Let's get going!

Installing Gallery is easy. We just need a place to put your photos and info about your MySQL database.

Photo Storage

We're having trouble creating a place for your photos. Can you help? We need you to create a directory called var in your gallery3 directory. This sample code works for most users. Run it in the gallery3 directory: mkdir var
chmod 777 var
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We've found a place to store your photos:

Database

Gallery 3 needs a MySQL database. The values provided work for most setups, so if you're confused try clicking continue.


Database name
User
Password
Host
Table prefix (optional)