In this tutorial, we will walk through the steps to install Solidus on MXLinux Latest. Solidus is an open-source e-commerce platform built with Ruby on Rails.
Before we begin, make sure that you have the following:
To start with, we need to install the dependencies required for Solidus. Open your terminal and run the following command:
sudo apt-get install -y curl gnupg build-essential libssl-dev libreadline-dev zlib1g-dev
RVM (Ruby Version Manager) allows you to easily install and manage multiple versions of Ruby on your system. Run the following commands to install RVM:
gpg --keyserver hkp://pool.sks-keyservers.net --recv-keys 409B6B1796C275462A1703113804BB82D39DC0E3 7D2BAF1CF37B13E2069D6956105BD0E739499BDB
curl -sSL https://get.rvm.io | bash -s stable
After installing RVM, you can now install Ruby by running the following command:
rvm install 2.5.1
Once the installation is complete, set the default version to 2.5.1:
rvm --default use 2.5.1
Clone the Solidus repository from GitHub using the following command:
git clone https://github.com/solidusio/solidus.git
Next, change into the Solidus directory:
cd solidus
Bundler is a package manager for Ruby that manages an application's dependencies. Install it by running:
gem install bundler
After installing Bundler, you can now install the Solidus dependencies by running the following command in the Solidus directory:
bundle install
The last step is to set up Solidus by running the following command:
bundle exec rake sandbox
This will create a sample store with sample data that you can use to test and explore Solidus.
In this tutorial, we walked through the steps to install Solidus on MXLinux Latest. With Solidus installed, you can start building your own e-commerce store using Ruby on Rails.
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