How to Install Pimcore on Elementary OS Latest

In this tutorial, we will guide you through the process of installing Pimcore on Elementary OS Latest. Pimcore is an open-source platform for digital management, customer management, and ecommerce. This tutorial will only take a few minutes, and after installation, you will be able to start using Pimcore on your Elementary OS Latest.

Prerequisites

Before we begin, make sure that you have the following:

  • A computer running Elementary OS Latest
  • A terminal shell (you can open this by using the shortcut Ctrl + Alt + T)
  • A user account with sudo privileges or the root account

Installing Pimcore

Follow the steps below to install Pimcore:

  1. First, we need to update the package repository.
sudo apt update
  1. Now, we need to install Apache, PHP and MySQL server.
sudo apt install apache2 php libapache2-mod-php mariadb-server mariadb-client php-mysql php-dom php-gd php-curl php-zip php-xml php-intl php-mbstring php-bcmath php-json php-iconv

  1. Download the Pimcore package by going to the Pimcore page (https://www.pimcore.org/) and clicking "Download" on the top right corner.

  2. Extract the package in the /var/www/html/ directory.

sudo tar -xvf ~/Downloads/pimcore.zip -C /var/www/html/
  1. Create a new database for Pimcore.
sudo mysql -u root

CREATE DATABASE pimcore;

GRANT ALL PRIVILEGES ON pimcore.* TO 'pimcoreuser'@'localhost' IDENTIFIED BY 'password';
  1. Now you need to navigate to the /var/www/html/pimcore/ directory and run the following command to install the dependencies.
sudo composer install --no-dev
  1. After all dependencies have been installed, run the Pimcore installer.
sudo php bin/install

Navigate to http://localhost/pimcore/ in your web browser to complete the installation.

Congratulations, you have now installed Pimcore on Elementary OS Latest. You can now start using Pimcore to manage your digital resources.