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Installing Lamp

Posted on January 31, 2009. Filed under: technology |

I have already discussed what is LAMP , so please refer to my earlier post . For all lazy people ,I am giving the link to the post . http://kar2905.wordpress.com/2009/01/23/lamp/ In this post , I would be describing the process of installing LAMP on Ubuntu . I currently have Ubuntu 8.1 , apache 2.2 , php 5 I am explaining the process in a very simple manner starting from the bascis . As being new to this , I know how difficult it is to do anything on Linux . It took me a lot of time to understand fully LAMP and then install it ( thanx to the poor speeds by ION) . Note : Sentences between quotes are the commands you need to type as it is . First of all we will be installing apache 1. Open Terminal . ( Apllications -> Accesories -> Terminal ) type “sudo get-apt install apache2“ 2. The terminal will ask for your password , just enter it . ( if it doesnt ask , dont panic there is nothing wrong in it) Now To test apache 1. open a web browser . Go to a new tab . Type “http://localhost” , press enter . If everything is all right , it should display “IT WORKS!! “ Hurray , you have successfully installed apache Now , we have to install php 1. open a terminal ( same procedure as told above ) . 2. type “sudo apt-get install php5 libapache2-mod-php5= “ It will take a little time to download ( the time depends upon your net connection) 3. Now , restart apache , as apache doeesnt know that you have installed php and hence we are restarting it so that it can integrate php into it . To restart type “sudo /etc/init.d/apache2 restart” into the terminal . TESTING PHP 1. In the terminal , type “sudo gedit /var/www/testphp.php“ This will open a file named testphp.php 2. type this into the file “” . phpinfo() is a inbuilt php function which finds out the details about apache and phph.test1 3. Save the file . 4. Now , opena browser , type “http://localhost/testphp.php“ 5. Something like this should open . I am pasting a screenshot of it . If this comes , then it means your php and apache are working fine . Hurray !! TIP : If your net connection ( as is the case with me ) , you can always open two terminals thereby working on both of them and saving time . Now to install MY SQL 1. Open the terminal . Type “sudo apt-get install mysql-server” . 2. We are now going to install a program called phpmyAdmin which is an easy tool to edit your databases. Copy/paste the following line into Terminal: “sudo apt-get install libapache2-mod-auth-mysql php5-mysql phpmyadmin“ After that is installed our next task is to get PHP to work with MySQL. To do this we will need to open a file entitled php.ini. To open it type the following: “gksudo gedit /etc/php5/apache2/php.ini“ Now we are going to have to uncomment the following line by taking out the semicolon (;). Change this line: “;extension=mysql.so“ To look like this: “extension=mysql.so“ Now just restart Apache and you are all set! “sudo /etc/init.d/apache2 restart” . Do one more thing , Type this in the terminal “sudo ln -s /usr/share/phpmyadmin/ /var/www/phpmyadmin“ . This actually copies the files to the document root directory i.e www . # /usr/share/phpmyadmin/ is the directory where phpmyadmin installed # /var/www/ is your document root directory Voila , you are all set with LAMP . Thanks every1 for reading this . It took me a lot of time to write this . As always , Comments are welcome .

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