How to Install Gossa on Void Linux

Gossa is a self-hosted photo gallery written in Golang. It allows you to browse your photo collection, view your photos in a full-screen slideshow, and download your original photos. In this tutorial, we will show you how to install Gossa on Void Linux.

Prerequisites

Before installing Gossa, you need to have the following prerequisites:

  • A server or a VPS running Void Linux
  • A user account with sudo privileges
  • Basic knowledge of the command line interface

Step 1: Install the Required Dependencies

The first step is to install the required dependencies for building and running Gossa. Open your terminal and run the following command:

sudo xbps-install -S git go gcc

This command will install Git, Go, and GCC.

Step 2: Clone the Gossa Repository

The next step is to clone the Gossa repository from Github. Run the following command to clone the repository:

git clone https://github.com/pldubouilh/gossa.git

This command will create a new directory named "gossa" which contains the Gossa source code.

Step 3: Build and Install Gossa

To build and install Gossa, run the following commands:

cd gossa
go build
sudo cp gossa /usr/local/bin

These commands will build the Gossa binary and copy it to the /usr/local/bin directory.

Step 4: Configure Gossa

Before running Gossa, you need to configure it by creating a configuration file. Run the following command:

cp config.yaml.sample config.yaml

This command will create a sample configuration file named "config.yaml". Open this file using your favorite text editor and modify it according to your needs. You can specify the path to your photo directory, the web server port, and other settings.

Step 5: Start Gossa

To start Gossa, run the following command:

gossa -c config.yaml

This command will start Gossa and listen on the web server port specified in the configuration file. Open your web browser and navigate to http://localhost:8080 (replace 8080 with your configured port) to access your photo collection.

Conclusion

In this tutorial, we showed you how to install Gossa on Void Linux. Now you can easily browse and share your photo collection with your friends and family using Gossa.