How to Install Sigal on Elementary OS Latest

Sigal is an open-source, simple, and lightweight photo gallery generator designed to create and manage inspiration galleries, portfolios, and personal photography websites. This tutorial will guide you on how to install Sigal on Elementary OS latest.

Prerequisites

Before installing Sigal, make sure you have the following prerequisites:

  • An updated version of the pip package manager
  • Python 3.6 or higher
  • Git

You can install pip and Python 3.6 on Ubuntu/Elementary OS by running the following commands:

sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install python3-pip
sudo apt-get install python3.6

To install Git, run the following command:

sudo apt-get install git

Installing Sigal

Follow these simple steps to install Sigal:

  1. Firstly, clone the Sigal repository from Github by running the following command:
git clone https://github.com/saimn/sigal.git
  1. Once the cloning process is complete, navigate to the Sigal directory and install the package requirements via pip:
cd sigal
pip3 install -r requirements.txt
  1. After installing the requirements, run the following command to install Sigal:
pip3 install .
  1. You can verify the installation of Sigal by running the following command:
sigal

This command will display the help screen and options available for Sigal.

Configuring Sigal

By default, Sigal creates a gallery in the current working directory. However, you can customize the gallery settings to suit your preference. To configure Sigal, create a new directory e.g gallery and run the following command:

sigal init gallery

This command will generate a sigal.conf.py file, which you can modify to suit your preference. Note that the sigal.conf.py file contains various settings such as the gallery name, theme, and more. You can modify these settings to suit your requirements.

Deploying Sigal

Once you've customized Sigal to your liking, you can deploy the gallery by running the following command:

sigal build

This command will generate the HTML pages for your gallery. You can then preview the gallery by running a local server:

sigal serve

Finally, open your web browser and go to http://localhost:8000 to preview your gallery.

Conclusion

That's it! You've successfully installed and configured Sigal on Elementary OS. You can now create and manage your galleries, portfolios, and personal photography website with ease. Happy gallery building!