How to Getting Started With Magento E-Commerce Development on Ubuntu 14.04 Trusty LTS Linux Easy Guide

Magento Website Quick Start for Ubuntu 14.04 LTS

Hi! The Tutorial shows you Step-by-Step How to Install and Getting-Started with the Latest Magento 1.9 CE PHP5 e-Commerce Website on Ubuntu 14.04 Trusty Tahr i386/amd64 Linux Server/Desktop.

And Magento for Ubuntu is an out-of-the-box e-commerce platform with many features, such as catalog navigation, promotion rules, RSS feeds, product search, product tags, product reviews, tax rules, reports, and order management.

To Prepare for Magento Development we need to set up a LAMP (Linux, Apache, MySQL, PHP) environment. In that LAMP environment, we will create a Fully Qualified Domain Name (FQDN) and a virtual host.

The Process described here Suppose that the User have Super-User Powers, if Not then adapt Consequently the Commands…

1. Or Open a Command Line Terminal Window
   (Press “Enter” to Execute Commands).

   Ctrl+Alt+t

   

   In case first see: Terminal QuickStart Guide.
   Or Login into Server Shell Shell…

2. How Install LAMP and Create a Virtual Host on Ubuntu Linux.

   Here LAMP + Virtual Host on Ubuntu

   How to Getting-Started with Apache 2, MySQL and PHP5 on Ubuntu Linux

   In this Example the Domain will be Accessible to:

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   http://magento.local/

   For a Regular Magento Installation Modify this Parameter all along Installation…

3. Install Required Packages.

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   sudo su

   If Got “User is Not in Sudoers file” then see: How to Enable sudo

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   apt-get install php5-mhash php5-mcrypt php5-cli php5-gd php5-curl php5-gd php-pear

4. Increase the PHP 5 Memory Limit.

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   nano /etc/php5/apache2/php.ini

   Set the Memory Limit to At Lest 512mb!

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   memory_limit = 512M

   Ctrl+x to Save & from nano Editor :)

5. How to Enable Apache2 mod_rewrite Module on Ubuntu.

   Here Enabling Apache2 Rewrite for Ubuntu

   How to Enable the Apache 2 PHP Rewrite Module on Ubuntu Linux

6. Setting Up the MySQL Database.

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   mysql -u root -p

   Enter the following commands at the mysql> prompt.

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   create database magento;

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   GRANT USAGE ON *.* TO magento@localhost IDENTIFIED BY 'magento';

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   GRANT ALL ON magento.* TO magento@localhost;

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   exit

7. Download Latest Magento 1.9 CE Release

   Here Magento 1.9 CE tar.gz

   Link to Get the Latest Magento CE Release

8. Extracting Magento 1.9 CE.

   Double-Click on the Archive
   

   Or From Command Line:

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   tar xvzf $HOME/Downloads/magento*.tar.gz -C /tmp/

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   rm $HOME/Downloads/magento*.tar.gz

9. Relocate Magento Content.

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   cp -r /tmp/magento/* /var/www/html/magento/

10. Fixing Permissions.

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    cd /var/www/html/magento

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    chown -R www-data:www-data .

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    find . -type d -exec chmod 700 {} \;

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    find . -type f -exec chmod 600 {} \;

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    exit

11. Download & Install Magento 1.9 CE Sample Data

    Here Magento 1.9 CE Sample Ubuntu Setup

    Link to Guide on Setting Up the Latest Magento CE Sample Data on Ubuntu

    Most Noteworthy: this Task must be Achieved Prior to Magento 1.9 CE Installation!

12. Running Magento Web UI Installer.

    Point Browser to:

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    http://magento.local/

    Set the Localization:
    

    Configure Database Settings:
    

    Set the Web UI Base URL & Options:
    

    Create an Admin Account:
    

    Magento Successfully Installed on Ubuntu Linux:
    
    Congratulations! :)