Tutorial: How to Install Coppermine on POP! OS

Coppermine is a popular web-based photo gallery application that allows you to create and manage your photo albums online. In this tutorial, we'll show you how to install Coppermine on POP! OS, a Linux distribution based on Ubuntu.

Prerequisites

Before you begin, make sure that you have the following:

• A POP! OS system with root access
• Apache web server installed and running
• MySQL/MariaDB database server installed and running
• PHP installed and running
• Composer installed

Step 1: Download Coppermine

The first step is to download the latest version of Coppermine from the official website:

wget https://github.com/coppermine-gallery/coppermine/archive/master.zip

Once the download is complete, extract the zip file:

unzip master.zip

Step 2: Install Dependencies

Before you can use Coppermine, you need to install its dependencies. To do this, navigate to the Coppermine directory and run the following command:

composer install

This will install the required dependencies in the vendor directory.

Step 3: Create a MySQL Database

Next, you need to create a MySQL database for Coppermine:

mysql -uroot -p

Enter your root password and then run the following SQL queries to create a new database:

CREATE DATABASE coppermine;
GRANT ALL ON coppermine.* TO 'coppermineuser'@'localhost' IDENTIFIED BY 'copperminepassword';
FLUSH PRIVILEGES;

Make sure to replace coppermineuser and copperminepassword with your desired database user and password.

Step 4: Configure Coppermine

Navigate to the include directory in the Coppermine directory and copy the config.sample.php file to config.php:

cp config.sample.php config.php

Next, edit the config.php file and update the following settings to match your environment:

$CONFIG['db_type'] = 'mysqli';
$CONFIG['db_user'] = 'coppermineuser';
$CONFIG['db_password'] = 'copperminepassword';
$CONFIG['db_name'] = 'coppermine';
$CONFIG['db_server'] = 'localhost';

Save and close the file.

Step 5: Set File Permissions

Set the necessary file and directory permissions for Coppermine to function correctly:

sudo chown -R www-data:www-data /path/to/coppermine
sudo chmod -R 755 /path/to/coppermine

Step 6: Create an Apache Virtual Host

Create an Apache virtual host configuration file for Coppermine:

sudo nano /etc/apache2/sites-available/coppermine.conf

Add the following configuration to the file:

<VirtualHost *:80>
    ServerAdmin [email protected]
    DocumentRoot /path/to/coppermine
    ServerName example.com
    ServerAlias www.example.com
    <Directory /path/to/coppermine>
        Options FollowSymLinks
        AllowOverride All
        Require all granted
    </Directory>
    ErrorLog ${APACHE_LOG_DIR}/error.log
    CustomLog ${APACHE_LOG_DIR}/access.log combined
</VirtualHost>

Make sure to replace /path/to/coppermine with the actual path to your Coppermine installation and example.com with your own domain name.

Enable the virtual host and reload Apache:

sudo a2ensite coppermine.conf
sudo systemctl reload apache2

Step 7: Install Coppermine

Open your web browser and go to http://example.com/install.php (replace example.com with your own domain name). Follow the on-screen instructions to complete the installation process.

Once the installation is complete, edit the config.php file again and set the following option to false:

$CONFIG['signup_protection'] = false;

This will allow users to sign up and create their own galleries.

Conclusion

Congratulations! You have successfully installed Coppermine on POP! OS. You can now start creating your own photo galleries and sharing them with others.