Magento Installation In Ubuntu 12.04LTS

[ivikas]

Magento 1.7 Installation Guide Along With Sample Data

Target System

Operating System : Ubuntu 12.04 LTS

Apache Version : 2.2.22

PHP Version : 5.3.10-1

MySQL Version : 5.2.22

Install LAMP in Ubuntu (What i did from terminal)

Install Apache 2 WebServer


sudo apt-get install apache2

Install PHP5


sudo apt-get install php5

Install Mysql Server


sudo apt-get install mysql-server


Apart from default installation of LAMP we need to install php5-curl,from terminal issue the command


sudo apt-get install php5-curl

After this you need to enable mod_rewrite by issuing this command in the terminal(This is for Clean SEO URLS,you can skip this if you do not want)


sudo a2enmod rewrite

Now Open up(Not Sure on this...edit if required )


/etc/apache2/sites-enabled/000-default

And change text FROM “AllowOverride None” TO “AllowOverride All”

Finally restart the apache


/etc/init.d/apache2 restart


Install Magento
---------------

1. Download the files.

magento-1.7.0.0.tar.bz2

2. Download the sample data.

magento-sample-data-1.6.1.0.tar.bz2

3. Extract the sampledata,you will get a .sql file and a folder named media.This MUST BE DONE before Magento Installation,if you did want Magento Installation with SAMPLE DATA or else skip.

Create a Database and import this sql file into it.

4. Extract magento-1.7.0.0.tar.bz2 to your webroot(www) and copy
“catalog” folder FROM “sampledata/media” folder TO “webroot/ma
gento/media”.


5. Give full permission to your Magento Folder in www

chmod -Rv 777 /var/www/magento

6. Now Run the install

http://localhost/magento

7.During the installation process,you can select the option
'Server (Apache) Rewrites', If you had previously enabled
mod_rewrite in Apache2.


Finally after the installation finishes,you won't be able to log into the Admin Area of magento.


This is the fix for it.

Copy the files at THIS LOCATION




www/magento/app/code/core/Mage/Core/Model/Session/Abstract/Varien.php

TO

www/magento/app/code/local/Mage/Core/Model/Session/Abstract/Varien.php



The above 'TO' LOCATION DOES NOT Exists,you need to create folders and subfolders and paste the file Varien.php and Edit this file.

Open the above file and locate the following php code



if (isset($cookieParams['domain'])){
$cookieParams['domain'] = $cookie->getDomain();
}


And Replace it with the below code.



if (isset($cookieParams['domain']) && !in_array("127.0.0.1",self::getValidatorData())){
$cookieParams['domain'] = $cookie->getDomain();
}


Now you will be able to log into the Admin Area.

That's all !! You're Done.

[factotum218]

This is a great write up and I'm sure it will help me later today when I tackle this, but I have a question.

Say I'm setting this up as a local dev environment on my laptop. Will it be difficult to transfer this over to a live server later on? I only ask out of curiousity because the time it would take to transfer an entire Magento install to another server could be days I would think. Quite a large amount of files to transfer from what I can tell.

[ivikas]

This is a great write up and I'm sure it will help me later today when I tackle this, but I have a question.

Say I'm setting this up as a local dev environment on my laptop. Will it be difficult to transfer this over to a live server later on? I only ask out of curiousity because the time it would take to transfer an entire Magento install to another server could be days I would think. Quite a large amount of files to transfer from what I can tell.

You can zip the file and upload to live server and unzip the files on the server otherwise it will take more time :)

[ivikas]

When installing on online Server,it may happen timeout and you may be unable to install on the online server.In such case you can install on the local server and port on to online Server.

Here is an excellent article by Damián Culotta from Argentina.Just Recreating his post so it may help someone.


If you want to move your installation form directory or domain, you need to follow this setps.

1) Delete the content of the folder /var

2) Change the values of the file /app/etc/local.xml
There you can find your connection string data (database user, host and name).

3) Once you got your database uploaded, you need to make some changes.

- Run this query:



SELECT * FROM core_config_data WHERE path = 'web/unsecure/base_url' OR path = 'web/secure/base_url';


You gonna get something like this:



+-----------+---------+----------+-----------------------+--------------------------------------+
| config_id | scope | scope_id | path | value |
+-----------+---------+----------+-----------------------+--------------------------------------+
| 2 | default | 0 | web/unsecure/base_url | http://www.tudominio.com.ar/magento/ |
| 3 | default | 0 | web/secure/base_url | http://www.tudominio.com.ar/magento/ |
+-----------+---------+----------+-----------------------+--------------------------------------+


- Now, change that values for your new url.



UPDATE core_config_data SET value = 'http://www.tudominio.com.ar/' WHERE path LIKE 'web/%/base_url';


If you run the first query, now you gonna get something like this:



+-----------+---------+----------+-----------------------+------------------------------+
| config_id | scope | scope_id | path | value |
+-----------+---------+----------+-----------------------+------------------------------+
| 2 | default | 0 | web/unsecure/base_url | http://www.tudominio.com.ar/ |
| 3 | default | 0 | web/secure/base_url | http://www.tudominio.com.ar/ |
+-----------+---------+----------+-----------------------+------------------------------+



That’s all.
Of ocurse, the url’s that I’ve used are just examples.

Here is the link to his post as well
http://www.magentocommerce.com/boards/viewthread/27272/

[ivikas]

When installing on online Server,it may happen timeout and you may be unable to install on the online server.In such case you can install on the local server and port on to online Server.

Here is an excellent article by Damián Culotta from Argentina.Just Recreating his post so it may help someone.


If you want to move your installation form directory or domain, you need to follow this setps.

1) Delete the content of the folder /var

2) Change the values of the file /app/etc/local.xml
There you can find your connection string data (database user, host and name).

3) Once you got your database uploaded, you need to make some changes.

- Run this query:



SELECT * FROM core_config_data WHERE path = 'web/unsecure/base_url' OR path = 'web/secure/base_url';


You gonna get something like this:



+-----------+---------+----------+-----------------------+--------------------------------------+
| config_id | scope | scope_id | path | value |
+-----------+---------+----------+-----------------------+--------------------------------------+
| 2 | default | 0 | web/unsecure/base_url | http://www.tudominio.com.ar/magento/ |
| 3 | default | 0 | web/secure/base_url | http://www.tudominio.com.ar/magento/ |
+-----------+---------+----------+-----------------------+--------------------------------------+


- Now, change that values for your new url.



UPDATE core_config_data SET value = 'http://www.tudominio.com.ar/' WHERE path LIKE 'web/%/base_url';


If you run the first query, now you gonna get something like this:



+-----------+---------+----------+-----------------------+------------------------------+
| config_id | scope | scope_id | path | value |
+-----------+---------+----------+-----------------------+------------------------------+
| 2 | default | 0 | web/unsecure/base_url | http://www.tudominio.com.ar/ |
| 3 | default | 0 | web/secure/base_url | http://www.tudominio.com.ar/ |
+-----------+---------+----------+-----------------------+------------------------------+



That’s all.
Of ocurse, the url’s that I’ve used are just examples.

Here is the link to his post as well
http://www.magentocommerce.com/boards/viewthread/27272/
I just followed step 1 and 2 and it worked for me and the community version magento iam using is magento-1.7.0.2.tar.bz2.

[DenHeldert]

Could you please explain step 3 of the Magento Installation more in-depth?

- How does one create the database, and how does one import the SQL-file into the newly created database?

EDIT: never mind.
I used MySQL Workbench


sudo apt-get install mysql-workbench

Which made it a breeze.