{"id":1011,"date":"2021-12-13T10:29:39","date_gmt":"2021-12-13T08:29:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/plumrocket.com\/learn\/?p=1011"},"modified":"2025-06-18T15:32:39","modified_gmt":"2025-06-18T12:32:39","slug":"how-to-install-magento-1","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/plumrocket.com\/learn\/magento-1-installation","title":{"rendered":"How to Install Magento 1"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full disable_zoom\"><img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1600\" height=\"600\" src=\"https:\/\/plumrocket.com\/learn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/how-to-install-magento-1.png\" alt=\"How to install Magento 1 with Sample Data in 2024\" class=\"wp-image-1520\" srcset=\"https:\/\/plumrocket.com\/learn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/how-to-install-magento-1.png 1600w, https:\/\/plumrocket.com\/learn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/how-to-install-magento-1-300x113.png 300w, https:\/\/plumrocket.com\/learn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/how-to-install-magento-1-1024x384.png 1024w, https:\/\/plumrocket.com\/learn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/how-to-install-magento-1-768x288.png 768w, https:\/\/plumrocket.com\/learn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/how-to-install-magento-1-1536x576.png 1536w, https:\/\/plumrocket.com\/learn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/how-to-install-magento-1-1568x588.png 1568w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1600px) 100vw, 1600px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>In this guide, we will be installing Magento Community Edition v1.9.4.5. This is the last official release of Magento 1 created by Adobe back in May 2020.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>On June 30, 2020, Adobe ended support for the 12-year-old Magento 1.x release line for both Magento Commerce and Magento Open Source. However, still many merchants are using Magento 1 on their live stores. This Magento 1.9 installation guide can become handy for those developers who are assisting merchants in <a href=\"\/magento-1-to-2-migration\">migrating stores to Magento 2 or simply for adding new features to an <\/a>existing Magento 1 installation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-cover has-background-dim\" style=\"background-color:#fafafa;min-height:100px\"><div class=\"wp-block-cover__inner-container\">\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center has-dark-gray-color has-text-color\">Magento 1 has long been unsupported, making it an outdated platform vulnerable to security threats. Protect your business by planning a swift migration to Magento 2.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-buttons is-content-justification-center\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-button\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link has-background\" href=\"\/magento-1-to-2-migration\" style=\"border-radius:35px;background-color:#449937\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><strong>Get a<\/strong> Free<strong> Quote<\/strong><\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h2>Prerequisites<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>We will be using <a href=\"\/learn\/devilbox-docker-wsl2\">Docker with Devilbox<\/a> for our LAMP environment, but you can use any other web server solution to host your Magento 1 store on Apache or Nginx.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2>Magento 1 System Requirements<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Below are the <a href=\"\/learn\/magento-system-requirements\">Magento 1 system requirements<\/a> needed for the proper functioning of Magento 1.9.4.5:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul><li>RAM: minimum 512MB (1GB+ recommended)<\/li><li>Apache v1.3.x, 2.0.x, 2.2.x, 2.4.x<\/li><li>Nginx v1.7.x+<\/li><li>MySQL 5.6 or higher, MariaDB 10.x<\/li><li>PHP v5.4, 5.5, 5.6 or 7.0<\/li><li>PHP modules:<ul><li>PDO_MySQL<\/li><li>SimpleXML<\/li><li>mcrypt<\/li><li>hash<\/li><li>GD<\/li><li>DOM<\/li><li>iconv<\/li><li>SOAP<\/li><li>Curl<\/li><\/ul><\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h2>How to Install Magento 1.9.4<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ol id=\"block-edc52adb-7027-40fd-9626-a0abaf74fe3b\"><li><a href=\"#1-download-the-magento-v1-9-4-5\">Download Magento v1.9.4.5 Installation Package<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"#2-create-a-database-for-magento-1\">Create a Database for Magento 1<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"#3-magento-1-web-installer-clean-database\">Install Magento 1 via Web Interface (Clean Database)<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"#4-download-install-magento-1-sample-data\">Download &amp; Install Magento 1 Sample Data<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"#5-magento-1-web-installer-with-sample-data\">Install Magento 1 via Web Interface (with Sample Data)<\/a><\/li><\/ol>\n\n\n\n<p>We will be installing the last official version of Adobe Magento 1 from the OpenMage Magento Github repository.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3>1. Download the Magento v1.9.4.5<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-prismatic-blocks\"><div><\/div><pre><code class=\"language-bash\">git clone https:\/\/github.com\/OpenMage\/magento-mirror\ncd magento-mirror\ngit checkout 1.9.4.5<\/code><\/pre><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h3>2. Create a database for Magento 1<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-prismatic-blocks\"><div><\/div><pre><code class=\"language-bash\">mysql -u root -h 127.0.0.1 -p -e 'CREATE DATABASE my_magento194;'<\/code><\/pre><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h3>3. Magento 1 Web Installer (Clean Database)<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>If you need a clean Magento installation, you can proceed to install Magento 1 via the web interface now and skip the next steps (just open your website URL to see the web installer as shown below).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>However, in this tutorial, we want to install the Magento sample data first and then come back to Magento 1 installation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1109\" height=\"831\" src=\"https:\/\/plumrocket.com\/learn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/magento1-web-installer.png\" alt=\"Magento 1 Web Installer\" class=\"wp-image-1012\" srcset=\"https:\/\/plumrocket.com\/learn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/magento1-web-installer.png 1109w, https:\/\/plumrocket.com\/learn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/magento1-web-installer-300x225.png 300w, https:\/\/plumrocket.com\/learn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/magento1-web-installer-1024x767.png 1024w, https:\/\/plumrocket.com\/learn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/magento1-web-installer-768x575.png 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1109px) 100vw, 1109px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h3>4. Download &amp; Install Magento 1 Sample Data<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-prismatic-blocks\"><div><\/div><pre><code class=\"language-bash\"># download and unpack sample data\nwget https:\/\/raw.githubusercontent.com\/Vinai\/compressed-magento-sample-data\/1.9.1.0\/compressed-magento-sample-data-1.9.1.0.tgz\ntar -xf compressed-magento-sample-data-1.9.1.0.tgz\n  \ncp -rv magento-sample-data-1.9.1.0\/* .\/\n \n# import sample database\nmysql -u root -h 127.0.0.1 -p my_magento194 &lt; magento_sample_data_for_1.9.1.0.sql;\n# delete temporary files\nrm magento_sample_data_for_1.9.1.0.sql\nrm -rf magento-sample-data-1.9.1.0\/\nrm compressed-magento-sample-data-1.9.1.0.tgz<\/code><\/pre><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h3>5. Magento 1 Web Installer (With Sample Data)<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>Now open your Magento 1 domain, and follow the step by step web wizard:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Step1.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1109\" height=\"831\" src=\"https:\/\/plumrocket.com\/learn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/magento1-web-installer-1.png\" alt=\"Magento 1 Web Installer\" class=\"wp-image-1013\" srcset=\"https:\/\/plumrocket.com\/learn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/magento1-web-installer-1.png 1109w, https:\/\/plumrocket.com\/learn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/magento1-web-installer-1-300x225.png 300w, https:\/\/plumrocket.com\/learn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/magento1-web-installer-1-1024x767.png 1024w, https:\/\/plumrocket.com\/learn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/magento1-web-installer-1-768x575.png 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1109px) 100vw, 1109px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Step2.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1109\" height=\"831\" src=\"https:\/\/plumrocket.com\/learn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/magento1-web-installer2.png\" alt=\"Magento 1 Web Installer - 2\" class=\"wp-image-1014\" srcset=\"https:\/\/plumrocket.com\/learn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/magento1-web-installer2.png 1109w, https:\/\/plumrocket.com\/learn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/magento1-web-installer2-300x225.png 300w, https:\/\/plumrocket.com\/learn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/magento1-web-installer2-1024x767.png 1024w, https:\/\/plumrocket.com\/learn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/magento1-web-installer2-768x575.png 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1109px) 100vw, 1109px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Step3.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1109\" height=\"1080\" src=\"https:\/\/plumrocket.com\/learn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/magento1-web-installer3.png\" alt=\"Magento 1 Web Installer - 3\" class=\"wp-image-1015\" srcset=\"https:\/\/plumrocket.com\/learn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/magento1-web-installer3.png 1109w, https:\/\/plumrocket.com\/learn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/magento1-web-installer3-300x292.png 300w, https:\/\/plumrocket.com\/learn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/magento1-web-installer3-1024x997.png 1024w, https:\/\/plumrocket.com\/learn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/magento1-web-installer3-768x748.png 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1109px) 100vw, 1109px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Step4.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1107\" height=\"969\" src=\"https:\/\/plumrocket.com\/learn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/magento1-web-installer4.png\" alt=\"Magento 1 Web Installer - 4\" class=\"wp-image-1016\" srcset=\"https:\/\/plumrocket.com\/learn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/magento1-web-installer4.png 1107w, https:\/\/plumrocket.com\/learn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/magento1-web-installer4-300x263.png 300w, https:\/\/plumrocket.com\/learn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/magento1-web-installer4-1024x896.png 1024w, https:\/\/plumrocket.com\/learn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/magento1-web-installer4-768x672.png 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1107px) 100vw, 1107px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Step5.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1107\" height=\"969\" src=\"https:\/\/plumrocket.com\/learn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/magento1-web-installer5.png\" alt=\"Magento 1 Web Installer - 5\" class=\"wp-image-1017\" srcset=\"https:\/\/plumrocket.com\/learn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/magento1-web-installer5.png 1107w, https:\/\/plumrocket.com\/learn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/magento1-web-installer5-300x263.png 300w, https:\/\/plumrocket.com\/learn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/magento1-web-installer5-1024x896.png 1024w, https:\/\/plumrocket.com\/learn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/magento1-web-installer5-768x672.png 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1107px) 100vw, 1107px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>After the installation is complete, you can go to the front end:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1107\" height=\"969\" src=\"https:\/\/plumrocket.com\/learn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/magento1-frontend.png\" alt=\"Magento 1 Frontend\" class=\"wp-image-1018\" srcset=\"https:\/\/plumrocket.com\/learn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/magento1-frontend.png 1107w, https:\/\/plumrocket.com\/learn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/magento1-frontend-300x263.png 300w, https:\/\/plumrocket.com\/learn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/magento1-frontend-1024x896.png 1024w, https:\/\/plumrocket.com\/learn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/magento1-frontend-768x672.png 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1107px) 100vw, 1107px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>As well as backend:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1061\" height=\"793\" src=\"https:\/\/plumrocket.com\/learn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/magento1-backend.png\" alt=\"Magento 1 Backend\" class=\"wp-image-1019\" srcset=\"https:\/\/plumrocket.com\/learn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/magento1-backend.png 1061w, https:\/\/plumrocket.com\/learn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/magento1-backend-300x224.png 300w, https:\/\/plumrocket.com\/learn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/magento1-backend-1024x765.png 1024w, https:\/\/plumrocket.com\/learn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/magento1-backend-768x574.png 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1061px) 100vw, 1061px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>We hope you found this article useful. 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