Linux requirements

1. Install platform-specific dependencies:

sudo apt install \
    libcurl4-openssl-dev \
    libonig-dev \
    libjpeg-dev \
    libjpeg8-dev \
    libjpeg-turbo8-dev \
    libpng-dev \
    libicu-dev \
    libfreetype6-dev \
    libzip-dev \
    libssl-dev \
    build-essential \
    libbz2-dev \
    libreadline-dev \
    libsqlite3-dev \
    libssl-dev \
    libxml2-dev \
    libxslt1-dev \
    libonig-dev \
    php-cli \
    php-bz2 \
    pkg-config \
    autoconf \
    libsodium-dev \
    cmake \
    php

2. Install Docker

You can follow the official installation guide from Docker or use commands below:

3. Install PHPBrew

To install PHPBrew on Linux you will need to follow installation instructions or use commands below:

4. Prepare the environment

To work with Magento you need access keys to access the Magento repository.

  1. Generate Access Keypair

Now you have a public key and private key values.

To use them you have 2 options:

  1. Use COMPOSER_AUTH environmental variable

    This option is used as a global variable on your machine.

    Replace <public key> and <private key> with your public and private key.

    Add the result to your .bashrc or .zshrc and reload your terminal.

  2. Use auth.json file

    This option is used on a per-project basis, so your credentials will be always correct no matter which project you are working on.

    Create auth.json file in the root of your project and inside put the following content using the same <public key> and <private key> you obtained before:

5. Start your application

Start command description can be found here. To access Magento CLI, Composer and PHP use cli command.

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