Installing Solidus on Linux Mint

Solidus is an open-source ecommerce platform built on Ruby on Rails. In this tutorial, we will walk through the steps to install Solidus on Linux Mint.

Prerequisites

1. A Linux Mint machine with internet access
2. Ruby version >= 2.5.0
3. Rails version >= 6.0.0

Step 1: Install dependencies

Open your terminal and run the following commands to install the required dependencies.

sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install build-essential git libxml2-dev libxslt1-dev libcurl4-openssl-dev libssl-dev zlib1g-dev

Step 2: Install RVM (Ruby Version Manager)

RVM is an awesome tool that makes it easy to install and manage multiple Ruby versions on a single machine. Run the following command to install RVM on your machine.

curl -sSL https://get.rvm.io | bash -s stable

After installation, run the following command to reload the shell and use RVM.

source ~/.rvm/scripts/rvm

Step 3: Install Ruby and Rails

Now that we have RVM set up, let's use it to install Ruby and Rails. Run the following command to install Ruby version 2.7.3.

rvm install 2.7.3

Once the installation is complete, set Ruby 2.7.3 as the default Ruby version by running the following command.

rvm use 2.7.3 --default

Now we can install Rails version 6.1.4 with the following command.

gem install rails -v 6.1.4

Step 4: Install Solidus

With Ruby and Rails installed on our machine, we can now install Solidus. Run the following command to install the latest version of Solidus.

gem install solidus

Once the installation is complete, create a new Solidus application with the following command.

solidus new my_store

my_store is the name of the application. You can choose any name you like.

This command will create a new Solidus application in a new directory called my_store.

Step 5: Configure Solidus

Navigate to the newly created directory by running the following command.

cd my_store

Now run the following command to set up the database schema.

bin/rails db:migrate

After the database schema is set up, you need to generate some default data. Run the following command to do this.

bin/rails db:seed

Now start the Solidus server with the following command.

bin/rails server

You should see Solidus running on http://localhost:3000.

Congratulations! You have successfully installed and configured Solidus on your Linux Mint machine.

Conclusion

In this tutorial, we have gone through the steps to install and configure Solidus on Linux Mint. Now that you have Solidus installed, you can start building your ecommerce store. Happy coding!

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