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By Anonymous (not verified) on
Hello, I intend to set up a small shop. It is very easy to set up a Ubercart shop but I am not able to set up a Drupal Commerce shop. I tried it several times but installing modules and libraries via Composer and Drupal Console is too difficult. I followed the instructions but it doesn't work. I manually installed the necessary modules but I am unable to install the libraries since I am unable to use Composer and Drupal Console to install anything. I vainly tried to use these tools. Please make it easier or write a better tutorial for non-programmers. I rarely use Terminal. I work with Drupal since version 6. Now, I'm afraid Drupal 8 gets too technical for non-programmers.
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I highly suggest you figure out how to use the tools mentioned. Drupal 8 and beyond will continue in the direction of symfony and composer. Trying to install commerce manually isn't going to work based on the message from the maintainers on the project page "the tarballs are provided for informative purposes only. See our installation docs."
You failed to mention what issues you were faced with when trying to use composer. Perhaps, doing so will aid in enlightenment.
Cannot run Drupal Console
Well, I installed Composer in my Drupal installation. I run Composer using the command php composer.phar. I cannot run Composer just using the command composer. Anyways, I installed Drupal Commerce via Composer. I installed Drupal Console but I am not able to use it and install necessary Drupal Commerce libraries. Typing a drupal command always just gives the message -bash: drupal: command not found. My Drupal installation contains:
autoload.php
composer
composer.json
composer.lock
composer.phar
core
drupal
drupal.phar
drupal8.dev
example.gitignore
index.php
LICENSE.txt
modules
profiles
README.txt
robots.txt
sites
themes
update.php
vendor
web.config
No Composer, no Drupal Commerce
My provider doesn't allow me to use Composer since I just booked a small web hosting service. If I upgrade my package, costs will double. For this reason, I prefer to work semi-professional without Composer. Unfortunately, I cannot use Drupal Commerce then since it addresses professional back end developers only and doesn't allow small scale usage.
Just use drupal 7 commerce instead.
Just use drupal 7 commerce instead. Build your website with Drupal 7.x.
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drupal 8 commerce is still in beta
Drupal Commerce for Drupal 8 remains in beta. Based on my current testing of it, I would not currently try to use Drupal Commerce for Drupal 8 to construct a production website.
If you intend to create a production Drupal Commerce website right now, I would stick with Drupal Commerce for Drupal 7. The Drupal 7 commerce has a lot of features and has been tested for a number of years.
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Alternative e-commerce module
I guess Ubercart remains in alpha. Do you recommend Ubercart for Drupal 8? Ubercart can be installed without Composer.
installing drupal commerce on drupal 8
I would recommend getting very familiar with maintaining a Drupal 8 website via composer before installing Drupal Commerce on Drupal 8. Commerce for Drupal 8 can only be installed via the composer utility.
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