How to Install Abantecart on Ubuntu 19.04

Installation of Abante Cart On Ubuntu 19.04

AbanteCart is a free and open source eCommerce platform for merchants to provide the ability in creating online businesses in order to sell products online quickly and efficiently. AbanteCart comes with powerful core features and numerous extensions that allow you to build an online business and start selling your products in minimal time. This article will explain the installation procedure of AbanteCart on Ubuntu 19.04.

Requirements for Abante Cart

Apache

Mysql

Php and its modules

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

Installation procedure

Check the Ubuntu version by using the following command

root@linuxhelp:~# lsb_release -a
No LSB modules are available.
Distributor ID:	Ubuntu
Description:	Ubuntu 19.04
Release:	19.04
Codename:	disco

Configure the MySQL database. Log into MySQL as a root user and make the necessary settings.

root@linuxhelp:~# mysql -u root -p
Enter password: 
Welcome to the MySQL monitor.  Commands end with ; or \g.
Your MySQL connection id is 4
Server version: 5.7.26-0ubuntu0.19.04.1 (Ubuntu)

Copyright (c) 2000, 2019, 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 abantedb;
Query OK, 1 row affected (0.04 sec)

mysql> create user 'abanteuser'@localhost identified by 'Linuxc#45';
Query OK, 0 rows affected (1.00 sec)

mysql> grant all privileges on abantedb.* to 'abanteuser'@localhost;
Query OK, 0 rows affected (0.08 sec)

mysql> flush privileges;
Query OK, 0 rows affected (1.11 sec)

mysql> exit
Bye

Once the database configuration is done, Download the Abante Cart Installation package by using the wget command.

root@linuxhelp:~# wget https://github.com/abantecart/abantecart-src/archive/master.zip
--2019-06-07 14:05:32--  https://github.com/abantecart/abantecart-src/archive/master.zip
Resolving github.com (github.com)... 13.234.210.38
Connecting to github.com (github.com)|13.234.210.38|:443... connected.
HTTP request sent, awaiting response... 302 Found
Location: https://codeload.github.com/abantecart/abantecart-src/zip/master [following]
--2019-06-07 14:05:33--  https://codeload.github.com/abantecart/abantecart-src/zip/master
Resolving codeload.github.com (codeload.github.com)... 192.30.253.120
Connecting to codeload.github.com (codeload.github.com)|192.30.253.120|:443... connected.
HTTP request sent, awaiting response... 200 OK
Length: unspecified [application/zip]
Saving to: ‘master.zip’

master.zip                      [                                 <=>       ]  38.78M  90.3KB/s    in 4m 45s  

2019-06-07 14:10:19 (139 KB/s) - ‘master.zip’ saved [40664358]

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

root@linuxhelp:~# unzip master.zip
Archive:  master.zip
f8ca442fcedd0699d2ed1130863a0e93b8fa1547
creating: abantecart-src-master/
inflating: abantecart-src-master/.gitignore  
inflating: abantecart-src-master/.travis.yml  
inflating: abantecart-src-master/LICENSE.txt  
inflating: abantecart-src-master/README.md  
inflating: abantecart-src-master/install.txt  
creating: abantecart-src-master/public_html/
.
.
.
creating: abantecart-src-master/tests/phpunit/core/helper/
inflating: abantecart-src-master/tests/phpunit/core/helper/SystemCheckTest.php  
inflating: abantecart-src-master/tests/phpunit/core/helper/UtilsTest.php  
creating: abantecart-src-master/tests/phpunit/core/lib/
inflating: abantecart-src-master/tests/phpunit/core/lib/AConfigTest.php  
inflating: abantecart-src-master/tests/phpunit/core/taskTest.php  
inflating: abantecart-src-master/tests/phpunit/phpunit_mysql.xml  

Move the Abante Cart directory to apache root directory

root@linuxhelp:~# mv abantecart-src-master /var/www/abante

Set the ownership and permission for AbanteCart by using the following command

root@linuxhelp:~# chown -R www-data.www-data /var/www/abante
root@linuxhelp:~# chmod -R 755 /var/www/abante

Configure the virtualhost for accessing the Abantecart

root@linuxhelp:~# vim /etc/apache2/sites-available/abante.conf
<Virtualhost *:80>
        Servername www.linuxhelp1.com
        Documentroot /var/www/abante
<directory /var/www/abante>
allowoverride all
allow from all
</directory>
</Virtualhost>

Disable the default site access

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

Enable the site access for accessing the Abante cart

root@linuxhelp:~# a2ensite abante.conf
Enabling site abante.
To activate the new configuration, you need to run:
  systemctl reload apache2

Enable the rewrite module

root@linuxhelp:~# a2enmod rewrite
Enabling module rewrite.
To activate the new configuration, you need to run:
  systemctl restart apache2

Restart the apache service by using the following command

root@linuxhelp:~# systemctl restart apache2

Switch to your browser and enter the domain name Accept the License agreement and click continue. check The system requirements

Configure the database and admin credentials Abantecart application is now being installed. The installation is now complete, click on the Login to your Control Panel button. Enter your admin credentials and click Login. This is the dashboard of Abantecart With this the installation of Abante cart on Ubuntu 19.04 comes to end