Tutorial: How to Install Bagisto on macOS

Bagisto is an open-source eCommerce platform built with Laravel, one of the most popular PHP frameworks. It provides a range of powerful features and modular design to help you create your online store with ease. In this tutorial, we will guide you on how to install Bagisto on macOS.

Prerequisites

Before installing Bagisto, you need to have the following prerequisites:

• macOS or Linux operating system
• PHP 7.2 or above
• MySQL 5.7 or above
• Composer
• Node.js v8.11.4 or above
• NPM or Yarn

Step 1: Install XAMPP

To run Bagisto on your macOS, you need to install XAMPP, which is an open-source web server solution stack. Here are the steps to install XAMPP:

1. Go to the XAMPP website and download the macOS version.

2. After downloading, double-click on the installer package and follow the prompts to install XAMPP.

3. Once installed, open the XAMPP Control Panel from the Applications folder.

Step 2: Install Composer

Composer is a dependency manager for PHP. To install it, follow these steps:

1. Go to the Composer website and download the macOS version.

2. After downloading, open the Terminal application.

3. Use the cd command to navigate to the directory where you downloaded the installer.

4. Run the following command to install Composer:

php composer-installer.php

5. Move the Composer executable to a directory on your PATH, so you can run it from anywhere. For example, run the following command:

sudo mv composer.phar /usr/local/bin/composer

Step 3: Install Bagisto

Now you can install Bagisto using Composer. Here are the steps:

1. Open the Terminal application.

2. Use the cd command to navigate to the directory where you want to install Bagisto.

3. Run the following command to install Bagisto:

composer create-project bagisto/bagisto

4. After the command finishes executing, you should see a bagisto folder in the current directory.

Step 4: Run Bagisto

After installing Bagisto, you can run it with the following steps:

1. Open the XAMPP Control Panel and start the Apache and MySQL servers.

2. Open the Terminal application.

3. Use the cd command to navigate to the bagisto folder you created in Step 3.

4. Run the following command to start the development server:

php artisan serve

5. Open your web browser and go to http://localhost:8000 to access the Bagisto homepage.

Congratulations! You have successfully installed Bagisto on macOS.

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