Drupal Commerce is an ecommerce framework that helps to build online stores and web applications. It is an open-source project based on Drupal, a content management system. In this tutorial, we will learn how to install Drupal Commerce on MXLinux Latest.
Before we start installing Drupal Commerce, we need to install some dependencies.
$ sudo apt-get update
$ sudo apt-get install git curl unzip php php-mysql php-gd php-curl php-xml php-mbstring mariadb-server
Composer is a dependency manager for PHP. We can install it using the following command:
$ curl -sS https://getcomposer.org/installer | php
$ sudo mv composer.phar /usr/local/bin/composer
We need to create a database for Drupal Commerce. Login to the MySQL/MariaDB server.
$ mysql -u root -p
Create a new database and user.
CREATE DATABASE drupalcommerce;
CREATE USER 'newuser'@'localhost' IDENTIFIED BY 'password';
GRANT ALL PRIVILEGES ON drupalcommerce.* TO 'newuser'@'localhost';
FLUSH PRIVILEGES;
EXIT;
Clone the Drupal Commerce repository from GitHub.
$ git clone https://github.com/drupalcommerce/commerce.git
Change the directory to the cloned repository and run Composer.
$ cd commerce
$ composer install
We need to configure the site. Copy the default settings.
$ cp sites/default/default.settings.php sites/default/settings.php
Change the ownership of the files and directories to the web server user.
$ sudo chown -R www-data:www-data .
Go to the web browser and navigate to http://localhost/commerce. Follow the on-screen instructions. Provide the database credentials when prompted. After installation, you will be taken to the Drupal Commerce dashboard.
That's it! We have successfully installed Drupal Commerce on MXLinux Latest. Now, start building your ecommerce website using Drupal Commerce.
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