Sharp

Sharp is an image processing library to transform and optimize images. It is required to generate thumbnails of uploaded images and perform various transformations.

Automated Installation (recommended)

From the Administration Area, click on Extensions in the sidebar.
Next to the Sharp entry, click the Install button.
Wait for the installation to complete.
Sharp will now be marked as Installed. You're done!

Manual Installation (advanced)

WARNING

This installation method is intended to be used only if you're having issues with the automated installation method above!

From a command line terminal, navigate the wiki installation folder.
Navigate to node_modules/sharp:
```
    cd node_modules/sharp
```

Run the install script:

    node install/libvips && node install/dll-copy

Create an empty file named wiki_installed.txt:
```
    touch wiki_installed.txt
```
From the Administration Area, click on Extensions in the sidebar.
Click on the Rescan button to detect newly installed extensions.
The Sharp entry should now be marked as installed.