Magento issue for instalation.

Hi I have a Debian ISpconfig3 server

I have created a site with php7 and Fast CGI.
I first tried to install it using ASP but it failed.
I then uploaded the files with ftp and planned to installed in using the web.(old fashion way )
when I enter the /setup/ folder from my browser I get this msg.

Autoload error
Vendor autoload is not found. Please run 'composer install' under application root directory.
(This is naturally what I do not want to do because I dont have composer installed IF I had composer installed I could install Magento using composer from command line.)

Anyone that has a solution I can use? .

Thanks for taking time to read my post.

 

never had any problems installing magento. create the website/database in ispconfig as normal.
usually, I just ssh to the server using the account created during the server install and sudo to root.
switch to the website's root folder, wget the magento zip/tar file, extract it, then run: chown -R web#:client# *
then just continue the install as per the magento install instructions.
(I would only install it on it's own server though, it's way more resource heavy than wordpress/joomla etc. wouldn't trust it on a shared hosting server unless you've got a really big server, or it's a very infrequently visited site)

I don't know what you used to ftp the files to the server, I've noticed quite often with FileZilla, If there's lots of little files/folders, (which there definitely is with magento), it doesn't always upload every single file, it misses quite a lot of them, but doesn't indicate any issues/failures with the upload. the method above avoids any such issue.

you can install nodejs/npm and composer and make them available to jailkitted ssh users. done that on our own servers. I know I've posted the jailkit config I've used for them in replies to some threads on here. a quick search for node / composer should find them.

 

in jk_init.ini:

Code:

[node]
comment = NodeJS
executables = /usr/bin/npm, /usr/bin/node, /usr/bin/nodejs, /usr/local/bin/elmi-to-json
directories = /usr/share/npm, /usr/lib/nodejs, /usr/local/lib/node_modules


[composer]
comment = composer
executables = /usr/bin/composer
directories = /usr/share/doc/composer

i'm assuming you'll want nodejs/npm as well at some point, everyone wanting to use composer on our servers has.

 

Any command for plain install of Composer 1.1.x ??
Ubuntu 18.04 php7.2

 

apt-get install composer

although i don't think that'll give you any options on what version gets installed.

otherwise, download and run the installer: https://www.digitalocean.com/community/tutorials/how-to-install-and-use-composer-on-ubuntu-20-04
process should be exactly the same for 18.04
if you open the installer file before running it, it shows the cli options that can be given to it, specifically:

 

Thanx.
Is it the "composer-setup.php" I edit before installing?
Sorry, I'm new to this..
$check = in_array('--check', $argv);
$help = in_array('--help', $argv);
$force = in_array('--force', $argv);
$quiet = in_array('--quiet', $argv);
$channel = 'stable';
if (in_array('--snapshot', $argv)) {
$channel = 'snapshot';
} elseif (in_array('--preview', $argv)) {
$channel = 'preview';
} elseif (in_array('--1', $argv)) {
$channel = '1';
} elseif (in_array('--2', $argv)) {
$channel = '2';
}

 

i dont think you need to edit any files.
if you follow the install instructions in the link i posted, the command:

Code:

sudo php composer-setup.php --install-dir=/usr/local/bin --filename=composer

would become:

Code:

sudo php composer-setup.php --install-dir=/usr/local/bin --filename=composer  --1

or

Code:

sudo php composer-setup.php --install-dir=/usr/local/bin --filename=composer --version="1.1.x"