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VirtueMart 1.1 Installation Tutorial
Soeren Eberhardt-Biermann
Copyright © 2005-2008 Soeren Eberhardt-Biermann This document is published under the Open Content License available from http:// www.opencontent.org/opl.shtml [http://www.opencontent.org/opl.shtml] Revision History November 23, 2005 soeren_nb Initial Release for VirtueMart 1.0.0 final Revision 1.1 March 10, 2006 soeren_nb Updatedfor VirtueMart 1.0.3 Revision 1.2 June 2006 soeren_nb Update for VirtueMart 1.0.5 Revision 1.3 March 2007 soeren_nb Update for VirtueMart 1.0.10 Revision 1.4 November 2007 soeren_nb Using XInclude to use contents from the User Manual XML Document Revision 1.5 April 2008 soeren_nb Updated for VirtueMart 1.1.x Revision 1.0

Table of Contents
1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. Preamble.................................................................................................................. 1 VirtueMart Installation ............................................................................................... 1 Joomla! Global Configuration .................................................................................... 11 About the VirtueMart Project..................................................................................... 12 The Community ...................................................................................................... 12 The Documentation .................................................................................................. 12

1. Preamble
The content of this document is related to VirtueMart. VirtueMart is free Software, licensed underGNU/GPL; VirtueMart [ http://virtuemart.net ], © 2005-2008 Sören Eberhardt-Biermann & the VirtueMart Development Team The Software 'VirtueMart' is intended for use in Joomla! (Versions 1.0, 1.5) or Mambo (Versions >= 4.5.3, 4.6.x). (Joomla! and Mambo is free Software, licensed under GNU/GPL; Joomla! is available from www.joomla.org [http://www.joomla.org])

2. VirtueMart Installation
2.1.Requirements
2.1.1. Server Requirements
VirtueMart has the following System Requirements: • Apache 1.3.19 or above - http://www.apache.org, recommended: Apache 2.2.x • PHP 4.2.x or above - http://www.php.net, recommended: PHP 5.2.x

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• MySQL 3.23.x or above - http://www.mysql.com, recommended: MySQL 5.0.x • Joomla! 1.0.x, 1.5.x or Mambo (>= 4.6.2),recommended: Joomla! 1.0.x You must ensure that you have MySQL-, XML- and Zlib-Support built into your PHP. PHP should be compiled with support for https (openSSL) and cURL! PHP Safe Mode should be turned off.

Important
The MySQL user, you access the database with in production use, must have the rights to create temporary tables.

2.1.2. Client Requirements
VirtueMart can be used with most majorbrowsers including: Internet Explorer (version 5.5+), Firefox, Opera 9+, Safari and Konqueror. Javascript doesn't need to be enabled in the frontend (when shopping and checking out). The administration section requires Javascript to be enabled. The client/browser needs to be capable of accepting Cookies and Cookies must be enabled.

2.2. Download
2.2.1. General
First of all you need todownload VirtueMart. You can download all available version from the VirtueMart Developer Portal - dev.virtuemart.net. The official Download Page is http://dev.virtuemart.net/cb/wiki/1693.

[http://dev.virtuemart.net/cb/wiki/1693]

2.2.2. Editions
VirtueMart is available in different distribution formats.

Important
The "Complete Package" and the "Manual Installation Package" are available intwo basic versions: one for Joomla! 1.0/Mambo and one for Joomla! 1.5. The second one has the extension ".j15.zip" (or ".j15.tar.gz").

2.2.2.1. The Joomla! eCommerce Edition
This Package is a modified version of the official Joomla! Distribution. It already contains a preinstalled, pre-configured VirtueMart, so you don't need to install it separately. As this bundle is a complete Joomla!...