Tutorial: How to Install OXID eShop on NetBSD

Introduction

OXID eShop is a popular open-source eCommerce platform that enables businesses to create highly-customized online stores. In this tutorial, we will guide you through the process of installing OXID eShop on NetBSD.

Prerequisites

Before we begin, you need to make sure that the following software packages are installed on your NetBSD system:

• Apache Web Server
• MySQL
• PHP (version 5.6 or higher)
• Composer (version 1.9.3 or higher)

Installing OXID eShop

Follow the steps below to install OXID eShop on NetBSD:

1. Download the latest version of OXID eShop from https://oxidforge.org/en/downloads.
2. Extract the downloaded zip file to the root directory of your NetBSD web server (usually /var/www/).
3. Open a terminal and navigate to the source/ directory inside the extracted OXID eShop folder.
4. Run the following command to install dependencies using Composer:

php -d memory_limit=-1 $(which composer) update --no-dev

5. Create a new MySQL database for OXID eShop to use. You can do this by logging into MySQL and running the following commands:

CREATE DATABASE oxid;
GRANT ALL PRIVILEGES ON oxid.* TO 'oxid_user'@'localhost' IDENTIFIED BY 'oxid_password';
FLUSH PRIVILEGES;

Replace oxid_user and oxid_password with your desired MySQL username and password. 6. Rename the file config.inc.php.dist to config.inc.php and open it using a text editor. 7. Update the following MySQL database settings to match the values you used in step 5:

$this->dbHost = 'localhost';
$this->dbName = 'oxid';
$this->dbUser = 'oxid_user';
$this->dbPwd = 'oxid_password';

8. Save and close the config.inc.php file.
9. Open a web browser and navigate to your NetBSD web server's IP address or domain name.
10. Follow the on-screen instructions to complete the installation of OXID eShop.

Conclusion

Congratulations! You have successfully installed OXID eShop on your NetBSD server. Now you can create and customize your own online store using OXID eShop's powerful eCommerce features.

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