How to Install Thumbor on macOS

Thumbor is a flexible and powerful open-source image processing service. In this tutorial, we will learn how to install Thumbor on macOS.

Prerequisites

To install Thumbor on macOS, you need to meet the following prerequisites:

• macOS operating system
• Python 2.7 or higher
• Homebrew package manager

Installation Steps

Follow the below steps to install Thumbor on your macOS operating system:

1. Open the Terminal app on your macOS.

2. Install the Homebrew package manager by using the following command:

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

3. Once the Homebrew installation is completed, run the following command to update Homebrew to the latest version:

brew update

4. Now, let's install Thumbor dependencies. Run the following command in your Terminal:

brew install libjpeg libpng libtiff imagemagick graphicsmagick

5. Next, you need to install the Pillow library, which is a fork of the Python Imaging Library (PIL). Use the following command to install it:

pip install pillow

6. Finally, install Thumbor using the following command:

pip install thumbor

7. Now that Thumbor is installed, you can start the Thumbor server by running the following command:

thumbor

8. Access Thumbor by entering "http://localhost:8888/unsafe/smart/https://thumbor.readthedocs.io/static/img/thumbor-logo.png" in your web browser. If everything went well, you should be able to see the Thumbor logo.

Congratulations! You have successfully installed Thumbor on your macOS operating system.

Conclusion

In this tutorial, we learned how to install Thumbor on macOS using the Homebrew package manager. By following the above steps, you can easily set up Thumbor on your macOS machine and start using it for image processing.

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