Aimeos is an open-source eCommerce platform that provides a flexible and scalable solution for building online stores. This tutorial will guide you through the installation process of Aimeos on POP! OS latest.
Before starting, make sure your system meets the following requirements:
If you don't have Apache, PHP, and MySQL installed on your system, run the following command to install them:
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install apache2 php mysql-server php-mysql
Next, install Composer, which is a package manager for PHP:
sudo apt-get install composer
Go to the Aimeos GitHub repository and download the latest release:
wget https://github.com/aimeos/aimeos-laravel/releases/download/2021.07.3/aimeos-laravel-2021.07.3.zip
Extract the downloaded archive to the desired location:
sudo unzip aimeos-laravel-2021.07.3.zip -d /var/www/html
Navigate to the extracted Aimeos directory and install the required package dependencies using Composer:
cd /var/www/html/aimeos-laravel
sudo composer install
Copy the example configuration file to the active configuration file:
sudo cp .env.example .env
Generate an application key for Aimeos:
sudo php artisan key:generate
Run the following command to migrate the database:
sudo php artisan migrate
Set the necessary permissions on the storage and cache directories:
sudo chmod -R 777 storage/ bootstrap/cache/
Create a new virtual host file for Aimeos:
sudo nano /etc/apache2/sites-available/aimeos.conf
Add the following content to the file:
<VirtualHost *:80>
ServerName example.com
DocumentRoot /var/www/html/aimeos-laravel/public
<Directory /var/www/html/aimeos-laravel/public>
AllowOverride All
Require all granted
</Directory>
ErrorLog ${APACHE_LOG_DIR}/error.log
CustomLog ${APACHE_LOG_DIR}/access.log combined
</VirtualHost>
Replace example.com with the domain name you want to use with Aimeos.
Enable the new virtual host:
sudo a2ensite aimeos.conf
Reload the Apache web server:
sudo systemctl reload apache2
Now that Aimeos is installed and configured, you can access it through a web browser by navigating to the domain name or IP address you specified in the virtual host configuration.
In this tutorial, you learned how to install Aimeos on POP! OS latest. You also learned how to configure Apache and access Aimeos in a web browser. With Aimeos, you can now create a scalable and flexible platform for your eCommerce store.
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