lychee/docs/md/Installation.md

1. Requirements

Everything you need is a web-server with PHP 5.3 or later and a MySQL-Database.

2. PHP configuration php.ini

The following extensions must be activated:

extension = php_mbstring.dll
extension = php_exif.dll
extension = php_gd2.dll

To use Lychee without restrictions, we recommend to increase the values of the following properties:

max_execution_time = 200
post_max_size = 200M
upload_max_size = 200M
upload_max_filesize = 20M
max_file_uploads = 100

3. Download

The easiest way to download Lychee is with git:

git clone https://github.com/electerious/Lychee.git

You can also use the direct download.

4. Permissions

Change the permissions of uploads/ and data/ to 777, including all subfolders:

chmod -R 777 uploads/ data/

5. Finish

Open Lychee in your browser and follow the given steps. If you have trouble, take a look at the FAQ.