Thelia is an open-source e-commerce application built on Symfony, designed to offer online merchants a powerful platform for their businesses. However, installing it on your POP! OS Latest can be a bit challenging for beginners. Here is a step-by-step guide to help you install Thelia on your system.
Before you install Thelia on your POP! OS system, you need to have the following prerequisites:
Open the terminal and run the following command to update your system package list.
sudo apt update
Then, to install the Apache web server, MariaDB or MySQL database server, PHP, and required PHP extensions, run the following command.
sudo apt install apache2 mariadb-server php php-curl php-dom php-gd php-intl php-json php-mbstring php-mysql php-simplexml php-xml php-zip composer
After installing MariaDB or MySQL, you need to create a database for Thelia. Run the following commands to log in to MySQL server and create a database.
sudo mysql -u root -p
CREATE DATABASE thelia;
CREATE USER 'theliauser'@'localhost' IDENTIFIED BY 'password';
GRANT ALL PRIVILEGES ON thelia.* TO 'theliauser'@'localhost';
FLUSH PRIVILEGES;
exit;
In the above commands, replace 'theliauser' with your preferred database username and 'password' with a strong password.
Next, use the following commands to download and extract Thelia to the /var/www/html directory.
cd /var/www/html
sudo rm index.html
sudo wget https://github.com/thelia/thelia/archive/v2.4.2.tar.gz
sudo tar xf v2.4.2.tar.gz
sudo mv thelia-2.4.2 thelia
sudo chown -R www-data:www-data thelia
Now, navigate to the Thelia directory and install it using the composer. Run the following commands.
cd /var/www/html/thelia
composer install --no-dev --optimize-autoloader
This step will take some time to complete as it downloads and installs all the necessary dependencies.
After the installation is complete, you need to set up Thelia. Run the following commands to create configuration files, generate keys, and set file permissions.
cp local/config/database.yml.sample local/config/database.yml
cp local/config/thelia.yml.sample local/config/thelia.yml
php Thelia generate:key
chmod -R 777 /var/www/html/thelia/
Finally, to complete the installation, navigate to http://localhost/thelia using your web browser. You will see the Thelia installation wizard. Follow the on-screen instructions to complete the installation.
During the installation process, you will need to provide the database information such as the database name, username, password, and host. Use the information you created in step 2. Once you are done, you will be redirected to the Thelia administration panel.
That’s all! You have successfully installed Thelia on your POP! OS Latest. You can now start using Thelia to build and manage your online store. Enjoy!
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