How to Install PrestaShop on NetBSD

Overview

PrestaShop is a popular open-source eCommerce platform. This tutorial will guide you through the steps of installing PrestaShop on NetBSD.

Prerequisites

Before proceeding, make sure that you have the following prerequisites:

• NetBSD machine
• Access to the Internet
• Root or sudo access

Step 1: Install the Required Packages

First, update your package repositories by running the following command:

pkgin update

Next, install the required packages for PrestaShop:

pkgin install php74-apcu php74-dom php74-gd php74-mbstring php74-mysqli php74-opcache php74-simplexml php74-xml php74-zip unzip mysql-server-apr

Step 2: Download PrestaShop

Create a new directory for PrestaShop and navigate to that directory:

mkdir /var/www/prestashop
cd /var/www/prestashop

Next, download the latest version of PrestaShop using the following command:

ftp https://www.prestashop.com/download/old/prestashop_1.7.7.2.zip

Unzip the downloaded file and remove the zip file:

unzip prestashop_1.7.7.2.zip
rm prestashop_1.7.7.2.zip

Step 3: Configure MySQL

Create a new user and a new database for PrestaShop:

mysql -u root
CREATE USER 'prestashop'@'localhost' IDENTIFIED BY 'your_password';
CREATE DATABASE prestashop_db;
GRANT ALL PRIVILEGES ON prestashop_db.* TO 'prestashop'@'localhost';
FLUSH PRIVILEGES;

Step 4: Configure Apache

Create a new virtual host configuration file:

touch /etc/httpd/conf/extra/prestashop.conf

Add the following content to the file:

<VirtualHost *:80>
    ServerAdmin your_email@example.com
    DocumentRoot "/var/www/prestashop"
    ServerName example.com
    ErrorLog "/var/log/httpd/prestashop_error.log"
    CustomLog "/var/log/httpd/prestashop_access.log" common
    <Directory "/var/www/prestashop">
        Require all granted
        AllowOverride All
    </Directory>
</VirtualHost>

Replace your_email@example.com with your email address and example.com with your domain name.

Next, enable the newly created virtual host:

echo 'Include conf/extra/prestashop.conf' >> /etc/httpd/httpd.conf

Restart the Apache service:

apachectl restart

Step 5: Install PrestaShop

Navigate to the PrestaShop installation page at http://example.com/ and follow the installation wizard. When prompted for the database information, enter the database name, database user, and database password created in Step 3.

Once the installation is complete, delete the /install directory:

rm -rf /var/www/prestashop/install/

Congratulations! You have successfully installed PrestaShop on NetBSD.

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