How to Install Prestashop CMS 1.7.5.1 on Ubuntu 18.10

Installation of Prestashop CMS 1.7.5.1 On Ubuntu 18.10

Software Requirements:

Apache 1.3 or 2.x

Mysql 5.0+ installed with a database created

Php 5.4+

PHP Modules:

php php-gd php-pdo php-mysql php-mbstring php-simplexml php-mcrypt php-zip php-curl php-intl

Installation procedure

Move the Downloaded file of PrestaShop to Apache Document root directory.

root@linuxhelp:~# mv prestashop_1.7.5.1.zip /var/www

root@linuxhelp:~#cd /var/www
root@linuxhelp:/var/www# mkdir prestashop

Extract the zip file of prestashop in the prestashop directory that is residing in the apaches document root directory.

root@linuxhelp:/var/www# unzip prestashop_1.7.5.1.zip -d prestashop

root@linuxhelp:/var/www# cd prestashop/

root@linuxhelp:/var/www/prestashop# unzip prestashop.zip

root@linuxhelp:/var/www/prestashop# ll
total 77688
drwxr-xr-x 27 root root     4096 Apr 13 03:17 ./
drwxr-xr-x  4 root root     4096 Apr 13 03:16 ../
drwxr-xr-x  9 root root     4096 Feb 12 09:14 admin/
drwxr-xr-x  5 root root     4096 Feb 12 09:14 app/
-rw-r--r--  1 root root     1230 Feb 12 07:19 autoload.php
drwxr-xr-x  2 root root     4096 Feb 12 07:19 bin/
drwxr-xr-x  8 root root     4096 Feb 12 07:19 cache/
drwxr-xr-x 24 root root     4096 Feb 12 07:19 classes/
-rw-r--r--  1 root root   292512 Feb 12 07:19 composer.lock
drwxr-xr-x  5 root root     4096 Feb 12 07:19 config/
drwxr-xr-x  4 root root     4096 Feb 12 07:19 controllers/
-rw-r--r--  1 root root      878 Feb 12 07:19 docker-compose.yml
drwxr-xr-x  6 root root     4096 Feb 12 07:19 docs/
drwxr-xr-x  2 root root     4096 Feb 12 07:19 download/
-rw-r--r--  1 root root     2454 Feb 12 07:19 error500.html
-rw-r--r--  1 root root       90 Feb 12 07:19 .eslintignore
-rw-r--r--  1 root root      779 Feb 12 07:19 .eslintrc.js
-rw-r--r--  1 root root     4733 Feb 12 07:19 images.inc.php
drwxr-xr-x 18 root root     4096 Feb 12 07:19 img/
-rw-rw-rw-  1 root root   703707 Feb 12 18:14 index.php
-rw-r--r--  1 root root     1168 Feb 12 07:19 init.php
drwxr-xr-x 10 root root     4096 Feb 12 07:19 install/
-rw-rw-rw-  1 root root      441 Nov 27 14:41 Install_PrestaShop.html
-rw-r--r--  1 root root     4943 Feb 12 07:19 INSTALL.txt
drwxr-xr-x  7 root root     4096 Feb 12 07:19 js/
-rw-r--r--  1 root root   183529 Feb 12 09:13 LICENSES
drwxr-xr-x  3 root root     4096 Feb 12 07:19 localization/
drwxr-xr-x  3 root root     4096 Feb 12 07:19 mails/
drwxr-xr-x 59 root root     4096 Feb 12 09:14 modules/
drwxr-xr-x  5 root root     4096 Feb 12 07:19 override/
-rw-r--r--  1 root root    66094 Feb 12 07:19 package-lock.json
drwxr-xr-x  2 root root     4096 Feb 12 07:19 pdf/
-rw-r--r--  1 root root     1009 Feb 12 07:19 .php_cs.dist
-rw-rw-rw-  1 root root 78136275 Feb 12 18:14 prestashop.zip
drwxr-xr-x  5 root root     4096 Feb 12 07:19 src/
drwxr-xr-x  4 root root     4096 Feb 12 09:14 themes/
drwxr-xr-x  4 root root     4096 Feb 12 09:14 tools/
drwxr-xr-x  4 root root     4096 Feb 12 07:19 translations/
drwxr-xr-x  2 root root     4096 Feb 12 07:19 upload/
drwxr-xr-x  5 root root     4096 Feb 12 09:14 var/
drwxr-xr-x 43 root root     4096 Feb 12 09:14 vendor/
drwxr-xr-x  2 root root     4096 Feb 12 07:19 webservice/

Assign the Ownership permissions to the prestashop directory

root@linuxhelp:/var/www/prestashop# chown -R www-data. ./

root@linuxhelp:/var/www/prestashop# chmod -R 775 ./

root@linuxhelp:/var/www/prestashop# vim /etc/apache2/sites-available/presta.conf

root@linuxhelp:/var/www/prestashop# a2dissite 000-default.conf
Site 000-default disabled.
To activate the new configuration, you need to run:
systemctl reload apache2

root@linuxhelp:/var/www/prestashop# a2ensite presta.conf 
Enabling site presta.
To activate the new configuration, you need to run:
systemctl reload apache2

root@linuxhelp:/var/www/prestashop# a2enmod rewrite 
Enabling module rewrite.
To activate the new configuration, you need to run:
Restart the service of Apache.
systemctl restart apache2

root@linuxhelp:/var/www/prestashop# mysql -u root -p
Enter password: 
Welcome to the MariaDB monitor.  Commands end with ; or \g.
Your MariaDB connection id is 55
Server version: 10.1.29-MariaDB-6ubuntu2 Ubuntu 18.10
Copyright (c) 2000, 2017, Oracle, MariaDB Corporation Ab and others.
Type 'help;' or '\h' for help. Type '\c' to clear the current input statement.
MariaDB [(none)]> create database presta character set utf8mb4;
Query OK, 1 row affected (0.21 sec)
MariaDB [(none)]> use presta;
Database changed
MariaDB [presta]> grant all on presta.* to user@localhost identified by 'linuxc';
Query OK, 0 rows affected (0.63 sec)
MariaDB [presta]> flush privileges;
Query OK, 0 rows affected (0.35 sec)
MariaDB [presta]> exit
Bye

root@linuxhelp:/var/www/prestashop# systemctl restart apache2;