Install magento on ubuntu

Install Magento on Ubuntu:

For installing magento on your ubuntu machine , you will be in need of install apache2, php and mysql (for installing them see previous articles).

After installing them go to the folder of your server

cd /var/www

After that download magento.

wget http://www.magentocommerce.com/downloads/assets/1.8.1.0/magento-1.8.1.0.tar.gz

Now extract this file

tar -zxvf magento-1.8.1.0.tar.gz

Remove that zip file from root

rm magento-1.8.1.0.tar.gz

Move all files / Folders from magento folder to out side

mv magento/* magento/.htaccess .

Now give the privilege to the following folders

chmod -R o+w media var
chmod o+w app/etc

Now create a database from phpmyadmin or command prompt. After that go to localhost/ and keep some setting regarding database.

Thats it its installed now