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. ./

Assign the writable permissions to prestashop directory

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

Create a Customised Configuration File for prestashop CMS

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

Disable the default sites

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

Enable the Prestashop site

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

Enable the rewrite module

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

Configure the MariaDB database for Prestashop CMS

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

Restart the service of Apache.

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

Enter the Servername in the url that has configured inside the virtual hosting of PrestaShop CMS Choose the language in the Welcome Page Of PrestaShop CMS and Click Next. Agree the license terms And Click next to proceed further.

After the successful verification of prestashop Compatibility with system environments ,Click Next Enroll the store information and login Credentials , Click Next Enter the database details to verify the database connection and click Next Installation Of PrestaShop is finished Click front-office to view the website from client point of view. Installation Of PrestaShop CMS 1.7.5.1 On Ubuntu 18.10 Comes to end.