Installing FoodCoopShop on Arch Linux

FoodCoopShop is an open-source software designed for food cooperatives to manage their products, orders, and members. In this tutorial, we will guide you through the process of installing FoodCoopShop on Arch Linux.

Prerequisites

Before you get started, make sure you have completed the following prerequisites:

  • You have a running installation of Arch Linux.
  • You have sudo access or root privileges.
  • You have a web server installed and running on your Arch Linux distribution.

Step 1: Install Required Dependencies

FoodCoopShop requires several dependencies to function correctly. To install these dependencies run the below command.

sudo pacman -S php php-gd php-intl php-pgsql git composer postgresql wget

Step 2: Download and Install the FoodCoopShop

In order to download and install the FoodCoopShop, follow the below steps:

  1. Change to the web directory. For Apache: 

    cd /srv/http or cd /var/www/html

  2. Clone the FoodCoopShop repository to your web directory.

    sudo git clone https://github.com/foodcoopshop/foodcoopshop.git

  3. Run the Composer install command to install all the required PHP dependencies.

    sudo composer install

  4. Assign permission to the directories /files and /local-config.

    sudo chmod -R 777 /srv/http/foodcoopshop/files /srv/http/foodcoopshop/local-config

  5. Copy the local-config.dist.php file to local-config.php.

    cp /srv/http/foodcoopshop/local-config/local-config.dist.php /srv/http/foodcoopshop/local-config/local-config.php

  6. Configure the database settings in your local-config.php file. Below is an example configuration:

    define('APP_DB_HOST', 'localhost');
define('APP_DB_NAME', 'foodcoopshop');
define('APP_DB_USER', 'postgres');
define('APP_DB_PASSWORD', 'password');

  7. Initialize the database and import the schema.

    cd /srv/http/foodcoopshop/app

    sudo -u postgres createdb foodcoopshop

    sudo -u postgres psql foodcoopshop < Config/Schema/foodcoopshop-pg.sql

  8. Open your browser and visit http://localhost/foodcoopshop. You should see the setup screen.

And that's it! You have successfully installed FoodCoopShop on your Arch Linux server. You can now start adding products, members, and processing orders.