Shopware is a popular and powerful e-commerce software that is designed to scale with businesses of all sizes. In this tutorial, we will show you how to install the Shopware Community Edition on the Linux Mint operating system. Follow the steps below to get started.
Before you begin, you will need a few things:
The first step is to download the latest version of Shopware from the official website. You can visit the following URL to download: https://www.shopware.com/community/
Once you have downloaded the package, extract it to a directory of your choice. In this tutorial, we will extract it to /var/www/shopware/
sudo mkdir /var/www/shopware
sudo tar -xzf shopware.zip -C /var/www/shopware
Composer is a dependency manager for PHP that will allow us to install the required packages for Shopware. To install Composer, run the following commands:
cd /tmp
curl -sS https://getcomposer.org/installer -o composer-setup.php
sudo php composer-setup.php --install-dir=/usr/local/bin --filename=composer
Now that you have Composer installed, we can install the dependencies required by Shopware. Run the following commands:
cd /var/www/shopware/
sudo composer install
You will be prompted to provide some information during the installation process. Make sure to provide the correct details to avoid any issues.
We need to create a virtual host in Apache to serve Shopware. Run the following commands to create a virtual host for your application:
sudo nano /etc/apache2/sites-available/shopware.conf
Add the following content to the file:
<VirtualHost *:80>
ServerAdmin webmaster@localhost
DocumentRoot /var/www/shopware
ServerName example.com
ServerAlias www.example.com
<Directory /var/www/shopware/>
Options FollowSymLinks
AllowOverride All
Require all granted
</Directory>
ErrorLog ${APACHE_LOG_DIR}/error.log
CustomLog ${APACHE_LOG_DIR}/access.log combined
</VirtualHost>
After adding the content, save and close the file. Next, enable the site and restart Apache:
sudo a2ensite shopware.conf
sudo service apache2 restart
Now that you have everything set up, you can proceed with the Shopware installation. To do this, navigate to http://example.com/recovery/install/index.php in your web browser.
You will be presented with the Shopware installation wizard. Follow the instructions provided by the wizard to complete the installation.
Shopware Community Edition is now installed and configured on Linux Mint. You can now customize the look and feel of your store by accessing the administration panel. Enjoy!
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