Piwigo - Install ExifTool

ExifTool is needed for plugins such as Write Metadata but it is not yet released for DSM 7. You can install it manually by following the steps below:

Installing Exiftool for DSM 7

1. SSH into your Diskstation.
2. Download the Image-ExifTool distribution from the ExifTool home page (the file you download should be named Image-ExifTool-12.40.tar.gz).
3. Unpack the archive:

   cd <your download directory>
   gzip -dc Image-ExifTool-12.40.tar.gz | tar -xf -
   

4. Copy needed files to `/usr/bin/:

   cp Image-ExifTool-12.40/exiftool /usr/bin/
   cp -r Image-ExifTool-12.40/lib /usr/bin/
   

   Tip

   The only needed files are /exiftool and /lib/*

5. Set permissions:

   chown -R http:http /usr/bin/exiftool
   chown -R http:http /usr/bin/exiftool/lib
   chmod -R 0770 /usr/bin/exiftool
   chmod -R 0770 /usr/bin/exiftool/lib
   

6. Remove extra files:

   rm -r Image-ExifTool-12.40
   

Note

By default, $PATH variable should already contains /usr/bin. If not, it should be added into /etc/profile