Easy VirtueMart 2 Install Instructions » History » Version 7
Max Milbers, 09/14/2012 11:53 AM
| 1 | 1 | Kerry Watson | h1. Easy VirtueMart 2 Install Instructions |
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| 3 | h2. STEP 1. Install the latest version of Joomla. |
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| 5 | If you do not already have Joomla, download it from joomla.org. |
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| 7 | 2 | Kerry Watson | You MAY be able to auto-install Joomla 2.5 from your web host’s auto-installer and skip this step. However, many auto-installers offer an older version which is no good to you. YOU MUST INSTALL JOOMLA VERSION 2.5. SEE http://docs.joomla.org/Installing_Joomla_using_an_AutoInstaller |
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| 10 | h2. STEP 2. Download the latest STABLE VERSION of VirtueMart onto your personal computer. |
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| 12 | 5 | Max Milbers | Get it from http://dev.virtuemart.net/projects/virtuemart/files - be SURE it is marked STABLE VERSION. There are two always to versions of a release provided, one is containing the zip files, like com_virtuemart.2.x.y_extract_first.zip, the other is containing the tar.zg files, like com_virtuemart.2.x.y_extract_first.argz.zip. The difference is that the zips are often bigger than 2 mb and many servers are configured with a 2 mb limit for php uploads. The tar.gz files are always below 2 mb, but some server do not support the tar.gz extraction anylonger. If you need languages other than English also download the com_virtuemart.2.x.y_languages_extract_first.zip file. Note the words "extract first" in the file names. You must unzip (decompress) the files in the next step. |
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| 14 | h2. STEP 3. Unzip VirtueMart |
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| 16 | 5 | Max Milbers | Unzip the com_virtuemart.2.x.y_extract_first.zip file so you can see the two ".zip" files (tar.gz). |
| 17 | 1 | Kerry Watson | This download contains two zip files, which you will upload separately in Step 4 using Joomla Extension Manager. |
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| 19 | 5 | Max Milbers | Extract the two zip files and the README file to a folder on your computer where you can find them easily: |
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| 21 | 5 | Max Milbers | • com_virtuemart.2.x.y.tar.gz – the VirtueMart core files, and |
| 22 | • com_virtuemart.2.x.y_ext_aio.tar.gz – the All In One (AIO) Installer that installs some extensions for you the way you need them. |
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| 24 | 6 | Max Milbers | Consider that this files work directly on your server, but when you want to extract them locally, you get first a com_virtuemart.2.x.y.tar. A tar archive file contains uncompressed byte streams of the files which it contains. Just extract the tar file again. |
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| 26 | h2. STEP 4. Install VirtueMart extension in Joomla |
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| 28 | Log onto your Joomla Administrator using the email address and password you created in the Joomla Install Wizard as follows: |
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| 29 | http://mystorename.com/administrator |
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| 31 | 5 | Max Milbers | From the Joomla Admin’s top navigation bar, click Extensions > Extension Manager > Install tab. In the Upload Package File area, click the Browse... button and select the com_virtuemart.2.x.y.zip or com_virtuemart.2.x.y.tar.gz file from your local folder. |
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| 33 | Click the UPLOAD & INSTALL button for the first file. |
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| 35 | 5 | Max Milbers | Repeat for the second file to upload, the VirtueMart All In One Installer, com_virtuemart.2.x.y_ext_aio.zip. |
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| 37 | You will see the happy success message: "Installing Component Was Successful!" |
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| 39 | When you have problems with the gui, you can take a look on this howto [[Installation of VirtueMart 2 with provided packages]] |
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| 41 | 7 | Max Milbers | h2. In case you have a problem with the limited file size or the error "Unknown Archive type" |
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| 43 | Then just upload the installer per ftp to the temp directory and choose the 2. option, for more information, look here http://www.phoca.cz/phocagallery/478-how-to-install-large-components-with-help-of-ftp-in-joomla |