How to Install S-Cart on macOS

S-Cart is a free e-commerce platform for online businesses. If you want to install S-Cart on your macOS machine, follow the steps below:

Prerequisites

  • macOS
  • XAMPP or MAMP (or any other similar software)
  • Web Browser
  • Terminal

Installation Steps

  1. First, download the latest version of S-Cart from https://s-cart.org/download/
  2. Extract the downloaded s-cart.zip file into your web server document root folder e.g. /Applications/XAMPP/htdocs or /Applications/MAMP/htdocs
  3. Open the terminal application and navigate to the extracted s-cart directory inside your document root folder
cd /Applications/XAMPP/htdocs/s-cart
  1. Change the permission of the following files and directories to be writable:
chmod -R 777 app/storage
chmod -R 777 public/assets
chmod -R 777 extensions
  1. Create a new .env file using the following command:
cp .env.example .env
  1. Generate the application key by running the following command:
php artisan key:generate
  1. Open the .env file and update the following database details:
DB_CONNECTION=mysql
DB_HOST=127.0.0.1
DB_PORT=3306
DB_DATABASE=your_database_name
DB_USERNAME=your_database_username
DB_PASSWORD=your_database_password

Save and close the file.

  1. Run the following command in the terminal to install the necessary PHP packages:
composer install
  1. Run the following command to migrate the database:
php artisan migrate
  1. After the migration is done, you can start the S-Cart by running the following command:
php artisan serve
  1. Open your web browser and navigate to http://localhost:8000 to access the default S-Cart login page.

Congratulations! You have successfully installed S-Cart on macOS. You can now start creating your online store.