Magento 2.4.1 Local Setup using XAMPP

• Requirements - System Requirements.
• Elastic Search - Required Elastic Search.
• Diagram - Installation Flow Chart.
• Magento- Download Magento.
• XAMPP- Download Apache Server For Local.
• Composer - Download Composer.
• Elastic Search - Download Elastic Search.

Folow Step by Step

1. Download XAMPP and install and Run.
2. Download Composer and install.
3. While Installing Composer Select "C:\xampp\php\php.exe" then finish installing.
4. Download Elastic Search Zip File.
5. Extract zip to "C:\xampp\htdocs" and Rename folder "elasticsearch" inside "C:\xampp\htdocs"
6. Now Goto "C:\xampp\htdocs\elasticsearch\bin\elasticsearch.bat" and RunAs Administrator also Check in Browser Working or Not:

http://localhost:9200/

8. Don't Close Or Terminate "elasticsearch.bat" until magento install has done.
9. Download Magento zip file. (Choose Sample Data or Empty then Signin/Signup to Download)
10. Extract zip to "C:\xampp\htdocs" and Rename folder "yourdomain.com" inside "C:\xampp\htdocs"
11. Now Goto "C:\xampp\htdocs\yourdomain.com\vendor\magento\framework\Image\Adapter\Gd2.php" file and open it Any Editor.
12. Areound Line 86. Replace the code below:

private function validateURLScheme(string $filename) : bool
{
    $allowed_schemes = ['ftp', 'ftps', 'http', 'https'];
    $url = parse_url($filename);
    if ($url && isset($url['scheme']) && !in_array($url['scheme'], $allowed_schemes) && !file_exists($filename)) {
        return false;
    }

    return true;
}

13. Now Check in Browser "Localhost/yourdomain.com" and it's asking to setup with command line Ex. Below:

    Welcome to Magento Admin, your online store headquarters.
    Please review Terms & Agreement and read Getting Started to learn
    how to install Magento using the command line.

14. Now Open Browser and Type

http://localhost/phpmyadmin/

15. Goto: Database Tab >> Type: magentolocal_db >> Click: Create
16. Now goto "C:\xampp\htdocs\yourdomain.com" and Address Bar Type "cmd" to run the command same folder or Goto same directory using command line.
17. Now Run below command and chnage yours a) Domain Name, DB Name, User, Email & Password:

  php bin/magento setup:install --base-url="http://localhost/yourdomain.com" --db-host="localhost" --db-name="magentolocal_com_db" --db-user="root" --db-password="" --admin-firstname="system" --admin-lastname="admin" --admin-email="devomman@gmail.com" --admin-user="systemadmin" --admin-password="@dminPass1" --use-rewrites="1" --backend-frontname="admin"

18. First Time Xampp User Getting this Error Below will Appear in Command Line:

    In Installer.php line 545:\

    Missing following extensions: 'intl' 'soap' 'xsl' 'sockets'

19. So Now We have enable following extensions in "C:\xampp\php\php.ini" open php.ini file in Editor

;extension=intl
;extension=soap
;extension=xsl
;extension=sockets

20. Search one by one extension line in editor and uncomment the line to enable.
21. Once you enable then stop and exit XAMPP Server and Restart don't close/terminate elastic search until the setup process completely done.
22. Now Follow the Same Step 16 - Step 17. Again and the result: will appear Below ex:

[SUCCESS]: Magento installation complete.
[SUCCESS]: Magento Admin URI: /admin
[SUCCESS]: Nothing to import.

23. Now Follow the Same Step 16 and Type in Command Line Below:

php bin/magento indexer:reindex
php bin/magento setup:upgrade
php bin/magento setup:static-content:deploy -f
php bin/magento cache:clean
php bin/magento cache:flush

24. After Done >> Goto "C:\xampp\htdocs\yourdomain.com\app\etc\di.xml" and Open in Editor
25. Search "Symlink" and Replace to "Copy" This Step is Not Required - try without this step
26. Now Goto "C:\xampp\htdocs\yourdomain.com\vendor\magento\framework\View\Element\Template\File\Validator.php" and Open in Editor
27. Chnage the Line Around 138 Below:

$realPath = str_replace('\\', '/', $this->fileDriver->getRealPath($path));

28. Now Follow the Same Step 16 and Type in Command Line Below and Done!

php bin/magento cache:flush

29. Disable Magento_TwoFactorAuth if Needed Follow the Same Step 16 and Type in Command Line:

php bin/magento module:disable Magento_TwoFactorAuth

30. Now Follow the Same Step 16 and Type in Command Line Below and Done!

php bin/magento cache:flush

Requied Download Files

Note: Please download this files before you start.

Download	Link
Magento	https://magento.com/tech-resources/download
XAMPP	https://www.apachefriends.org/download.html
Composer	https://getcomposer.org/
Elastic Search	https://www.elastic.co/downloads/elasticsearch

Thanks to Muhammad Omman | Email: devomman@gmail.com