Guide : How to setup Magento ecommerce on cpanel / non-cpanel server with SSH Access

Posted by admin on October 31, 2008 under Guide | Be the First to Comment

First of all, make sure your web hosting provider meet the requirement before you install magento.

Reasons why you should use SSH access.

1. You can skip the ‘middle man’(FTP / file manager) and download all the files directly to your account.

2. FASTER & more convenient

Before we start…

This guide works for root level or in subdirectory

Make sure you are inside “public_html” or in your “subdirectory”, depend where you want install magento to.

Let’s get the ball rolling…!

Download the installation files & sample data .

( You can always check for newest release from http://www.magentocommerce.com/download/noregister )

//Download installation files
# wget http://www.magentocommerce.com/downloads/assets/1.1.8/magento-1.1.8.tar.gz

//Download the sample data
# wget http://www.magentocommerce.com/downloads/assets/1.1.2/magento-sample-data-1.1.2.tar.gz

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