Install osCommerce on ubuntu 14.10 Server

by ruchi · Published February 27, 2015 · Updated February 19, 2015

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You need to make sure you have Ubuntu 14.10 LAMP server installed

Download osCommerce and Installation

Download osCommerce using the following command

wget http://www.oscommerce.com/files/oscommerce-2.3.4.zip

Unzip and copy files under webserver

unzip oscommerce-2.3.4.zip

mv oscommerce-2.3.4 /var/www/html/

Change directory permissions using the following command

sudo chmod 777 /var/www/html/oscommerce-2.3.4/catalog/includes/configure.php
sudo chmod 777 /var/www/html/oscommerce-2.3.4/catalog/admin/includes/configure.php

Now you need to create database before starting your web installation

sudo mysql -u root -p

At MySQL prompt use:

CREATE DATABASE osc;

CREATE USER osctest@localhost IDENTIFIED BY ‘osc';

GRANT ALL PRIVILEGES on osc.* to osctest@localhost ;

FLUSH PRIVILEGES;

exit

Now you can start the web installation using the following URL