How to install Magento in Linux

Open the php.ini file, to increase the memory limit.

root@linuxhelp:~# nano /etc/php5/apache2/php.ini
memory\_limit = 512M

Create a new MySQL database for Magento installation.

root@linuxhelp:~# mysql -u root &ndash p
Enter password: 
Welcome to the MySQL monitor.  Commands end with   or g.
Your MySQL connection id is 2
Server version: 5.6.30-0ubuntu0.15.10.1 (Ubuntu)

Copyright (c) 2000, 2016, Oracle and/or its affiliates. All rights reserved.

Oracle is a registered trademark of Oracle Corporation and/or its
affiliates. Other names may be trademarks of their respective
owners.

Type ' help '  or ' h'  for help. Type ' c'  to clear the current input statement.

mysql>  create database magento 
Query OK, 1 row affected (0.02 sec)

mysql>  create user magento@localhost identified by ' linuxc' 
Query OK, 0 rows affected (0.47 sec)

mysql>  grant all on magento.\* to magento@localhost 
Query OK, 0 rows affected (0.04 sec)

mysql>  flush privileges 
Query OK, 0 rows affected (0.06 sec)

mysql>  exit 
Bye

To Configure apache for magento.

root@linuxhelp:~# nano /etc/apache2/sites-available/000-default.conf

   Options Indexes FollowSymLinks MultiViews
    AllowOverride All
    Order allow,deny
    allow from all

Now enable " mod_rewrite" module and restart Apache service.

root@linuxhelp:~# a2enmod rewrite
root@linuxhelp:~# service apache2 restart

To Download the magento

Use the following link to download the latest version from the official website,
https://www.magentocommerce.com/download

Extract the downloaded magento file to the location /var/www/html.

root@linuxhelp:/home/user1/Downloads#  ls
Magento-CE-2.1.0-2016-06-23-02-28-19.tar.gz

root@linuxhelp:/home/user1/Downloads#  tar xvzf Magento-CE-2.1.0-2016-06-23-02-28-19.tar.gz -C /var/www/html/
app/
app/design/
app/design/adminhtml/
app/design/adminhtml/Magento/
app/design/frontend/
app/design/frontend/Magento/
app/etc/
.
.
.
vendor/zendframework/zend-view/src/Strategy/FeedStrategy.php
vendor/zendframework/zend-view/src/Strategy/JsonStrategy.php
vendor/zendframework/zend-view/src/Strategy/PhpRendererStrategy.php
vendor/zendframework/zend-view/src/Stream.php
vendor/zendframework/zend-view/src/Variables.php
vendor/zendframework/zend-view/src/View.php
vendor/zendframework/zend-view/src/ViewEvent.php

Change the permissions of the directory.

root@linuxhelp:/home/user1/Downloads# chown -R www-data:www-data /var/www/html/

Alter the file permission.

root@linuxhelp:/home/user1/Downloads# chmod -R 755 /var/www/html/

Restart the apache and mysql service

root@linuxhelp:/home/user1/Downloads# /etc/init.d/mysql restart
\[ ok \] Restarting mysql (via systemctl): mysql.service.
root@linuxhelp:/home/user1/Downloads# /etc/init.d/apache2 restart
\[ ok \] Restarting apache2 (via systemctl): apache2.service.

After completing all the process, open the browser and type http://< IP_address> /index.php

Click on Agree and setup magento

Now click Start the readiness check

After completed the above step, Click Next to add the databases for magento.

After the Database configuration is completed, Click Next to Web Configuration.

Then click Next to Customize your store.

Now create the admin account.

And click Install now.

Now see the summary of the installation process.

Click on Launch Magento Admin.

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Login using the user credentials.

The dashboard of the magento 2.1.0 appears as shown below.

Open the browser and Navigate to http://< IP_address>