Installing Zenphoto on Arch Linux

Introduction

Zenphoto is a popular, open-source photo management and gallery application that can be used to organize and display your digital photography. This tutorial will show you how to install Zenphoto on Arch Linux.

Prerequisites

Before starting this tutorial, you'll need the following:

  • A running instance of Arch Linux
  • A web server installed on your Arch Linux instance (Apache, nginx, or another web server)
  • PHP installed on your Arch Linux instance
  • A MySQL or MariaDB database installed on your Arch Linux instance

Step 1 - Install Zenphoto

To install Zenphoto on Arch Linux, first, we need to install the Zenphoto package from the official Arch Linux repository. Run the following command to install the package:

$ sudo pacman -S zenphoto

Step 2 - Configure PHP

Next, we need to configure PHP to enable some required modules. Zenphoto requires the following PHP modules to be enabled to work correctly:

  • php-gd
  • php-mysql
  • php-exif

To enable the required PHP modules, open the php.ini file using your favorite text editor. For example, using nano:

$ sudo nano /etc/php/php.ini

Uncomment the following lines:

extension=gd
extension=pdo_mysql.so
extension=exif

Save and exit the file.

After making the above changes, restart the Apache or nginx service:

$ sudo systemctl restart httpd

Step 3 - Configure Zenphoto

Zenphoto stores its configuration files in the /etc/webapps/zenphoto directory. To configure Zenphoto, create a new configuration file from the default template:

$ sudo cp /etc/webapps/zenphoto/zenphoto.cfg.php.new /etc/webapps/zenphoto/zenphoto.cfg.php

Next, edit the configuration file:

$ sudo nano /etc/webapps/zenphoto/zenphoto.cfg.php

Replace the following settings with your own information:

/*
| Zenphoto configuration file
| originally created AUTOMATICALLY.
| check the albums folder is in
| the proper location and use this file
| to adjust configurational settings.
*/

$conf['dbtype']       = 'mysql';
$conf['dbhost']       = 'localhost';
$conf['dbuser']       = 'zenphoto';
$conf['dbpassword']   = 'password';
$conf['dbname']       = 'zenphoto';

Save and exit the file.

Step 4 - Initialize Zenphoto

Now, initialize the Zenphoto installation by running the following command:

$ sudo /usr/share/webapps/zenphoto/bin/setup.sh --dbhost=localhost --dbname=zenphoto --dbuser=username --dbpassword=password --adminuser=admin --adminpass=adminpass

Replace the --dbuser, --dbpassword, --adminuser, and --adminpass flags with your own information.

After running the above command, open your web browser and navigate to http://your-server-ip/zenphoto. You will be prompted to complete the installation process.

Conclusion

In this tutorial, we showed you how to install and configure Zenphoto on Arch Linux. Now you can start organizing and displaying your digital photography with Zenphoto.