How to Install Photoview on macOS

Photoview is an open-source image viewer with a modern, minimalist interface. Here is a step-by-step guide to installing Photoview on macOS:

1. Open the Terminal application on your macOS by searching for it in Spotlight or navigating to Applications > Utilities > Terminal.

2. Install Homebrew, a package manager for macOS, by entering the following command in the terminal window:

   /bin/bash -c "$(curl -fsSL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/Homebrew/install/HEAD/install.sh)"
   

3. Once Homebrew is installed, run the following command in the terminal to install the dependencies required for Photoview:

   brew install exiftool imagemagick webkit2gtk
   

4. Next, install Git if you do not have it already installed by running the following command:

   brew install git
   

5. Now, clone the Photoview repository by running the following command in the terminal:

   git clone https://github.com/photoview/photoview.git
   

6. Once the repository has been cloned, navigate to the Photoview directory by running the following command:

   cd photoview
   

7. Finally, to run Photoview, execute the following command:

   cargo run --release
   

   Photoview should now be installed on your macOS and ready to use.

Note: Photoview requires Rust version 1.52 or later. If Rust is not installed on your macOS, you can install it using the following command:

curl --proto '=https' --tlsv1.2 -sSf https://sh.rustup.rs | sh

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