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How to install Piwigo Photo Gallery on Ubuntu 16.04

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To install Piwigo Photo Gallery on Ubuntu 16.04

Piwigo is a free and open source web based photo gallery software which is available under GNU General Public License. Piwigo is written in PHP language and uses MySQL database for storage. It is highly customizable as anyone is allowed to modify it according to their use, besides that it has its extensions freely available. It also organize the photos, allows privacy, generate multiple size photos, and contains statistics and management tools. This tutorial covers the installation procedure of Piwigo Photo Gallery on Ubuntu 16.04.

Installation procedure

To proceed with the installation procedure, enter into HTML location by running the cd command.

root@linuxhelp:~# cd /var/www/html/

Download the piwigo package by running the wget command followed by the download link.

root@linuxhelp:/var/www/html# wget " http://piwigo.org/download/dlcounter.php?code=latest"  -O piwigo-latest.zip
--2017-11-04 01:28:08--  http://piwigo.org/download/dlcounter.php?code=latest
Resolving piwigo.org (piwigo.org)... 87.98.147.22
Connecting to piwigo.org (piwigo.org)|87.98.147.22|:80... connected.
HTTP request sent, awaiting response... 200 OK
Length: 7794574 (7.4M) [application/zip]
Saving to: ‘ piwigo-latest.zip’ 

piwigo-latest.zip   100%[===================> ]   7.43M  11.2MB/s    in 0.7s    

2017-11-04 01:28:26 (11.2 MB/s) - ‘ piwigo-latest.zip’  saved [7794574/7794574]

Extract the downloaded package by running the unzip command.

root@linuxhelp:/var/www/html# unzip piwigo-latest.zip 
Archive:  piwigo-latest.zip
   creating: piwigo/
  inflating: piwigo/.gitignore       
   creating: piwigo/_data/
 extracting: piwigo/_data/dummy.txt  
  inflating: piwigo/about.php        
  inflating: piwigo/action.php       
   creating: piwigo/admin/
  inflating: piwigo/admin/album.php  
.
.
inflating: piwigo/tools/ws.htm     
  inflating: piwigo/upgrade.php      
  inflating: piwigo/upgrade_feed.php  
   creating: piwigo/upload/
  inflating: piwigo/ws.php           

Change the ownership of file in HTML location by running the following command.

root@linuxhelp:/var/www/html# chown www-data:www-data /var/www/html/

Create a virtual host configuration file for piwigo and copy the default conf file to newly created conf file.

root@linuxhelp:/var/www/html# cp /etc/apache2/sites-available/000-default.conf /etc/apache2/sites-available/piwigo.org.conf

Edit the newly created configuration file by entering the content in the file. Save and exit the file.

root@linuxhelp:/var/www/html# vim /etc/apache2/sites-available/piwigo.org.conf
ServerName piwigo.org
Serveradmin   admin@piwigo.org
DocumentRoot   /var/www/html/piwigo

Enable the newly created conf file by running the following command.

root@linuxhelp:/var/www/html# a2ensite piwigo.org.conf
Enabling site piwigo.org

To activate the new configuration, you need to run the following command.

root@linuxhelp:/var/www/html# service apache2 reload

Provide the entry in hosts file. Save and exit the file.

root@linuxhelp:/var/www/html# vim /etc/hosts
< machine ip>    piwigo.org

Restart the Apache service.

root@linuxhelp:/var/www/html# systemctl restart apache2

Switch over to the browser and enter the URL as Piwigo.org. The installation procedure of Piwigo is displayed on the screen. Select the Language and enter the following details in database creation.
configuration settings

Next enter the administration details and click Start Installation option.
database
installation

The Piwigo application has been installed successfully in the target system.
installation completed

Open the browser and enter the URL as Piwigo.org and click Start the Tour option.
admin page

The dashboard of Piwigo is displayed on the screen.
dashboard
This concludes the installation procedure of Piwigo on Ubuntu 16.04.

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Frequently asked questions ( 5 )

Q

What are the alternative available for this tool?

A

you can also try for the following softwares Zenfolio, Zenphoto, 4images gallery

Q

How Can I assign a customized permmision to the directories?

A

It depends upon your requirements and Security

Q

How can I sync all the photos at once?

A

You can make use of the ftp sync options provided

Q

How to install php in ubuntu for Piwigo?

A

By using this command install in ubuntu

Syntax:"apt-get install php"

Q

Is Piwigo supports the watermark theme?

A

Yes, Piwigo can automatically add a watermark on all photos, to protect photos against unwanted copy.

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