How to Installation OSCommerce on Ubuntu 18.04

INSTALLATION OF OSCOMMERCE ON UBUNTU 18.04

STEP 1.

Install Apache2

 sudo apt-get install apache2

After installing Apache2, run the command below to disable directory listing.

 sudo sed -i "s/Options Indexes FollowSymLinks/Options FollowSymLinks/" /etc/apache2/apache2.conf

Run the commands below to stop, start and enable Apache2 service

 sudo systemctl stop apache2.service
 sudo systemctl start apache2.service
 sudo systemctl enable apache2.service

Step 2: Install Mysql

 sudo apt install mysql-server

 sudo mysql_secure_installation

when prompted press enter and povide the information.

 sudo apt-get install php php-common php-mbstring php-xmlrpc php-soap php-gd php-xml php-intl php-mysql php-cli php-mcrypt php-ldap php-zip php-curl

Step 4: Create osCommerce Database

Create oscommerce database

 sudo mysql -u root -p

Then create a database called oscdb

 CREATE DATABASE oscdb;

Create a database user called oscuser with new password

 CREATE USER 'oscuser'@'localhost' IDENTIFIED BY 'new_password_here';

Then grant the user full access to the database.

 GRANT ALL ON oscdb.* TO 'oscuser'@'localhost' IDENTIFIED BY 'user_password_here' WITH GRANT OPTION;

Finally, save your changes and exit.

 FLUSH PRIVILEGES;
 EXIT;

Step 5: Download osCommerce Latest Release

After downloading, run the commands below to extract the download file into Apache2 root directory.

 unzip oscommerce-2.3.4.1.zip
 sudo mv oscommerce-2.3.4.1 /var/www/html/oscommerce

Change or modify the directory permission to fit Apache2 configuration.

 sudo chown -R www-data:www-data /var/www/html/oscommerce
 sudo chmod -R 755 /var/www/html/oscommerce

Configure Apahce2 site configuration file for osCommerce. Create a new configuration file oscommerce.conf

 touch oscommerce.conf

Edit the oscommerce.conf file

 sudo nano /etc/apache2/sites-available/oscommerce.conf

Step 7: Enable the osCommerce and Rewrite Module

After configuring the VirtualHost ,enable oscomerce,conf file

 sudo a2ensite oscommerce.conf
 sudo a2enmod rewrite

Step 8 : Restart Apache2

Restart Apache2

 sudo systemctl restart apache2.service

In the browser try below one