Is there any way to install sample data from Zip file after successful installation of magento 2.3.5-p2?

Question

I have installed Magento 2.3.5-p2. But after that i need to install sample data i exectute command

 - php bin/magento sampledata:deploy
 

• But i got this .. Could not find a matching version of package magento/module-sales-sample-data. Check the package spelling, your version constraint and that the package is available in a stability which matches your minimum-stability (stable).

After that i have downloaded Zip file from mageplaza extract file and paste file in magento directory and execute command.

• bin/magento setup:upgrade

I got Nothing to import.

Is there any other way to install sample data. i am using apache2, php 7.2. i have installed each thing sepratelly not any xampp, lamp etc.

Answer 1

You can install sample data as a official composer package. See the instructions on the dev docs: https://devdocs.magento.com/guides/v2.4/install-gde/install/sample-data-after-composer.html.

Answer 2

I have tried another easiest way to install sample data and that also work for me so i want to share it may help some one ... i have downloaded sample data zip file from here https://www.mageplaza.com/download-magento/#download-Magento%202. and then extract it and copy everything inside the extracted directory and then past it in magento2 folder and execute the follwing commands.

• bin/magento setup:upgrade
• bin/magento sampledata:deploy

after that i resest permissions

• chown -R www-data:www-data /var/www/html/magento2
• chmod -R 777 /var/www/html/magento2 and then set rewrite mod
• sudo a2enmod rewrite
• service apache2 restart and my issue is resolved. Hope it may help someone