Installing Vendure on MXLinux

In this tutorial, we will guide you on how to install Vendure on MXLinux. Vendure is an open source eCommerce platform built on Node.js and TypeScript. It provides a modular architecture, which means you can use only the modules you need and get rid of the unnecessary ones. Vendure supports a wide range of features such as order management, customer management, product management, and more.

Prerequisites

Before we proceed with the installation of Vendure on MXLinux, you have to make sure that you have the following:

A user with sudo privileges
Node.js
PostgreSQL
Git

Step 1: Install Node.js

Vendure requires Node.js to be installed on your system. To install Node.js on MXLinux, follow these steps:

Open the terminal on your system and run the following command to update the packages.
```
sudo apt update
```
Next, install the Node.js package by running the following command.
```
sudo apt install nodejs
```
To verify if Node.js is installed properly, run the following command. This command will print the version of Node.js installed on your system.
```
node -v
```

Step 2: Install PostgreSQL

Vendure requires PostgreSQL as its database. To install PostgreSQL on MXLinux, follow these steps:

Open the terminal and run the following command to update the packages list.
```
sudo apt update
```
Install PostgreSQL by typing the following command:
```
sudo apt install postgresql postgresql-contrib
```
After the installation is complete, you will need to start the PostgreSQL service. You can do this by running the following command:
```
sudo systemctl start postgresql
```
You can check the status of the PostgreSQL service by running the following command:
```
sudo systemctl status postgresql
```

Step 3: Install Git

Vendure's source code is available on Github, so we need to install Git on your system. To install Git on MXLinux, follow these steps:

Open the terminal and run the following command:
```
sudo apt install git
```
Once Git is installed, verify its installation by running the following command:
```
git --version
```

Step 4: Install Vendure

Now that you have installed all the prerequisites, you can proceed with the installation of Vendure. Follow these steps:

Clone the repository from Github by running the following command:
```
git clone https://github.com/vendure-ecommerce/vendure.git
```
Change directory to the cloned repository.
```
cd vendure
```
Install the dependencies by running the following command:
```
npm install
```
Configure the database by creating a file named .env in the root directory of the Vendure project.
```
PGDATABASE=vendure
PGUSER=postgres
PGPASSWORD=postgres
PGHOST=localhost
PGPORT=5432
```
This configuration sets the database name to vendure, the username to postgres, and the password to postgres. If you are using a different configuration for your PostgreSQL database, then update the values in the .env file accordingly.
Start the Vendure server by running the following command:
```
npm run start
```
Once the server is running, you can access the Vendure admin interface by opening the following URL in your web browser:
```
http://localhost:3000/admin/
```

Conclusion

In this tutorial, we have provided you with a step-by-step guide on how to install Vendure on MXLinux. By following these steps, you should now have a fully functional Vendure eCommerce platform running on your MXLinux machine.