How to install Quickcart 6.7 on Ubuntu 18.04

To install Quickcart 6.7 on Ubuntu 18.04
The quick cart is a free platform to create own shopping Websites like Flipkart, eBay, and Amazon etc. It does not require any Database to run. It just requires a web server and PHP to be installed on the system.

Prerequisites
Install LAMP(Apache, MariaDB, php7)
In MariaDB (create database and user and give privileges to that user )

Php installation with required following modules

add-apt-repository ppa:ondrej/php 
apt-get update 
apt-get install php7.0 php7.0-mysql php7.0-curl php7.0-json php7.0-cgi libapache2-mod-php7.0 php7.0-mcrypt php7.0-xmlrpc php7.0-gd php7.0-mbstring php7.0  php7.0-common  php7.0-xmlrpc php7.0-soap  php7.0-xml php7.0-intl  
php7.0-cli  php7.0-ldap php7.0-zip php7.0-readline php7.0-imap php7.0-tidy php7.0-recode php7.0-sq php7.0-intl

Download a Quickcart CMS package using the following command

root@linuxhelp1:~# wget http://opensolution.org/download/home.html?sFile=Quick.Cart_v6.7.zip
--2018-06-08 13:45:54--  http://opensolution.org/download/home.html?sFile=Quick.Cart_v6.7.zip
Resolving opensolution.org (opensolution.org)... 94.152.51.156
Connecting to opensolution.org (opensolution.org)|94.152.51.156|:80... connected.
HTTP request sent, awaiting response... 200 OK
Length: unspecified [application/zip]
Saving to: ‘ home.html?sFile=Quick.Cart_v6.7.zip’ 

home.html?sFile=Quick.Cart_v6.7.zip                    [ < =>                                                                                                             ] 646.01K  --.-KB/s    in 0.02s   

2018-06-08 13:45:59 (38.3 MB/s) - ‘ home.html?sFile=Quick.Cart_v6.7.zip’  saved [661518]

The downloaded package is a zip file, so unzip the package now

root@linuxhelp1:~# unzip home.html?sFile=Quick.Cart_v6.7.zip -d quickcart
Archive:  home.html?sFile=Quick.Cart_v6.7.zip
   creating: quickcart/core/
  inflating: quickcart/core/common-admin.js  
  inflating: quickcart/core/common-admin.php  
  inflating: quickcart/core/common.js  
  inflating: quickcart/core/common.php  
  inflating: quickcart/core/files-admin.php  
  inflating: quickcart/core/files.php
.
.
  inflating: quickcart/templates/default/page.php  
  inflating: quickcart/templates/default/product.php  
  inflating: quickcart/templates/default/data-style.css  
  inflating: quickcart/templates/default/_footer.php  
  inflating: quickcart/templates/default/_header.php  
  inflating: quickcart/.htaccess     
  inflating: quickcart/admin.php     
  inflating: quickcart/index.php     
  inflating: quickcart/read-me.txt

Move the extracted file into the following path

root@linuxhelp1:~# mv quickcart /var/www/

Switch to the following directory

root@linuxhelp1:~# cd /var/www/

Change the ownership and permission of the file

root@linuxhelp1:/var/www# chown -R www-data.www-data quickcart
root@linuxhelp1:/var/www# chmod -R 775 quickcart

Create a new virtual host configuration for accessing the Quickcart CMS application

root@linuxhelp1:/var/www# vim /etc/apache2/sites-available/quickcart.conf
< VirtualHost *:80> 
ServerName www.linuxhelp1.com
DocumentRoot /var/www/quickcart/

< Directory /var/www/quickcart/> 
AllowOverride All
allow from all
< /Directory> 

< /VirtualHost> 

Enable the site access

root@linuxhelp1:/var/www# a2ensite quickcart.conf
Enabling site quickcart.
To activate the new configuration, you need to run:
  systemctl reload apache2

Disable the default access

root@linuxhelp1:/var/www# a2dissite 000-default.conf
Site 000-default disabled.
To activate the new configuration, you need to run:
  systemctl reload apache2

Enable the rewrite module

root@linuxhelp1:/var/www# a2enmod rewrite
Enabling module rewrite.
To activate the new configuration, you need to run:
  systemctl restart apache2

Restart the apache2 service

root@linuxhelp1:/var/www# systemctl restart apache2

Now you can proceed the further installation and configuration from the browser by navigating to the following URL: http://< ipaddress or domain name

Login page of Quickcart application. Login with username and password as " admin"

Quickcart dashboard

With this, the method to install Quickcart 6.7 on Ubuntu 18.04 comes to an end.

Tag : Quick Cart
FAQ
Q
What is Quickcart?
A
The quick cart is a free platform to create own shopping Websites like Flipkart, eBay, and Amazon etc. It does not require any Database to run. It just requires a web server and PHP to be installed on the system.
Q
How to Create a new virtual host configuration for accessing the Quickcart CMS application?
A
Run the following command:
# vim /etc/apache2/sites-available/quickcart.conf
Q
How to unzip the downloaded package?
A
Run the following command:
# unzip home.html?sFile=Quick.Cart_v6.7.zip -d quickcart
Q
How to Download a Quickcart CMS package?
A
using the following command:
# wget http://opensolution.org/download/home.html?sFile=Quick.Cart_v6.7.zip
Q
What are the pre-requirements in Quickcart?
A
They are,
Install LAMP(Apache, MariaDB, php7)
In MariaDB (create database and user and give privileges to that user )

Php installation with required following modules