Installing Magento - Shopping Cart

Magento HOWTO


# Install Apache With It's Documentation #####

$ sudo apt-get install apache2 apache2-doc

# Start Apache (it should already be started) #####
$ sudo /etc/init.d/apache2 start


# Test Apache #####

Type on Mozilla Firefox: http://127.0.0.1/
It souhld read: It works!

Note: The message "It works!" can be found at the /var/www
directorie, which is apaches's root directory, wich is were
we will install Magento.



# Instaling MySQL and PHP necessary Dependencies #####


$ sudo apt-get install mysql-server mysql-client
Type in mySQL's root password in the upcoming textbox.

$ sudo apt-get install libapache2-mod-php5 libapache2-mod-perl2

$ sudo apt-get install php5 php5-cli php5-common php5-curl php5-dev php5-gd php5-imap php5-ldap

$ sudo apt-get install php5-mhash php5-mysql php5-odbc curl libwww-perl imagemagick

$ apt-get install php5-mcrypt

# Creating Magento MySQL Database #####

$ mysql -u root -p

mysql> create database magento;

mysql> exit



# Extract Magento #####

$ cd /home/user/Desktop/magento

$ unzip magento.zip



# Installing Magento in Apache #####

# Copiar o Magento para /var/www (apache root dir)
$ sudo cp -vr magento /var/www



# Give Apache Ownership Over SugarCRM Files (apache-user: www-data) #####

$ sudo chown www-data -vR /var/www/magento*



# Configuring php.ini #####

sudo gedit /etc/php5/apache2/php.ini


;memory_limit = 16M
memory_limit = 64M


# Restart Apache #####

$ sudo /etc/init.d/apache2 restart



# Delete Apache's Test Page #####

$ sudo rm -rf /var/www/index.html


# Configuring Magento #####

Type on Mozilla Firefox:
http://127.0.0.1/magento/install.php
and configure Magento acording to the presented instructions.



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