Thelia is an open-source e-commerce platform that allows you to easily create online stores for your products. In this tutorial, we will guide you through the steps to install Thelia on Manjaro.
Before starting the installation process, you will need the following:
Apache web server is a widely-used web server that is needed to run Thelia. To install Apache, run the following command in your terminal:
sudo pacman -S apache
After installation, start the Apache web server using the following command:
sudo systemctl start httpd
To verify if Apache is running, open your web browser and type in http://localhost. If Apache is running, you will see a page displaying "Apache is working!"
Thelia requires PHP 7.3 or later to run. To install PHP and its necessary extensions, run the following command in your terminal:
sudo pacman -S php php-apache php-gd php-mysql php-zip
After installing PHP, restart the Apache web server using the following command:
sudo systemctl restart httpd
To verify if PHP is installed and enabled, create a new PHP file in your web root directory using the following command:
sudo nano /srv/http/info.php
Paste the following contents into the file:
<?php phpinfo(); ?>
Save and close the file. Now, open your web browser and type in http://localhost/info.php. If PHP is installed and enabled, you will see the PHP configuration information.
Thelia requires a database server to store its data. You can use either MySQL or MariaDB. To install MySQL, run the following command in your terminal:
sudo pacman -S mysql
After installation, start the MySQL service using the following command:
sudo systemctl start mysqld
To secure your MySQL installation, run the following command:
sudo mysql_secure_installation
Follow the prompts to set a root password and remove any unnecessary users and databases.
To configure the database for Thelia, you need to create a new database, user, and password. To do this, log in to the MySQL server using the following command:
sudo mysql -u root -p
Enter the root password when prompted. Then, create a new database using the following command:
CREATE DATABASE thelia;
Create a new user and password using the following command:
CREATE USER 'theliauser'@'localhost' IDENTIFIED BY 'password';
Grant the user permissions to access the database using the following command:
GRANT ALL PRIVILEGES ON thelia.* TO 'theliauser'@'localhost';
Finally, flush the privileges and exit the MySQL server using the following commands:
FLUSH PRIVILEGES;
EXIT;
Next, you need to clone the latest version of Thelia from GitHub. To do this, run the following command in your terminal:
git clone https://github.com/thelia/thelia.git
This will clone the Thelia repository into a new folder called "thelia" in your current directory.
To install Thelia, navigate to the "thelia" directory and run the following command:
php composer.phar install --no-dev --prefer-dist
This will install all necessary dependencies for Thelia.
Now, you need to configure Thelia to connect to the database you created earlier. To do this, copy the "app/config/parameters.yml.dist" file to "app/config/parameters.yml" using the following command:
cp app/config/parameters.yml.dist app/config/parameters.yml
Then, open the "app/config/parameters.yml" file using a text editor and update the database connection information with the following:
parameters:
database_driver: pdo_mysql
database_host: 127.0.0.1
database_port: 3306
database_name: thelia
database_user: theliauser
database_password: password
...
Save and close the file.
You need to set the correct file permissions for Thelia to run properly. To do this, run the following commands:
sudo chown -R http:http /path/to/thelia
sudo chmod -R 775 /path/to/thelia
Replace "/path/to/thelia" with the path to your Thelia install directory.
Finally, you can test your Thelia installation by opening your web browser and navigating to http://localhost/thelia/setup/. Follow the on-screen instructions to complete the installation wizard.
After installation, you can access the Thelia admin panel by navigating to http://localhost/thelia/admin/login.
Congratulations, you have successfully installed Thelia on Manjaro!
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