Installing Extensions

• Get the extension files

  • Use http://freegento.com/ddl-magento-extension.php to download extension files form the market place
  • If using a git repo, make sure you remove the /.git folder. if you don’t, you will override the magento installation git information

• Remove package.xml, read me, and license from the extension root if they exist. only the extension code is needed

• Sync the extension files to the project

  • rsync -r /path/to/extension/ /path/to/magento/root/
  • Make sure it’s the magento root, the repo root is not always magneto root
  • The trailing / is important

• Remove the cache directory

  • rm -rf /path/to/magento/root/var/cache

• Logout of any open admin sessions

• Log into the admin panel

• Commit the new files to the repository. Make sure you are only committing the extension files, DO NOT just commit everything

NOTE: It’s best to do this locally. Doing this on the server may cause issues when you are trying to commit the installed extension to the main repo.