How to Install QuickCart on CentOS 7.6

Installation of Quick Cart On Centos 7.6

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.This tutorial covers the installation of Quick cart on centos 7.6

Requirements for Quick cart:

Apache

Php and it's modules

php php-xml php-mysql php-mbstring php-zip php-soap php-curl php-gd php-ldap php-imap php-common php-mcrypt

Installation procedure

Check the Centos version by using the following command

[root@linuxhelp ~]# rpm -q centos-release
centos-release-7-6.1810.2.el7.centos.x86_64

Once the database configuration is done, download the installation package of Quick cart by using the wget command.

[root@linuxhelp ~]# wget https://opensolution.org/download/home.html?sFile=Quick.Cart_v6.7.zip
--2019-06-01 14:31:26--  https://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|:443... connected.
HTTP request sent, awaiting response... 200 OK
Length: unspecified [application/zip]
Saving to: ‘home.html?sFile=Quick.Cart_v6.7.zip’

    [                         <=>                               ] 661,518     30.4KB/s   in 17s    

2019-06-01 14:31:47 (37.0 KB/s) - ‘home.html?sFile=Quick.Cart_v6.7.zip’ saved [661518]

Once the download is completed extract the downloaded package using unzip command.

[root@linuxhelp ~]# 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/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 Quick cart directory to apache root directory.

[root@linuxhelp ~]# mv quickcart /var/www/

Set the ownership and permission for Quick cart by using the following command.

[root@linuxhelp ~]# chown -R apache:apache /var/www/quickcart
[root@linuxhelp ~]# chmod -R 755 /var/www/quickcart

Configure the virtualhost for accessing the Quick cart.

[root@linuxhelp ~]# vim /etc/httpd/conf.d/quickcart.conf
<Virtualhost *:80>
        servername www.linuxhelp1.com
        documentroot /var/www/quickcart
<directory /var/www/quickcart>
allowoverride all
allow from all
</directory>
</virtualhost>

Restart the apache service by using the following command.

[root@linuxhelp ~]# systemctl restart httpd

Switch to your browser and enter the domain name. Welcome page of Quick Cart.

Enter your admin credentials for login in Quick Cart. This is the dashboard of Quick Cart. With this, the method to install Quick Cart on Centos 7.6 comes to an end.

FAQ
Q
What is use of Quickcart?
A
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
What are the php modules required for QuickCart?
A
These are the PHP modules required for:

php php-xml php-mysql php-mbstring php-zip php-soap php-curl php-gd php-ldap php-imap php-common php-dev libmcrypt-dev php-pear php-pdo php-pdo-SQLite
Q
How to configure the hosts for QuickCart?
A
Enter into vim /etc/hosts

Q
How to edit the settings in QuickCart?
A
When conversion to the latest version is done, it's time to adjust Quick. Cart's settings.

Go to "Tools" -> "Settings" and set all of the fields: Page title, Description, Keywords, Logo, Slogan, Foot info, Login, and Password.
Q
What are the basic pre-requirements for Quickcart?
A
LAMP Setup -Apache -MariaDB (create a database, user protected by password) PHP 7.