First, download the latest version of zencart

wget http://optimate.dl.sourceforge.net/project/zencart/CURRENT%20-%20Zen%20Cart%201.5.x%20Series/zen-cart-v1.5.1-full-fileset-09182012.zip

unzip and move to /var/www/

apt-get install zip 
unzip zen-cart-*.zip -d /var/www/ 
mv /var/www/zen-cart-* /var/www/zen-cart/

create MySQL db

mysql -u root -p 
CREATE DATABASE zen; 
CREATE USER 'zenuser'@'localhost' IDENTIFIED BY 'yournewpassword'; 
GRANT ALL PRIVILEGES ON zencart.* TO 'zencartuser'@'localhost'; 
FLUSH PRIVILEGES;

create Apache vhost https://www.digitalocean.com/community/articles/how-to-set-up-apache-virtual-hosts-on-ubuntu-12-04-lts , for instance

ServerAdmin you@your.tld 
DocumentRoot /var/www/zen-cart/ 
ServerName your.tld 
ServerAlias www.your.tld 
ErrorLog logs/your.tld-error_log 
CustomLog logs/your.tld-access_log common

restart Apache service apache2 restart Prepare installer, change permissions (some folders and files need writable permissions for use in Zen Cart)

cd /var/www/zen-cart/ 
mv admin/includes/dist-configure.php admin/includes/configure.php 
mv includes/dist-configure.php includes/configure.php 
chmod 777 admin/includes/configure.php 
chmod 777 includes/configure.php 
chmod 777 cache 
chmod 777 includes/languages/english/html_includes 
chmod 777 logs 
chmod 777 media 
chmod 777 pub 
chmod 777 images/ 
chmod 777 admin/backups 
chmod 777 admin/images/graphs

Go to http://your.tld/zc_install to complete the installation. To finish, delete / dir & reset permissions /admin/includes/ /includes/ files to read-only mode 644. Rename /admin to something else. configure.phpand configure.phpof zc_installthe You might stumble upon the following error:

ERROR: date.timezone not set in php.ini. Please contact your hosting company to set the timezone in the server PHP configuration before continuing.

fix it: nano /etc/php5/apache2/php.ini search for date, then set for example: date.timezone = "Europe/Amsterdam" Now save, close and restart your apache. service apache2 restart Happy installing.

Also, some payment and shipping modules of Zendesk require cURL in order to talk to an external server to request real-time quotes or payment authorizations. To install cURL:

sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install curl libcurl3 libcurl3-dev php5-curl
service apache2 restart

sorry but i'm already stuck here...

i download zipped ZC no problem. in the command line i typed...
apt-get install zip

no problem. but then i typed..
unzip zen-cart-*.zip -d /var/www/

and it said 'no zip files found.

do i need to upload to server? via ftp?

Did you successfully download the zencart zip file to your server using wget?

you have to use the unzip command in the same dir as the downloaded zip file.

don't hesitate to post where you're stuck, you will be helped.

ahh, thanks

this line seems to be failing.
mv /var/www/zen-cart-* /var/www/zen-cart/

i get 'no such file or directory'. am not familiar with 'var/www/..'

can i just move via the ftp? i see the uncompressed folder in the root dir.

i see the installer page in the web browser
http://ipaddress/zen-cart

Try going through the installation wizard, it should work fine.