Photo stream is a free and open-source application for the management of photos using a web user interface. In this tutorial, we will guide you through how to install Photo Stream on nixOS Latest.
Steps for installation:
First, we need to install nixOS Latest on our system. If you haven't installed it yet, follow the official documentation or NixOS installation guide.
Before installing Photo Stream, we need to install its dependencies. To do this, open the terminal and type the following command:
nix-shell -p nodejs
Now, we have installed the Node.js package, which is required to run Photo Stream.
Go to the https://github.com/waschinski/photo-stream repository and clone it to your local machine using the following command:
git clone https://github.com/waschinski/photo-stream.git
This will download the latest version of Photo Stream to your computer.
To install Photo Stream, enter the directory where you have cloned the repository:
cd photo-stream
After that, run the following command to install Photo Stream:
npm install
Now, we need to configure the application by creating a configuration file. In the same terminal, run the following command:
cp config.example.json config.json
Edit the configuration file (config.json
) with your own settings. For example, you can change the port number from 3000 to another port number.
To run Photo Stream, use the following command:
npm start
After running this command, your terminal will display the following output:
> photo-stream@0.1.0 start /your/path/to/photo-stream
> node app.js
starting app on port 3000
Now, open your web browser and go to http://localhost:3000 to access Photo Stream.
In this tutorial, we have shown you how to install Photo Stream on nixOS Latest. If you follow the steps correctly, you will be able to successfully install and run Photo Stream on your system.
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