Install a theme

In order to install a custom theme for Magento you need to follow these steps:

IMPORTANT: Please note that the steps described below can be different per theme. Usually the steps are defined in the theme’s readme file.

Unzip and copy the content

Unzip the ZIP file in the home folder. Replace the THEME placeholder with the actual filename.

unzip THEME.zip 

The unzipped theme folder should have the following folder structure:

|-THEME/
  |-app
  |-pub

Copy the content of the “THEME/app” subfolder in the “/opt/bitnami/apps/htdocs/app/” folder

sudo cp -r ~/THEME/app/* /opt/bitnami/apps/htdocs/app/ 

Copy the content of the “THEME/pub” subfolder in the “/opt/bitnami/apps/htdocs/pub/” folder:

sudo cp -r ~/THEME/pub/* /opt/bitnami/apps/htdocs/pub/

Redeploy static files

Run the following commands to upgrade, deploy the static files and clean the cache:

sudo /opt/bitnami/apps/htdocs/bin/magento-cli setup:upgrade 
sudo /opt/bitnami/apps/htdocs/bin/magento-cli setup:static-content:deploy -f 
sudo /opt/bitnami/apps/htdocs/bin/magento-cli cache:clean 

Change the owner and group of the files in “/opt/bitnami/apps/htdocs/” to “daemon” and restart Apache:

sudo chown -R daemon:daemon /opt/bitnami/apps/htdocs/
sudo /opt/bitnami/ctlscript.sh restart apache

Enable the theme

Log into the Magento admin panel and go to “Content” > “Design” > “Configuration”.

Click on “Edit” in the “Default Store View”.

Select your theme in the “Applied Theme” dropdown menu and click the “Save configuration” button.

In the Magento Web Admin panel go to “System” -> “Cache Management” and click on “Flush Magento Cache”

Watch the following video to learn how to install a Magento theme: