How to Install LiteCart On Ubuntu 19.04

Installation of Lite Cart On Ubuntu 19.04

Requirements for Lite 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 litedb;
Query OK, 1 row affected (0.06 sec)

mysql> create user 'liteuser'@localhost identified by 'Linuxc#45';
Query OK, 0 rows affected (0.14 sec)

mysql> grant all privileges on litedb.* to 'liteuser'@localhost;
Query OK, 0 rows affected (0.00 sec)

mysql> flush privileges;
Query OK, 0 rows affected (0.07 sec)

mysql> exit
Bye

Once the database configuration is done, download the Lite Cart Installation package by using the wget command.

root@linuxhelp:~# wget https://github.com/litecart/litecart/archive/master.zip
--2019-05-23 00:39:32--  https://github.com/litecart/litecart/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/litecart/litecart/zip/master [following]
--2019-05-23 00:39:33--  https://codeload.github.com/litecart/litecart/zip/master
Resolving codeload.github.com (codeload.github.com)... 192.30.253.121
Connecting to codeload.github.com (codeload.github.com)|192.30.253.121|:443... connected.
HTTP request sent, awaiting response... 200 OK
Length: unspecified [application/zip]
Saving to: ‘master.zip’

master.zip                      [            <=>                            ]   1.82M   638KB/s    in 2.9s    

2019-05-23 00:39:37 (638 KB/s) - ‘master.zip’ saved [1911752]

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

root@linuxhelp:~# unzip master.zip
Archive:  master.zip
5131ac5db85d96445b164c230a6d60fe26efee40
   creating: litecart-master/
   creating: litecart-master/.github/
  inflating: litecart-master/.github/ISSUE_TEMPLATE.md  
  inflating: litecart-master/.gitignore  
  inflating: litecart-master/CREDITS.md  
  inflating: litecart-master/DEVELOPER.md
.
.
extracting: litecart-master/public_html/vqmod/mods.cache  
  inflating: litecart-master/public_html/vqmod/readme.txt  
   creating: litecart-master/public_html/vqmod/vqcache/
 extracting: litecart-master/public_html/vqmod/vqcache/index.html  
  inflating: litecart-master/public_html/vqmod/vqmod.php  
   creating: litecart-master/public_html/vqmod/xml/
 extracting: litecart-master/public_html/vqmod/xml/index.html  

Move the Lite Cart directory to apache root directory.

root@linuxhelp:~# mv litecart-master /var/www/lite

Set the ownership and permission for Lite Cart by using the following command.

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

Configure the virtualhost for accessing the Lite cart.

root@linuxhelp:~# vim /etc/apache2/sites-available/lite.conf
<Virtualhost *:80>
        Servername www.linuxhelp1.com
        documentroot /var/www/lite
<directory /var/www/lite>
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 Lite cart.

root@linuxhelp:~# a2ensite lite.conf
Enabling site lite.
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. The installation page appears on your screen. Configure the database setup Configure the store details and admin credentials. accept the license agreement.

The installation is now complete, click admin area to open the admin panel. Enter your admin credentials and click ok. Again, give your admin credentials and click login This is the dashboard of Lite cart With this, the method to install Lite Cart On Ubuntu 19.04 comes to an end.