Magento Open Source 2.0.13 Release Notes
We are pleased to present Magento Open Source (formerly Community Edition) 2.0.13.
This release updates the copyright date in every file. It does not contain any functional changes or security improvements. Isolating these changes in a single release is intended to simplify future updates and developer workflow.
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System requirements
Our technology stack is built on PHP and MySQL. For more information, see System Requirements.
Install the Magento software
See one of the following sections:
- Get Magento Open Source using Composer
- Get Magento Open Source using a compressed archive
- Complete the installation
Get the Magento Open Source software using Composer
This software is available from repo.magento.com. Before installing the Open Source software using Composer, familiarize yourself with the Composer metapackage prerequisites, then run
composer create-project --repository-url=https://repo.magento.com/ magento/project-community-edition=<version> <installation directory name>
where <version> matches the version you want (for example, 2.0.10)
For example, to install Magento Open Source 2.0.10 in the magento2 directory:
composer create-project --repository-url=https://repo.magento.com/ magento/project-community-edition=2.0.10 magento2
Get Magento Open Source using a compressed archive
The following table discusses where to get the Magento software. We provide the following downloads:
- Magento Open Source software only
- Magento Open Source software with sample data (designed to help you learn Magento faster)
These packages are easy to get and install. You don’t need to use Composer, all you need to do is to upload a package to your Magento server or hosted platform, unpack it, and run the web-based Setup Wizard.
Archives are available in the following formats: .zip, .tar.bz2, .tar.gz
To get the Magento Open Source software archive:
- Go to http://magento.com/download.
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Choose either the software or the software and sample data:
Magento-CE-<version>.*(without sample data)Magento-CE-<version>+Samples.*(with sample data)
<version>is the three-digit release number (for example,2.0.7,2.1.0, and so on).
Complete the installation
After you get the Open Source software:
- Set file system ownership and permissions.
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Install the Magento software:
Upgrade from an earlier version
To upgrade to version 2.0.x from an earlier version:
Migration toolkits
The Data Migration Tool helps transfer existing Magento 1.x store data to Magento 2.x. This command-line interface includes verification, progress tracking, logging, and testing functions. For installation instructions, see Install the Data Migration Tool. Consider exploring or contributing to the Magento Data Migration repository.
The Code Migration Toolkit helps transfer existing Magento 1.x store extensions and customizations to Magento 2.0.x. The command-line interface includes scripts for converting Magento 1.x modules and layouts.
Credits
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