WooCommerce is a popular eCommerce plugin for WordPress which is used to create online stores. In this tutorial, we will show you how to install WooCommerce on Linux Mint Latest.
Before we start with the installation, make sure that you have the following:
Before we can install WooCommerce, we need to install some required packages. Open the terminal and run the following command to install the necessary packages:
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install php-mysql php-curl php-gd php-intl php-xml php-zip mysql-server apache2
Next, you need to download the WooCommerce zip file from https://woocommerce.com/.
wget https://woocommerce.com/woocommerce.zip
Once you have downloaded the zip file, extract it to the /var/www/html directory:
sudo unzip -q woocommerce.zip -d /var/www/html/
Now, create a MySQL database and user for WooCommerce.
mysql -u root -p
Enter your MySQL root password and then create a new database:
CREATE DATABASE woocommerce;
Create a new user and give it access to the woocommerce database:
CREATE USER 'woocommerceuser'@'localhost' IDENTIFIED BY 'password';
GRANT ALL PRIVILEGES ON woocommerce.* TO 'woocommerceuser'@'localhost';
FLUSH PRIVILEGES;
exit
Go to the web browser and enter the following URL:
http://localhost/woocommerce
You should see the WooCommerce setup wizard page. Follow the wizard setup instructions to configure the database and store settings.
Once you have finished the setup, go to the following URL to check if your WooCommerce installation is working:
http://localhost/woocommerce
You should see the default WooCommerce storefront.
Congratulations! You have successfully installed WooCommerce on Linux Mint Latest!
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