Libravatar is a service that allows you to use a single avatar image across multiple online services. In this tutorial, we will guide you through the steps to install Libravatar on Windows 11.
To follow this tutorial, you need to have the following:
Visit the XAMPP website at https://www.apachefriends.org/download.html and download the latest version of XAMPP for Windows. Once the download is complete, open the installer and follow the on-screen instructions to install it on your computer.
Visit the Libravatar website at https://www.libravatar.org/ and click on the "Download" button. Save the downloaded file to a folder on your computer.
Navigate to the folder where you saved the Libravatar files and extract them using a file extraction tool like 7-zip or WinZip.
Open the XAMPP installation folder, which is usually located at C:\xampp. Copy the extracted Libravatar files and paste them into the htdocs folder in the XAMPP installation folder.
Open the XAMPP Control Panel by clicking on the XAMPP icon in the system tray or by searching for it in the Start menu. Click on the "Start" button next to "Apache" to start the Apache web server.
Open your web browser and type http://localhost in the address bar. This will open the XAMPP home page. Click on the "phpMyAdmin" link to access the MySQL administration page.
Create a new database and name it libravatar_db. Next, import the libravatar.sql file located in the sql folder of the Libravatar installation files into the libravatar_db database.
Finally, access Libravatar by typing http://localhost/libravatar in your web browser.
That's it! You have successfully installed Libravatar on your Windows 11 computer. You can now use it to manage your avatars across multiple online services.
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