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How to install Magento 2 on XAMPP?

Written by  Sarah Thursday, 24 December 2015 10:06
After the long-awaited time, Magento 2.0 has been finally released. It is considered a remarkable version with numerous changes compare to the previous version. Why don’t we find out how to install the Magento 2 software? Magento 2 There are several ways to install Magento 2, and all of them offer their own benefits. But in this post we would like to bring to you a step by step guide to install Magento 2.0 with sample data on your local server.

1. Install XAMPP

The first steps lead us to the installation guide page. It is highly important to check whether your server suits minimal Magento 2 requirements:
  • Apache: 2.2 or 2.4
  • PHP: 5.4.11 or 5.5.x
  • MySQL: 5.6.x
  • Required PHP extensions: PDO/MySQL, mbstring, mcrypt, mhash, SimpleXML, curl, xsl, gd2, ImageMagick 6.3.7 (or later) or both, soap, intl

2. Install Composer

Download Composer-Setup.exe and install on local Run Composer-Setup.exe file composer setup >> Click on NEXT to continue composer setup >> Click on NEXT to continue composer setup >> Select the path where php.exe is located with xampp: C:/xampp/php/php.exe and then click on Next button composer installation >> Choose Install composer installation >> Finish: If you see the window is the same as the following one, you installed Composer successfully. composer installation >> If you are facing with the problem related to shortage of media, please run the command: php bin/magento setup:static-content:deploy composer installation >> Once completed, you should get this screen composer installation

3. Install Magento 2.0

>> Get Magento 2.0 from Magento: https://www.magentocommerce.com/download. Alternatively you can download Magento 2 here. >> Next, Log into MySQL to create database create database >> Then, open browser and go to: http://localhost/magento/magento20/ to start install Magento 2.0 install magento 2 step 1

Installation Run:

Follow this below steps to run Installation process

Step 1

>> Choose Start Readiness Check. After Start Readiness Check is completed, select Next install magento 2 step 1.1 >> you need to click on “Start Readiness Check”. It maybe occur the error like the below image install magento 2 step 2 >> You need to open your php.ini file and set always_populate_raw_post_data to -1. install magento 2 step 2

Step 2

>> Enter server and database in step 2 and then click on Next magento2-install-step4

Step 3

>> Put your website link and continue to click on Next magento2-install-step5

Step 4

>> Customize your store: you can choose time Zone, Currency and Languages magento 2 install step 4

Step 5

>> You need to Create Admin Account. Enter your information and move to the next step magento2-install-step6

Step 6

>> In this step, you should click on the button: Install Now magento 2 installation >> It will take some minutes to complete this installation process. If your window is the same as below, CONGRAT! You install Magento 2.0 successfully magento2-install-step9 If you have any queries, please send us your questions, our Magento expert will support you in any single step. Thanks for reading!

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