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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
Revision 1.0 November 23, 2005 soeren_nb
Initial Release for VirtueMart 1.0.0 final
Revision 1.1 March 10, 2006 soeren_nb
Updated for 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
Table of Contents
1. Preamble .................................................................................................................. 1
2. VirtueMart Installation ............................................................................................... 1
3. Joomla! Global Configuration .................................................................................... 11
4. About the VirtueMart Project ..................................................................................... 12
5. The Community ...................................................................................................... 12
6. The Documentation .................................................................................................. 12
1. Preamble
The content of this document is related to VirtueMart.
VirtueMart is free Software, licensed under GNU/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