How to Install CoreShop on Manjaro

CoreShop is an open-source e-commerce framework that is built on top of the popular Symfony PHP framework. In this tutorial, we will explore the steps required to install CoreShop on Manjaro.

Prerequisites

Before proceeding, ensure that your system meets the following prerequisites:

  • Manjaro Linux installed and updated.
  • LAMP stack (Apache, MySQL, PHP) installed and configured.
  • Composer installed.

Step 1: Download CoreShop

The first step is to download CoreShop using the Composer package manager. Open the terminal and navigate to the root directory of your web server. Type the following command to download CoreShop:

composer create-project coreshop/community-edition my-shop

This command will download CoreShop into a directory called my-shop. You may replace my-shop with any name of your choice.

Step 2: Configure Database

Next, create a new MySQL database and user for CoreShop. You can do this using the following commands in the terminal:

mysql -u root -p

Enter your MySQL root password to log in to the MySQL shell.

CREATE DATABASE coreshop;
CREATE USER 'coreshop'@'localhost' IDENTIFIED BY 'your_password';
GRANT ALL PRIVILEGES ON coreshop.* TO 'coreshop'@'localhost';
FLUSH PRIVILEGES;
exit

Replace your_password with a strong password of your choice.

Step 3: Configure CoreShop

Now that CoreShop has been downloaded and the MySQL database has been configured, navigate to the my-shop directory in the terminal and edit the .env file:

cd my-shop/
nano .env

Update the following variables in the .env file to match your MySQL database configuration:

DATABASE_URL=mysql://coreshop:your_password@localhost/coreshop

Save and exit the file.

Step 4: Install CoreShop

To install CoreShop, run the following command in the terminal:

bin/console coreshop:install

This will set up the necessary database tables and populate them with sample data.

Step 5: Test CoreShop

Finally, test if CoreShop is working by opening a web browser and navigating to http://localhost/my-shop/public/. The CoreShop installation page should load.

Conclusion

In this tutorial, we explored the steps required to install CoreShop on Manjaro. You can now start building your e-commerce application using CoreShop.