processing server that optimizes images on the fly. This tutorial will guide you through the process of installing Quru Image Server on Void Linux.

Prerequisites

Before proceeding with the installation process, ensure that you have the following prerequisites:

• A running instance of Void Linux
• A terminal emulator
• Access to the internet

Installation Steps

1. Launch the terminal emulator on your system.

2. Use the xbps package manager to update your system's package database and upgrade all installed packages to their latest versions. Run the following commands:

sudo xbps-install -S
sudo xbps-install -u

3. Install required dependencies for Quru Image Server by running the following command:

sudo xbps-install -y g++ jansson jemalloc libjpeg-turbo-dev libpng-dev openssl-dev patch pcre-dev zlib-dev

4. Download the Quru Image Server tarball from their official website using the curl command:

curl -OL https://quruimageserver.com/download/quru-image-server-latest.tar.gz

5. Extract the contents of the tarball using the tar command:

tar zxf quru-image-server-latest.tar.gz && cd quru-image-server-*

6. Compile and install Quru Image Server using the make command.

make && sudo make install

7. QIS is now installed globally. Check the installation by running the qis --version command.

qis --version

Configuring QIS

By default, Quru Image Server reads its configuration file from /etc/qis.ini. You can modify the default configuration file or create a new one.

1. Create a new configuration file in the QIS base directory.

sudo mkdir /usr/local/etc/qis
sudo touch /usr/local/etc/qis/qis.ini

2. Edit the new configuration file with your desired configurations.

sudo nano /usr/local/etc/qis/qis.ini

3. Save and exit the text editor.

4. Start the Quru Image Server service to begin processing image requests.

qis -c /usr/local/etc/qis/qis.ini start

You have successfully installed and configured Quru Image Server on Void Linux.

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