Shopware 6 – Installing System Requirements in Ubuntu 20.04 or 20.10

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Shopware 6 – Installing System Requirements in Ubuntu 20.04 or 20.10

To create a development environment in fresh install of Linux – Ubuntu 20.04 (Focal Fossa) or 20.10 (Groovy Gorilla) you should meet the requirements listed on Shopware 6 System Requirements. If you are comfortable working with docker, there is a curated docker setup that takes care of setting up the environment for you. In this case you need: PHP 7.2+ CLI, docker, docker-compose, bash.

Use these commands for checking your actual environment, follow the links below if you have something missing.

Check Apache2 version with apache2 -v, and install Apache2.

$ apache2 -v

# OUTPUT Returns an error in fresh install
Command 'apache2' not found, but can be installed with:
sudo apt install apache2-bin

# OUTOUT Returns version of installed Apache2
Server version: Apache/2.4.41 (Ubuntu)
Server built:   2020-08-12T19:46:17

Check CLI PHP version with php -v, and i nstall PHP.

$ php -v

# Returns an error in fresh install
Command 'php' not found, but can be installed with:
sudo apt install php7.4-cli

# Returns PHP version
PHP 7.4.3 (cli) (built: May 26 2020 12:24:22) ( NTS )
Copyright (c) The PHP Group
Zend Engine v3.4.0, Copyright (c) Zend Technologies
    with Zend OPcache v7.4.3, Copyright (c), by Zend Technologies

Check CLI PHP modules with php -m

$ php -m

# Returns an error in fresh install
Command 'php' not found, but can be installed with:
sudo apt install php7.4-cli

# Returns List of Modules
[PHP Modules]
...

[Zend Modules]
...

Check CLI PHP memory limit with php -i | grep memory_limit

$ php -i | grep memory_limit

# Returns an error in fresh install
Command 'php' not found, but can be installed with:
sudo apt install php7.4-cli

# Returns memory_limit
memory_limit => -1 => -1

Check Composer version with composer -v, and insta ll Compose r.

$ composer -v

# Returns an error in fresh install
Command 'composer' not found, but can be installed with:
sudo apt install composer

# Returns version
Composer 1.10.1 2020-03-13 20:34:27

Check Node.js version with node -v, and install Node.js.

$ node -v

# Returns an error in fresh install
Command 'node' not found, but can be installed with:
sudo apt install nodejs

# Returns version
v10.19.0

Check NPM version with npm -v, and install NPM.

$ npm -v

# Returns an error in fresh install
Command 'npm' not found, but can be installed with:
sudo apt install npm

# Returns version
6.14.4

Have fun!

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