pyPhotoAlbum/QUICK_INSTALL.md

Quick Installation Guide

Choose your preferred installation method:

🚀 Easiest: Automated Script

./install.sh

Select option 3 (Everything) when prompted.

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📦 Fedora (RPM Package)

Create and Install Package

# Create source tarball
cd ..
tar czf pyphotoalbum-0.1.0.tar.gz pyPhotoAlbum/ --exclude=.git --exclude=venv --exclude=__pycache__
mv pyphotoalbum-0.1.0.tar.gz ~/rpmbuild/SOURCES/
cd pyPhotoAlbum

# Build RPM
rpmbuild -ba pyphotoalbum.spec

# Install
sudo dnf install ~/rpmbuild/RPMS/noarch/pyphotoalbum-0.1.0-1.*.noarch.rpm

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📦 Arch/CachyOS (Pacman Package)

Create and Install Package

# Create source tarball
cd ..
tar czf pyphotoalbum-0.1.0.tar.gz pyPhotoAlbum/ --exclude=.git --exclude=venv --exclude=__pycache__
mv pyphotoalbum-0.1.0.tar.gz pyPhotoAlbum/
cd pyPhotoAlbum

# Build and install
makepkg -si

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🔧 Manual Installation

Quick Commands

Fedora:

sudo dnf install python3-qt6 python3-pyopengl python3-numpy python3-pillow python3-reportlab python3-lxml
pip install --user .

Arch/CachyOS:

sudo pacman -S python-pyqt6 python-pyopengl python-numpy python-pillow python-reportlab python-lxml
pip install --user .

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▶️ Running the Application

After installation:

pyphotoalbum

Or find "pyPhotoAlbum" in your application menu.

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🆘 Troubleshooting

Command not found?

echo 'export PATH="$HOME/.local/bin:$PATH"' >> ~/.bashrc
source ~/.bashrc

For more details, see INSTALLATION.md