How to Install S-Cart on macOS

s-cart.org/">S-Cart is a free e-commerce platform for online businesses. If you want to install S-Cart on your macOS machine, follow the steps below:

Prerequisites

• macOS
• XAMPP or MAMP (or any other similar software)
• Web Browser
• Terminal

Installation Steps

1. First, download the latest version of S-Cart from https://s-cart.org/download/
2. Extract the downloaded s-cart.zip file into your web server document root folder e.g. /Applications/XAMPP/htdocs or /Applications/MAMP/htdocs
3. Open the terminal application and navigate to the extracted s-cart directory inside your document root folder

cd /Applications/XAMPP/htdocs/s-cart

4. Change the permission of the following files and directories to be writable:

chmod -R 777 app/storage
chmod -R 777 public/assets
chmod -R 777 extensions

5. Create a new .env file using the following command:

cp .env.example .env

6. Generate the application key by running the following command:

php artisan key:generate

7. Open the .env file and update the following database details:

DB_CONNECTION=mysql
DB_HOST=127.0.0.1
DB_PORT=3306
DB_DATABASE=your_database_name
DB_USERNAME=your_database_username
DB_PASSWORD=your_database_password

Save and close the file.

8. Run the following command in the terminal to install the necessary PHP packages:

composer install

9. Run the following command to migrate the database:

php artisan migrate

10. After the migration is done, you can start the S-Cart by running the following command:

php artisan serve

11. Open your web browser and navigate to http://localhost:8000 to access the default S-Cart login page.

Congratulations! You have successfully installed S-Cart on macOS. You can now start creating your online store.

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