What are the ways for installing an extension in Magento 2? [closed]

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I need detailed information for installation of Magento 2 extension.

Answer 1

Option 1: Magento 2 install extension using COMMAND LINE (Recommended)

Your magento 2 extensions can be installed in a few minutes by going through these following steps

Step 1: Download/purchase the extension

Step 2: Unzip the file in a temporary directory

Step 3: Upload it to your Magento installation root directory

Step 4: Disable the cache under System­ >> Cache Management

Step 5: Enter the following at the command line:

php bin/magento setup:upgrade

php bin/magento cache:clean

php bin/magento cache:flush

Option 2 : add an extension's package to the root composer.json

then run composer update

then run php bin/magento setup:upgrade

Option 3 : You can also install extension from admin panel component manager as well , for more details please refer this link - https://magefan.com/blog/how-to-install-magento-2-extension-2/

Answer 2

There are three ways by which you can install the extension in the Magento 2.

They are as follows:

• Install the extension from the https://marketplace.magento.com directly from the admin side of your Magento

• Manual Installation of the Extension (I recommend this one for better understanding & ease).

• Installation of the extension using Composer

The Detailed description of the installation of the extensions are available below

1. Install the extension from the https://marketplace.magento.com directly from the admin side of your Magento

• Go to the Admin panel of your Magento & follow thee below direction

  System>Web Setup Wizard>Component Manager>

• Sing in from your Magento Marketplace Account by clicking on the Sing in to Sync link it will ask for the Public & private Key of your Magento Account Just Copy & paste it at this place

• It will fetch all your purchased extensions in to your admin panel select the extension you wanted to install into your Magento & click on the install button & then just follow as it comes in front of you to do for More details follow this link http://docs.magento.com/marketplace/user_guide/quick-tour/install-extension.html

2. Manual Installation of the Extension

Once the magento extension gets downloaded in below format

< namespace_modulename-version.zip>

then follow these installation steps-

Unzip the Downloaded folder Check for the unzipped folder whether it contains app folder or module name

• For app folder, overwrite the unzipped folder to the app folder of Magento2 installation.

• If you are getting the folder with the module name, just copy paste it into the app code directory of your Magento2 installation. Navigate to the Magento root directory path where the module is to be installed, via terminal (cmd) and run the following commands sequentially:

  php bin/magento setup:upgrade
  
  php bin/magento setup:static-content:deploy
  
  php bin/magento cache:clean
  

3. Installation of the extension using Composer

Just copy the composer name/path of the of the module that you want to install & enter the below command through you command line using from your Magento root directory.

composer require module_composer_name/module_composer_path

composer update

Answer 3

Put your extension to app/code folder

Now your extension path like this : app/code/Vendor/ModuleNameSpace

Run below commands

php bin/magento setup:upgrade
php bin/magento setup:static-content:deploy
php bin/magento cache:clean

Answer 4

There are two ways to install the module in Magento 2

1. Using composer

   • with component manager Magento DevDocs.

   • with composer installation Alan kent explanation

2. Using file transfer

   • you need to move app folder in Magento2 root directory

   • run the following commands: php bin/magento setup:upgrade, php bin/magento setup:static-content:deploy

   • clear the Cache

More informations here.