How to Install Gossa on macOS

Gossa is an open-source photo album server that can help you to easily organize and share your photos with your friends and family. In this tutorial, we will show you how to install Gossa on macOS.

Prerequisites

Before starting the installation process, make sure that you have the following prerequisites installed on your machine:

• Homebrew: A package manager for macOS. You can install it by running the following command in the Terminal:

/usr/bin/ruby -e "$(curl -fsSL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/Homebrew/install/master/install)"

• Git: A version control system that is used to clone the Gossa repository. You can install it by running the following command in the Terminal:

brew install git

• Go: A programming language that is used to compile the Gossa code. You can install it by running the following command in the Terminal:

brew install go

Installing Gossa

Once you have installed all the prerequisites, you can follow the steps below to install Gossa:

1. Open the Terminal app.

2. Clone the Gossa repository from GitHub by running the following command:

git clone https://github.com/pldubouilh/gossa.git

3. Navigate to the cloned directory by running the following command:

cd gossa

4. Install the necessary dependencies by running the following command:

go mod download

5. Build the Gossa binary by running the following command:

go build

6. Run the Gossa binary by running the following command:

./gossa

7. Open your web browser and go to http://localhost:8080 to see the Gossa web interface.

Congratulations! You have successfully installed Gossa on your macOS machine. You can now start uploading your photos and use Gossa to organize and share them.

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