For students and new users looking for help installing the latest version of TYPO3 ( v9.4.0 ) from GitHub using Composer with Apache2, MariaDB, and PHP 7.2 support, the steps below should be a great place to start.
When you use Composer to install TYPO3 packages, you can easily upgrade from the command line with Composer, which is much simpler.
TYPO3 also has a built-in tool that allows webmasters to upgrade easily. but it must be configured first, which may be intimidating for new users and students.
To get started with installing TYPO3, follow the steps below:
Install Apache2 HTTP Server on Ubuntu
Apache2 HTTP Server is the most popular web server, so install it since TYPO3 needs it.
To install Apache2 HTTP on the Ubuntu server, run the commands below.
sudo apt update sudo apt install apache2
After installing Apache2, the commands below can be used to stop, start and enable the Apache2 service to always start up with the server boots.
sudo systemctl stop apache2.service sudo systemctl start apache2.service sudo systemctl enable apache2.service
To test the Apache2 setup, open your browser and browse to the server hostname or IP address, and you should see the Apache2 default test page as shown below. When you see that, then Apache2 is working as expected.
http://localhost

Install MariaDB Database Server
MariaDB database server is a great place to start when looking at open-source database servers to use with Magento. To install MariaDB run the commands below.
sudo apt-get install mariadb-server mariadb-client
After installing MariaDB, the commands below can stop, start and enable the MariaDB service to start up when the server boots.
Run these on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS
sudo systemctl stop mysql.service sudo systemctl start mysql.service sudo systemctl enable mysql.service
Run these on Ubuntu 18.04 and 18.10 LTS
sudo systemctl stop mariadb.service sudo systemctl start mariadb.service sudo systemctl enable mariadb.service
After that, run the commands below to secure the MariaDB server by creating a root password and disallowing remote root access.
sudo mysql_secure_installation
When prompted, answer the questions below by following the guide.
- Enter current password for root (enter for none): Just press the Enter
- Set root password? [Y/n]: Y
- New password: Enter password
- Re-enter new password: Repeat password
- Remove anonymous users? [Y/n]: Y
- Disallow root login remotely? [Y/n]: Y
- Remove test database and access to it? [Y/n]: Y
- Reload privilege tables now? [Y/n]: Y
Restart MariaDB server
Type the commands below to log into the MariaDB server to test if MariaDB is installed.
sudo mysql -u root -p
Then type the password you created above to sign on. If successful, you should see MariaDB welcome message.

Install PHP 7.2 and Related Modules
PHP 7.2 may not be available in Ubuntu default repositories. to install it; you will have to get it from third-party repositories.
Run the commands below to add the below third party repository to upgrade to PHP 7.2
sudo apt-get install software-properties-common sudo add-apt-repository ppa:ondrej/php
Then update and upgrade to PHP 7.2
sudo apt update
Next, run the commands below to install PHP 7.2 and related modules.
sudo apt install php7.2 libapache2-mod-php7.2 php7.2-common php7.2-gmp php7.2-curl php7.2-intl php7.2-mbstring php7.2-xmlrpc php7.2-mysql php7.2-gd php7.2-xml php7.2-cli php7.2-zip
After installing PHP 7.2, run the commands below to open the PHP default config file for Apache2.
sudo nano /etc/php/7.2/apache2/php.ini
Then make the changes on the following lines below in the file and save. The value below is an excellent setting to apply in your environment.
file_uploads = On allow_url_fopen = On short_open_tag = On memory_limit = 256M upload_max_filesize = 100M max_execution_time = 360 max_input_vars = 1500 date.timezone = America/Chicago
After making the change above, please save the file and close it.
After installing PHP and related modules, you must restart Apache2 to reload PHP configurations.
To restart Apache2, run the commands below
sudo systemctl restart apache2.service
To test PHP 7.2 settings with Apache2, create a phpinfo.php file in the Apache2 root directory by running the commands below
sudo nano /var/www/html/phpinfo.php
Then type the content below and save the file.
<?php phpinfo( ); ?>
Save the file. Then browse to your server hostname followed by /phpinfo.php
http://localhost/phpinfo.php
You should see the PHP default test page.

Create TYPO3 Database
Once you’ve installed all the packages required for TYPO3 to function, continue below to start configuring the servers. First, run the commands below to create a blank TYPO3database.
To log on to the MariaDB database server, run the commands below.
sudo mysql -u root -p
Then create a database called typo3
CREATE DATABASE typo3;
Create a database user called typo3user with a new password
CREATE USER 'typo3user'@'localhost' IDENTIFIED BY 'new_password_here';
Then grant the user full access to the database.
GRANT ALL ON typo3.* TO 'typo3user'@'localhost' IDENTIFIED BY 'user_password_here' WITH GRANT OPTION;
Finally, save your changes and exit.
FLUSH PRIVILEGES; EXIT;
Download TYPO3 Latest Release
To get TYPO3’s latest release, you may want to use the GitHub repository. Install Composer, Curl, and other dependencies to get started.
sudo apt install curl git curl -sS https://getcomposer.org/installer | sudo php -- --install-dir=/usr/local/bin --filename=composer
After installing curl and Composer above, change into the Apache2 root directory and download TYPO3 packages from Github. Always replace the release number with the latest release.
cd /var/www/html
sudo composer create-project typo3/cms-base-distribution typo3 ^9
sudo touch /var/www/html/typo3/public/FIRST_INSTALL
Then run the commands below to set the correct permissions for TYPO3 to function.
sudo chown -R www-data:www-data /var/www/html/typo3/ sudo chmod -R 755 /var/www/html/typo3/
Configure Apache2
Finally, configure the Apahce2 site configuration file for TYPO3. This file will control how users access TYPO3 content. Run the commands below to create a new configuration file called typo3.conf
sudo nano /etc/apache2/sites-available/typo3.conf
Then copy and paste the content below into the file and save it. Replace the highlighted line with your domain name and directory root location.
<VirtualHost *:80> ServerAdmin admin@example.com DocumentRoot /var/www/html/typo3/public ServerName example.com ServerAlias www.example.com <Directory /var/www/html/typo3/public/> Options +FollowSymlinks AllowOverride All Require all granted </Directory> ErrorLog ${APACHE_LOG_DIR}/error.log CustomLog ${APACHE_LOG_DIR}/access.log combined </VirtualHost>
Save the file and exit.
Enable the TYPO3 and Rewrite Module
After configuring the VirtualHost above, please enable it by running the commands below.
sudo a2ensite typo3.conf sudo a2enmod rewrite
Restart Apache2 by running the commands below to load all the settings above.
sudo systemctl restart apache2.service
Then open your browser and browse to the server domain name. You should see the TYPO3 setup wizard complete. Please follow the wizard carefully.
http://example.com/
Then follow the on-screen instructions and select the installation language here.

Next, type the database username and password, then continue.

On the next screen, select the database you created above and continue.

Then create an admin account and the TYPO3 site info and finish the installation. After a brief moment, you should see your new site created.

Congratulation! You have successfully installed TYPO3 on Ubuntu 16.04 | 18.04 and may work on the upcoming 18.10.

In the future, when you want to upgrade to a newly released version, simply run the commands below to upgrade.
cd /var/www/html/typo3
sudo composer install
sudo composer require typo3/cms:^9.4 --update-with-dependencies
sudo composer require typo3/minimal
That’s it!
Hallo dear,
thank you very much first it was great, I tried to install Typo3 v 10.2.2
I did it but can not generate the frontend so backend everything is okey but wenn i make a page I can not view it agin. do you have any idea ?
While creating new database for we need to set the default character set as utf8.
SO while creating database use below command in mysql prompt.
CREATE DATABASE typo3 DEFAULT CHARACTER SET utf8 COLLATE utf8_unicode_ci;
The ‘composer create-project’ in Step 5 searches for unzip.
Better to install it before creating the project.
I am new to TYPO3, so the warnings are confusing.