How To: Install CS-Cart on Linux¶

This article describes how to install CS-Cart or Multi-Vendor on a Unix-like operating system (like Linux or Ubuntu).

1. Download the latest version of CS-Cart or Multi-Vendor.

2. Create a new directory /var/www/cscart/. Use any other name instead of cscart, if you’d like.

3. Unpack the archive into the newly-created directory.

   

4. Set the file and directory permissions:

   777	For the following directories and their contents: var/ design/ images/
   666	For the following file: config.local.php

   Here are the commands to set these permissions via the command line:

   chmod 666 config.local.php
   chmod -R 777 design images var
   find design -type f -print0 | xargs -0 chmod 666
   find images -type f -print0 | xargs -0 chmod 666
   find var -type f -print0 | xargs -0 chmod 666
   

5. You may also need these commands:

   chmod 644 design/.htaccess images/.htaccess var/.htaccess var/themes_repository/.htaccess
   chmod 644 design/index.php images/index.php var/index.php var/themes_repository/index.php
   

6. Run the installer. To do it, open the localhost/cscart page in your browser.

7. Click [install] and follow the instructions of the installer to finish the process.