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

Magento Website Quick Start for Xubuntu 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 Xubuntu 14.04 Trusty Tahr GNU/Linux Desktop.

Magento 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.

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

   LAMP + Virtual Host on Xubuntu

   Ubuntu LAMP + VHost Setup

   In this Example the Domain will be Accessible to:

   http://magento.local/

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

3. Install Required Packages.

   sudo su

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

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

4. Increase the PHP 5 Memory Limit.

   nano /etc/php5/apache2/php.ini

   Set the Memory Limit to At Lest 512mb!

   memory_limit = 512M

   Ctrl+x to Save & from nano Editor :)

5. How to Enable Apache2 mod_rewrite Module on Xubuntu.

   Enabling Apache2 Rewrite for Xubuntu

   Enable Apache2 mod_rewrite

6. Setting Up the MySQL Database.

   mysql -u root -p

   Enter the following commands at the mysql> prompt.

   create database magento;

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

   GRANT ALL ON magento.* TO magento@localhost;

   exit

7. Download Latest Magento 1.9 CE Release

   Magento 1.9 CE tar.gz

   Magento

8. Extracting Magento 1.9 CE.

   Double-Click on the Archive
   

   Or From Command Line:

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

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

9. Relocate Magento Content.

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

10. Fixing Permissions.

    cd /var/www/html/magento

    chown -R www-data:www-data .

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

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

    exit

11. Download & Install Magento 1.9 CE Sample Data

    Magento 1.9 CE Sample Xubuntu Setup

    Magento Sample Data Setup

    Take Note: The Task must be Achieved Prior to Magento 1.9 CE Installation!

12. Running Magento Web UI Installer.

    Point Browser to:

    http://magento.local/

    Set the Localization
    

    Configure Database Settings
    

    Set the Web UI Base URL & Options
    

    Create an Admin Account
    

    Magento Successfully Installed on Xubuntu Linux