Install Apache2 With PHP5 And MySQL on Ubuntu/Linux to setup Lamp

Linux Apache MySQL & PHP is the abbreviated form of LAMP. It is similar to WAMP, XAMP etc. We use LAMP/WAMP/XAMP to make the our PC as a local server.

To Setup LAMP on UBUNTU/LINUX you've to install Apache, PHP, MySQL in sequence.


To do it follow the following steps.

At first open terminal by Pressing CTRL+ALT+T or run it from Dash-Home.
1) Install Apache2: Type the below command to install Apache.

sudo apt-get install apache2

Enter your Administrative/Root User password.

Now type the below command and goto localhost on your web browser to check it works or not.

sudo /etc/init.d/apache2 restart

If the webpage shows "It Works!", it means apache2 has installed properly.

2) Install MySQL 5: Type below command into terminal to install MySQL.

sudo apt-get install mysql-server mysql-client

Now you'll be asked for setting password to MySQL. (N.B. You default username is "root")

3) Install PHP 5: Type following command to install PHP 5.

sudo apt-get install php5 libapache2-mod-php5

Now restart apache.

sudo /etc/init.d/apache2 restart

4) Test that PHP 5 is installed properly: Type below command into terminal.

sudo gedit /var/www/info.php

A document file will open with gedit. Type the below php code and save. Then goto loaclhost/info.php on you web browser. You'll get the information about php in a table.

<?php
phpinfo();
?>

5) Set MySQL support in PHP5 To do it type below commands into terminal.

sudo apt-cache search php5

Pick the ones you need & install them like below-

sudo apt-get install php5-mysql php5-curl php5-gd php5-intl php-pear php5-imagick php5-imap php5-mcrypt php5-memcache php5-ming php5-ps php5-pspell php5-recode php5-snmp php5-sqlite php5-tidy php5-xmlrpc php5-xsl

Restart Apache by typing below command.

sudo /etc/init.d/apache2 restart

6) Install phpmyadmin: Type the following command to install phpmyadmin.

sudo apt-get install phpmyadmin

Select apache2 on asking of Web server to reconfigure automatically.. & select No on asking of Configure database for phpmyadmin with dbconfig-common?.
Now type the below command to configure apache with phpmyadmin

sudo gedit /etc/apache2/apache2.conf

A document will open with gedit. Goto the bottom of it. And add Include /etc/phpmyadmin/apache.conf and save it.
Restart apache for the last time.

sudo /etc/init.d/apache2 restart

Now goto localhost/phpmyadmin on your web browser. Login with username as "root" & your selected password. You'll see the user interface of phpmyadmin.

Thats it. :-) Enjoy!

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