Getting the Magento code base

The first step is to get the latest version of the Magento code base. In order to do that, you should visit the Magento download page (https://magento.com/tech-resources/download) and choose the latest version of Magento:

Getting the Magento code base

In order to have products, categories, and other useful information for our local Magento installation, we will choose the latest version from the Full Release with Sample Data (ZIP with sample data) section:

Getting the Magento code base

Once you download the file, you should uncompress it in the document root of your local machine. ...

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