Getting the Magento code base
The first step is to get the latest version of the Magento code base. In order to do that, you should visit the Magento download page (https://magento.com/tech-resources/download) and choose the latest version of Magento:
In order to have products, categories, and other useful information for our local Magento installation, we will choose the latest version from the Full Release with Sample Data (ZIP with sample data) section:
Once you download the file, you should uncompress it in the document root of your local machine.
After uncompressing the file, you should see a similar output to the following screenshot:
Now, we have the code base in place to move ahead with the installation.
There are two ways of installing Magento:
- Setup Wizard installation
- Command-line installation
Setup Wizard installation
The Setup Wizard is a simple installation process that is performed from the browser.
In order to install Magento using the Setup Wizard,...