Installing LAMP on Ubuntu 10.04 and 10.10 (Lucid Lynx, Maverick Meerkat)
If you're developing websites, it's nice to be able to test your code in the privacy of your own computer rather that out in the public internet. In order to do that, you'll need to install a web server on your development computer. LAMP (Linux, Apache, MySQL, php) is one of the most common web hosting platforms, so it's a perfect environment for you to build and test your website code. If you carefully follow these step by step instructions, you'll have your own Ubuntu LAMP web server on installed, configured, and running in no time.
Install LAMP Web Server on Ubuntu
The Ubuntu developers have made it easy to install and configure the LAMP server packages with a single command. Simply open a terminal window and enter the following.
No, that's not a typo. Please make sure to include the caret (^). The command will not work without it.
The apt package manager will show all the packages that need to be installed. Hit <Enter> to confirm that you want to install them.
You will then be prompted to change the password for the root user on the MySQL database.
Set MySQL root password
Enter the password you want. You'll be prompted to enter it a second time to confirm.
After you confirm your password, apt will continue to install the rest of the packages.
Congratulations, your LAMP installation is now complete! That was the easy part, now you need to get a few things configured to make your system easy to work with.
Test Apache
Open a web browser and enter the address http://localhost/. You should see a web page that says "It Works!"
Test php
Now that you know Apache works, you'll want to test the php installation. You'll need to create a file in /var/www called testing.php. Open a terminal and enter:
Enter the following line into the text editor, save the file and exit.
Next, restart Apache with the following terminal command:
Now go back to your web browser and enter the address http://localhost/testing.php/. You should see a page displaying version information for your php installation.
php Information
Configure MySQL
Since I'm installing LAMP for a web development environment, I want the MySQL database to be bound to the localhost IP address. This should be 127.0.0.1 for your system. You can verify it with this terminal command.
You'll now want to verify that the correct bind address is set up in MySQL's my.cnf file.
You should see a line that looks like this:
bind-address = 127.0.0.1
If the IP address doesn't match the one for your system, you'll need to edit the my.cnf file to correct it.
Install phpMyAdmin
You don't need to install phpMyAdmin, but it's a much easier way to get in and adjust things in your MySQL database if you're not familiar with MySQL's commands. You can install phpMyAdmin from the command line with:
The installation will prompt you to select a web server for automatic configuration.
phpMyAdmin Setup
This is important! Use the space bar on your keyboard to select apache2. Make sure there's a * next to apache2 like the picture below and then hit <Enter>. (Click the picture to enlarge it and see what I'm talking about.)
phpMyAdmin Setup: select apache2
The next screen will explain some information about database configuration. Hit the <Enter> key to move on.
phpMyAdmin database config
Another screen will come up asking if you want to configure a new database called dbconfig-common. Since this is a fresh installation, use the <Tab> key to select Yes and hit <Enter>.
phpMyAdmin dbconfig-common
You'll be prompted next to enter the MySQL root password. Enter the MySQL root password that you created earlier, hit <Tab> to select Ok and hit <Enter>.
MySQL root password
You'll then be prompted to enter a MySQL application password for phpmyadmin. You can hit <Enter> and a random password will be generated. I chose to use the same password that I used for the root MySQL password.
MySQL application password
If you enter your own password, a password confirmation screen will come up. Confirm your password.
MySQL application password confirmation
Your phpMyAdmin installation and configuration is now complete.
Testing phpMyAdmin
Open your web browser and enter the address http://localhost/phpmyadmin/. You should see a page like this.
phpMyAdmin log in
You can log in with the username root and the root password that you created earlier.
Logged into phpMyAdmin
Congratulations, you're now ready to start building your local website. If you're only working on one site you can put all of your files into /var/www. If you'll be working on multiple sites you may want to consider some additional Apache configuration to keep things neat and clean on you system.
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Great, worked on my new 10.04 install, multi site config too. Tks
Everything went well until the last step:
http://localhost/phpmyadmin/ generated a 404 error. Is there a link somewhere to trouble-solving steps?
Denny - You probably forgot to select "apache2" during the phpmyadmin setup. You can re-run the setup with
Make sure to use the space bar to select apache2 like it's shown in this picture.
Edit: Also, make sure to reload Apache after the change.
I had to post:
sudo ln -s /usr/share/phpmyadmin /var/www
The above step is supposed to take care of creating the symbolic link for you.
Yes that was what I was looking for. Thanks So much.. I been away from Linux for 3 or 4 years your refresher came just in time
Ron
it worked for me after using this command
sudo ln -s /usr/share/phpmyadmin /var/www
thanks
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Great article. Worked like a charm on Ubuntu 10.04 LTS.
Really helpful article
Thanks friend
Just a tip ,
You forgot to tell to restart apache after installing php my admin
Php my admin wont work until you restart apache
I faced the problem here
It works! Your great.
this might be out of your topic but i would like to ask why i get an error on this:
Forbidden
You don't have permission to access / on this server.
Apache/2.2.14 (Ubuntu) Server at wordpress.localhost Port 80
I believe I have setup the virtual hosts and the sym links and all, but this is what I get. is this a problem on the server? thanks!
What address are you entering when you get this error? It looks like you're trying to work with an installation of WordPress. You might want to check out the following posts.
How to configure Apache on Linux
How to install WordPress on Ubuntu
the address i'm using is 127.0.0.1, bound to wordpress.localhost in the /etc/hosts file. i get this error when i type in http://wordpress.localhost/. I have already extracted the folders to /home/capsolutions/projects/wordpress and have put the virtual host config in the sites-available, with the sym link in the sites-enabled in the apache2 folder. I also already enabled the rewrite module of apache and restart + reload, still this comes up.
here's my vhost config:
ServerName wordpress.localhost
ServerAdmin [email protected]
DocumentRoot /home/capsolutions/projects/wordpress/
RewriteEngine On
AllowOverride All
Order allow,deny
Allow from All
Any help would be highly appreciated. thanks! I'll be checking on the links you gave me.
I am trying to set up Ubuntu 10.04 LTS so I can host my website and a WebPress site as well as a mail man mailing list. Can you send me the steps I need to do for that? I have Apache, php and mysql installed. Have my domain names as well. I have the server on my home network behind a Linksys N Wireless router.
Any help appreciated.
Mike Hughes
mailmikealrhughescom
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Thanks it works!
I got the same result from following this that I got from using tasksel to install a lamp server. When I go to a php page, the browser asks me if I want to save or open the file.
I.e., the php mime type is not being recognized.
I'm using Ubuntu 10.04
What am I missing that everyone else isn't?
Be sure that the php file is flagged as executable by everyone...
$ sudo chmod o+x filename.php
Hope that helps.
Thanks for the suggestion Matt. Unfortunately that did not work for me. I even went so far as to chmod the file to 777. The file is definitely wide open, as the evidenced below:
-rwxrwxrwx 1 user_foo user_foo 18 2010-05-08 20:46 foo.php
The file should not have to be executable though. It needs to be readable since apache reads in the file and then passes that onto php internally. It's not being executed on it's own in other words.
I am still wondering what's so different about how my installation of Ubuntu 10.04 that would cause me to have this problem, when others seem to have had no problem at all.
Cheers and thanks again
Are you able to view the http://localhost/testing.php/ file shown in the Test php section above?
I found an solution. The link below links to a forum post on ubuntuforum.com that describes the solution:
http://ubuntuforums.org/showpost.php?p=9202156&postcount=3
Cheers
great post...!! all (LAMP) in one magic line..
Worked like a charm. Users should know adding and creating files and folders in the www dir will require root access. so for joomla, wordpress etc.. use sude nautilus in terminal
Wow, thanks!
This was just the things I needed to read
Every step worked flawless on Lubuntu 10.04, using OpenSSH from another computer. Woho!
Thanks again.
Works perfectly. Many thanks!
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That worked exactly like you laid it out.
Thanks!
Just wanted to say thank you for the help. The only issue I ran into was the php being set up so I went to this
https://help.ubuntu.com/10.04/serverguide/C/php5.html
I was able to set up php and then come right back to your instructions and they worked great. There are some newbies (me) who wondered for quite some time what the user name was for mySQL. I finally figured out "root". Anyway I appreciate the great tutorial and it was an A+ on my list.
Bookmarked.....
Thanks it worked
I failed in selecting apache2 with the space bar, and to recover I had to completely remove phpmyadmin from synaptic and then to reinstall it.
P.S: installation from synaptic makes graphical selection more user-friendly....
Glad you got it working. Another option, rather than removing and reinstalling phpmyadmin, is to reconfigure it with
You can then select apache2. Then just reload Apache with
and you're all set.
Hey, thanks for your tutorial but whenever I try to set my admin password they bring this error
ERROR 2002 (HY000): Can't connect to local MySQL server through socket '/var/run/mysqld/mysqld.sock' (2)
But my appache 2 is up and whenever I try to run it they are showing me that it is running
Now can I you help solve this problem I will appreciate your answer
Thanks
Great tutorial! Easy to follow, informative...
Clean and clear guide. Thank you very much and it works gracefully!!
thanks for the nice tutorial. I got a error, but finally installed LAMP
Thanks. Worked great.
Thanks! I wanted to play with a web server and this helped me get started in no time.
This is what I did to allow me to write in the /var/www directory:
sudo chown $USER:www-data /var/www/ -R
sudo chmod u+w /var/www -R
I don't know if this is the correct and secure way to do it, but it worked for my test server.
Testing php didn't work. I got the error
"Not Found
The requested URL /testing.php was not found on this server.
Apache/2.2.14 (Ubuntu) Server at localhost Port 80"
Check out this comment for resolving the 404 error. http://tuxtweaks.com/2010/04/installing-lamp-on-ubuntu-10-04-lucid-lynx/comment-page-1/#comment-2951
Also restarting or reloading apache2 gives the error
* Restarting web server apache2 apache2: Could not reliably determine the server's fully qualified domain name, using 127.0.1.1 for ServerName
... waiting apache2: Could not reliably determine the server's fully qualified domain name, using 127.0.1.1 for ServerName
But my localhost address is set to 127.0.0.1--maybw this is the problem. How do I rectify this?Your help is appreciated.
The warning from Apache isn't really a problem. I included the solution in my post about installing WordPress on Ubuntu, but I should have included it here. This command will get rid of that warning.
Then reload Apache again and the "fully qualified domain name" error should be gone.
Thanks for the setup, but I cannot write anything to the different sites. Permissions set to root not my ID. How do I change this?
Thanks
Follow my post on Apache Configuration to setup the website files under your own ID in your home directory. That's the way I prefer to do things.
This is strange. Well maybe... I just started trying the Linux way two weeks ago, so really don't know. It says I don't have permission to change, but I can. Your way of setting the server up is the only that has worked for me and I thank you.
Thanks again
Thanks! It worked smoothly.
Awesome tutorial. Just what I needed. Thank you so very much.
Thanks a lot..Each point is Explained clearly..
That is fantastic!! it works fine with out any problem. the explanation is understandably also. Thank you!!!!!!!!!
You for got to link the phpMyAdmin to Apache’s www folder
sudo ln -s /usr/share/phpmyadmin /var/www/phpmyadmin
If Apache2 is selected during the phpMyAdmin configuration (the blue configuration screen), then the symbolic linking step is not required. I've gone through the procedure several times myself and I've never had to manually create that link.
very nice tutorial. worked perfectly
Wondering how to manage stop/start/restart of services. Is there a frontend gui available like the one from wamp server?
Thanks
Sadly, the Services Manager is gone from Ubuntu Lucid. Searching through the forums, some suggest installing BootUp Manager.
I also found another thread mentioning another potential tool. It's not in the repositories, but there is a link to the download for ServicesManager. Here's the thread on the Ubuntu Forums.
The services all start automatically on boot. Personally, I find no need to stop the services. I haven't noticed any significant drain on system resources (my laptop battery life appears to be the same whether they are running or not). You can stop Apache on Lucid with the following terminal command
Thanks for the reply
will leave it running then I guess 
awesome guide!!!! thank you very much!!!!
Thanks for the instructions. I am trying and I believe it will work.
Thank you very much!!!!
Thank you for this tutorial, just what I was looking for.
Apache is running now, and I solved the problem Kosgei had.
Now I'm running the test-php-part, but I keep getting a blank screen, nothing happens when I direct the browser to http://localhost/testing.php/.
Tanks in advance for your help.
ph
Got i running now. Thanks a lot
sorry again,
Works perfect in firefox as long as all the files are in the localhost directory?
I would like to us a more complex webstructure. Something more or less like this:
http://woork.blogspot.com/2007/10/typical-website-structure.html
A php-command like does not seem te work in this case.
Whereas it does work if in-home.php would be located in the root directory and
Any ideas?
thanx
my phpmyadmin got into /etc/phpmyadmin
and i cant change its location to /var/www/
how to do this.. through terminal??
Thank you this was a great tutorial and was exactly what I needed!
Well done buddy! Thanks for this! I am new to Ubuntu so this is helpful to me. Have a nice day!
Great!!
it works for me, Thanks a million!
Great job! Your tutorial made all the difference in making it easy to set up my development environment. Many Thanks!
so I tried installing phpmyadmin before eading your page and I failed to hit the spacebar to select apache.. now it won't let me do it over. I've tried uninstalling it, but when I reinstall it doesn't ask me anymore... any help?
Sean - try the solution I posted in the following comment.
http://tuxtweaks.com/2010/04/installing-lamp-on-ubuntu-10-04-lucid-lynx/comment-page-2/#comment-3102
[...] MySQL, PHP) so I can do my self-study path to PHP greatness! hehehe. Luckily, I found this great article from tuxtweaks.com, sweet! All tests were a success, I have now a running LAMP on my Ubuntu [...]
Thanks, it was very clear and useful to me.
Thanks!! Great tutorial, very clear and helpful. Together with your
http://tuxtweaks.com/2010/04/2009/07/how-to-configure-apache-linux/
I was able to configure my Ubuntu to learn MySQL and php. You made my day!
this and the tutorial on apache configuration are great! i followed these and it works all the time. simple yet very effective. muchas gracias linerd. hope there will be lots of people like you. simple yet brilliant and very kind. keep it up.
Clear and concise. Thanks!
I am a noob to Ubuntu and just wanted to thank you for the tutorial above. Excellent job and keep up the good work!
A very easy to understand tutorial. Amazingly COOL!!!
You ROCK!!!
Thank you very much!
Fantastic tutorial. Diolch yn fawr! (Thank you very much)
Thanks alot mate !
Great and simple tutorial for newbies such as myself
That was one wonderful step by step guidance for LAMP installation and configuration in Ubuntu. Thanks a lot Author.
I went through this tutorial step by step and it was so easy. Thanks for the great work.
Keep it up.
-Jobin
hey just before when i get your website i try to install lamp and i did a mistake ....
1. when i try to install phpmyadmin i can't select both apache and the other one now
i can't figureit out how can i slove this problem there is any way plzzzzzzzz help me out
well thanx i figure out your another link
thanks a lot
Aloha, I followed the instruction verbatim and all works expect for phpmyadmin. I get the following:
An error occurred while installing the database:
ERROR 1045 (28000): Access denied for user 'root'@'localhost' (using password: NO)
I've tried reconfiguring several times. I uninstalled and reinstalled. and I have read though many posts and comments seeking the magic spell to cure this glitch.
I would add that in var/www/ there is only two files after installation, index.html and testing.php
mysql, php5 and phpmyadmin appear to all be present in var/lib/
and testing.php worked.
I am now at the end of my knowing on this. help please.
follow up to my recent post regarding setting up phpmyadmin. and user error again gets the point. got to use that space bar. like it says in the instructions. da... no need to reply to taht last post folks. ah the life of an ubuntu newbee.
Glad you got it working. Don't feel bad. That step where you select apache2 during the phpMyAdmin configuration is, by far, the most often overlooked step in this procedure.
well, almost a success.
when I run localhost/testing.php
I get a 'save as' window that pops up asking me to save the file.
when I run localhost/phpmyadmin
I get the php contol panel along with this message:
'The additional features for working with linked tables have been deactivated. To find out why click here.'
when I 'click here' I'm in over my head.
Guidance and suggestions please.
solved the 'localhost/testing.php'
got that to work. I am still unknowing about the 2nd part.
'The additional features for working with linked tables have been deactivated. To find out why click here.'
what and why and what do I do to solve this? thanks.
I spoke to soon about getting it all working. When I go into phpmyadmin there is the following note:
The additional features for working with linked tables have been deactivated. To find out why click here.
when I follow the click here I am out of my knowing. any ideas what this is all about and how to fix it?
Try clearing your browser cache. This thread might help - http://sourceforge.net/projects/phpmyadmin/forums/forum/72909/topic/3006995
One user on there mentioned that the Firebug extension for Firefox caused the problem. If you have that, try disabling it. You might also try reconfiguring phpMyAdmin also.
Keep apache2 selected and tell it to recreate the database when asked. Then reload Apache with
Then clear your browser cache and try again.
Good luck.
Very nice article. Ubuntu continues to become more polished and accessible.
The inclusion of this simple syntax for installing the LAMP stack is a nice touch. Does anyone know of other similar commands for other package groups?
As an Ubuntu user since 6.04 I am very much enjoying the 10.04 release.
Thanks for the great post.
Other than that
sudo tasksel
will present a list of options, including the LAMP stack.
Yes, you can use tasksel to install LAMP in the same way, just don't try to use it to remove LAMP. You'll blow away the whole desktop installation!
well I'm inclined to remove/uninstall the whole LAMP and start over. I have tried this twice however there seems to be residual data and when I reinstall specific choices and fill ins are already done. and thus i arrive at the same outcome, a lame LAMP.
Please inform me as to how to effectively and efficiently remove the installation.
thanks much.
Jas - sorry you're having trouble. I wrote a post about removing LAMP from Ubuntu 9.10, but it's really generic enough that it should work for any version of Ubuntu. http://tuxtweaks.com/2010/01/how-to-uninstall-lamp-in-ubuntu-9-10-karmic-koala/
Good luck.
Lucky me, I get the troubled install. So I uninstalled per the instructions. reinstalled and I got a little further this time. Here is the story. (short form)
phpmyadmin:
'The additional features for working with linked tables have been deactivated. To find out why click here.'
all is good except this last one in the list:
$cfg['Servers'][$i]['tracking'] ... not OK [ Documentation ]
Tracking: Disabled
from here I am not sure how to enable this. I read through the documentation but could not make clear sense on how to do this. guidance please. thanks. Seems to be very close to working.
Ya!!! I solved it. well I search and found the magic spell that worked.
Edit /etc/phpmyadmin/config.inc.php to point $cfg['Servers'][$i]['tracking'] to the right db by adding this line:
$cfg['Servers'][$i]['tracking'] = 'pma_tracking';
I put it immediately after the list of settings that contains history, designer_coords, etc.
WTF? I don't think I would have ever figured that out. Good Job!
Do you have a link to where you found the solution?
https://answers.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+question/110304
Absolutely brilliant tutorial. Many congratulations! Ubuntu is definitely the way for us Windows users to cross over. That LAMP install was a piece of cake and well explained.
That certainly wallops the whole IIS, ASP, SQL install by about a magnitude.
Everything in the article was spot on, no guessing required.
Great job!
I've never gone through that install on Windows. Do you know of a good link to a tutorial? I'd be interested to take a look at it.
Hi, I have installed the LAMP successfully, however, the Apache server seems not to display error messages ?... I have tried modifying from the php.ini changing error messages to yes but still not working. Any fixes ?
Thanks.
A.
Aloha,
now that the install is all good to go, I am not knowing how to get to actually serve up a local website. I've been using JSAS for my joomla development environment on windows. I'm doing my best to stay in Ubuntu these days.
I tried to run the joomla install and nothing happened.
I'm thinking there is still some config that needs to happen to set up localized domain type hosting or something?
guidance please. thanks
Jas, I haven't tried running Joomla at all, so I can't be of much help. I'd try asking over at the Ubuntu Forums.
it was a permissions thing.
tanx for this help
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Moving right along with the " just one more thing" and then it will work quest. Now I need CURL to work and I haven't a clue where to begin for this. well I did some searches but it pretty cryptic thus far. any idea on how to get Curl to work in this LAMP? thanks
Jas - I'm not much of a web developer, so you're getting a bit beyond me with cURL, but it looks like you should be able to install it with
Then, restart Apache with
This is a great guide - I followed all the steps but when it comes to testing the phpmyadmin installation I get a page not found error. When I then go to test if apache is generally working, it is.
I've restarted apache and tried again, no dice. Any ideas?
Thanks. It was of great help
Thanks for publishing this, very nice and easy to follow, keep 'em coming!
Thanks! You were most helpful! Do you have pay-pal - cause I'd like to send you $5 for your efforts! Peace.... {=P
Maybe some day I'll put up a donation link. I've always wondered if people actually use those, but I guess it's worth a try.
This is working well for me. Thank you!
SWEET! Finally, a plain-English tut for a very important set of tasks. Thank you.
I remember spending days and days and days getting this to work together before compiling this and making that remember make and make install?
Now i'm up and running in less than 10 minutes on a fresh install.
Ubuntu just freaking rocks (as well as whoever made this tutorial)
Very well written and explained.
I still remember 2 years back when I did LAMP setup on Hardy, it took me about 30 minutes to install, configure and figure out what was going wrong.
Now it is really easy to install LAMP on Ubuntu 10.04, very well job done for new flavour of Ubuntu.
A Great Job,,,Thanks very much.
It help me a lot, after trying for several days to make LAMP server work, found your Article. Now finally going to install again DRUPAL, will let you know my website when is up.
Very well explained
Hi there, I have followed all the steps and installed everything but http://localhost/phpmyadmin/ is not working.
please tell me the solution for this.
thank you
The most common problem with phpmyadmin is forgetting to select apache2 during the setup configuration. Follow the instructions in the following comment and you should be able to get it working.
http://tuxtweaks.com/2010/04/installing-lamp-on-ubuntu-10-04-lucid-lynx/comment-page-1/#comment-2952
Yea... I couldn't get phpmyadmin to work too.
Then I realized that it wasn't 'selected', it's just red because the 'cursor' is on it.
To select it, press spacebar.
I know, it's really simple and already specified in the instructions, but I'm used to modern GUIs and didn't spare it a thought!
Good instructions.
/Mads
This was great! The LAMP installation package set up by Ubuntu is just wonderful and your instructions were very clearly presented. This was SO easy and fast, it's unbelievable!
I had one problem: After typing the line:
sudo nano /var/www/testing.php
and getting a nano text editing screen and typing in the phrase:
I then tried to save the file using my mouse to click on the "Save Contents" command on the "File" menu. Up came the usual GUI dialogue box asking me to type in the file name and browse to the proper folder where I wanted to save the file to. When I did this, I got a message saying that the file could not be saved because permission was denied.
I went online to nano text editor documentation to try to find a keyboard command for saving the file and found that the command to save a file without exiting is ^O (Ctrl-O). For some reason, I was allowed to save the file in this manner.
Apparently, using the File menu command and browsing to the folder got me out of sudo mode to user mode and I was denied permission to save to the var/www folder. But using the keyboard command, I was still in sudo mode. That's the way it seemed to me, anyway.
So the moral of the story is to use "Ctrl O" to save the testing.php file.
This is a great post ! one stop shop. My setup was up in less than 5 minutes. In fact the process was faster than I put the passwords to work. Great Post , Guy rocks
At first I had the same problem as ShowMeGrrl and couldn't save using nano as I didn't know to save using "CTRL+O" in nano. So instead I simply used sudo gedit /var/www/testing.php and saved using "CTRL+S" which worked beautifully.
Aside from that, everything went perfectly fine the first time around. Now if I could just figure out where the hell I can find this stuff installed on my system, that would be great. I was trying to enable the phpMyAdmin tracking but can't find the "./scripts/" directory or the "create_tables.sql" file in order to create the database for it.
Being an extremely new Ubuntu user, I'm not familiar with how/where things get installed and how/where to find them later. With Windows, I usually specifically choose exactly where everything should be installed, so finding things later is very easy. Not so much in Ubuntu. I never know where things are going using the apt-get installation method.
Don't get me wrong, I actually like the ease of installing stuff in Ubuntu, I just wish I knew where the hell I was installing stuff to.
Anyway, can anyone point me in the right direction to find the "./scripts/" directory so I can test the tracking feature of phpMyAdmin?
You can try using the "Search for Files" program found under Applications→Accessories→Search for Files...
or you can search from the command line with
This is very easy and simplest way for installing LAMP SERVER.Thankq so much.
Thanks for that Linerd! That's exactly what I needed. I had tried to search through the file browser, but never could find the directory or script (even with the little search feature). Actually, I still haven't found it just yet, but using the command line seems much faster and a more convenient way of searching. Thanks again!
it was grate help, was up and running with my web server in less then 7 minutes
thanks a lot and keep doing good work
ketan
Great instruction! I am a new ubuntu user and just successfully installing LAMP and set up Joomla on my laptop.... but I cannot further install virtuemart component since I can't access the directory var/www/tmp ... I think it is about permission, but don't know much about it.
I have read that if it is on a server, we have to change CHMOD...
Please help me to install the component into var/www/tmp
You can copy files to the /var/www directory as root using sudo.
Or you can change the ownership of the www directory so you don't need to be root. Assuming your user ID is user1 and your main group membership is user1, the command would look like this:
sudo chown -R user1:user1 /var/www
Thanks. Great! Super desciption
[...] which I use UltraVNC), so I can operate the second PC from my main PC. After that I installed a LAMP server. This installs everything you’d need for your own webserver at home. I was actually suprised [...]
This was the easiest tutorial/documentation I have ever seen.
Great job!
Thank you so much.
Thanks for this great tutorial... i did follow all the instruction.. and i got all the sites working:
http://localhost/ - It works! This is the default web page for this server.
The web server software is running but no content has been added, yet.
http://site1/ - Site1 works!
http://site2/ - Site2 works!
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here's my issue.. when i put all the joomla files on /var/www/
i got the following error : 404 Not Found The requested URL /joomla was not found on this server. i also tried on site1 and site2 but no luck? what i did wrong or i missed something? Thanks for any advice..
ahaha LOL..... 8's now alright.. i just move all my extracted files in a folder.. (joomla)
http://localhost/joomla/
Thanks.... : )
That was a PERFECT step-by-step solution.
It really solved my problems with some ERP solutions.
your blog is now in my favorites.
To get phpMyAdmin working from within the web browser you must extend the apache configuration with this:
Type:
sudo nano /etc/apache2/apache2.conf
Add at the bottom:
Include /etc/phpmyadmin/apache.conf
Restart apache:
sudo /etc/init.d/apache2 restart
Very well explained ... Great Job ....Thank you very much
Very good, simple. Congratulations!
Work well thanks a lot.
gREAT work man, did it in 5 mins
Cheers
Thank you! That went like a charm!
Nice one! Thanks, would have taken hours to work this out on me own! lol
I get a list of errors that look like this:
Err http://gb.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ lucid-updates/main php5-common 5.3.2-1ubuntu4.2
404 Not Found
Is this something I've done wrong?
Something might be wrong with your apt sources. Try changing to Ubuntu's main server for updates. Go to System->Administration->Software Sources. Set the Download from: field to Main server and click the Close button. When it prompts you about out of date software information, click on Reload. Once that's done, give it another try.
Yes. Thanks very much. That seemed to be the problem. Followed the rest of your prompts, apache installed and tested ok, php installed and tested ok, mysql installed and the bind was as expected, installed phpmyadmin but the test failed. Should I go to a forum for reasons. Looking in my etc folder, it is installed, just not accessible through localhost. The worst part of being a newbie is the time it takes to stop being a newbie.
You probably forgot to mark apache2 during the phpmyadmin installation. Follow my directions from the following comment and you should get it working.
http://tuxtweaks.com/2010/04/installing-lamp-on-ubuntu-10-04-lucid-lynx/comment-page-1/#comment-2952
If you have trouble, also try clearing your browser cache. Firefox has caused me problems in the past with that.
You deserve a small halo. Thank you very much. I have a couple of friends who want to do this too, I'll be passing on your article. Appreciated.
Hi.
There is no lamp-server in ubuntu packages.
$ sudo apt-get install lamp-server
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done
E: Couldn't find package lamp-server
Take another look at the directions. The command is
You have to include the caret (^) in the command for it to work.
Awesome! Easiest install ever.
For production deployments should the mySQL dbase still be bound to 127.0.0.1?
I don't think so. According to the Ubuntu docs, you should bind it to your local IP address.
https://help.ubuntu.com/community/ApacheMySQLPHP#Set%20mysql%20bind%20address
You should bind it to 127.0.0.1 if you do not plan to access to it from over the net, local access only. That's more secure this way.
You can bind it to your LAN ip address (not visible from the internet) if other servers in the LAN needs to access it from over the LAN.
You could also bind it to a public IP address accessible from over the internet. IMHO this is not really a good idea for speed and security concerns. Make sure to use a good firewall and restrict access only to trusted other public IPs.
Hope this helps,
Fabio Varesano
excellent documentation..
Thanks - very easy install
wow, this is so simply. thank you bro....
This was a snap. Simple step by step instructions. Thanks
3 thumbs up ... zero snags ... THAT is an all time first!
Hi, everything set up, were some errors but I decided, you can Tell how to properly install NGNIX once installed and set up LAMP in Ubuntu 10.10?
Thank you!
Gr8 job man!!
Thanks so much.
My friend, you are a genius !
Your tips worked at the very first time !
I've been trying to get since a month ago, 'till now !
Please, keep on teching people how to use this amazing software !
Thanks a lot !
Great job man,,, evry thing works fine
thank you very much!! I'm brazilian and used this for install in my home. Very very simple and practice. Congratulations!!!
I ended up with this error message
ERROR 1045 (28000): Access denied for user 'root'@'localhost' (using ?
? password: YES)
Superb. I had tried a couple of other HowTo's that I found in search results but something or the other was going wrong. I am a person who likes to have things neatly done.
Thank you so much for your great walk through. I also appreciate your instructions on configuring Apache2 for creating more sites.
Just FYI, I want to work on four main CMS systems. Namely WordPress, Drupal, Joomla, Mambo to determine which one would be more suitable to my clients. I know there is plethora of information out there but nothing satisfies my curiosity. I did rather try all hands on myself. Then I know for sure what can be achieved on each of the platform.
Your both write ups have been extremely helpful. I am technical but not ... how to say ... 'geek'.
My best wishes to you and keep doing good work. Thank you.
Wow! Who knew it could be this easy? Thanks for the awesome step-by-step. I didn't know where to start, googled install lamp, and BAM, three minutes later I'm up and running. The single easiest linux experience I've ever had, for what should be the hardest..thanks
thanks a lot
Amazing .. was a cakewalk .. thanks a ton !
I get this error message
E: Unable to locate package phpmyadmin
when trying to install phpmyadmin
using the command line
sudo apt-get install libapache2-mod-auth-mysql phpmyadmin
Any suggestions?
All I can think of is to change the server you are using for updates. Run
and choose a different server in the Download from: field.
Did you try doing sudo apt-get update? the repository may not be up to date and not know the package is out there.
I have the same error and solve it by updating /etc/apt/sources.list
use this command : apt-get update
wow.. thank you! we know it's alot of work, but for newbies like us information and step by step stuff like this is really nice. thanks. now onto finding directions on setting up and adding a web site. Any tips?
Thanks mate this is awesome
Hay Grate site..really appreciate it.
I was flying until i got to phpmyadmin test. the install script ran fine. There is nothing in /vaar/www/ except testing.php which works fine.
It seams like I had this problem a few years back and there was a link missing from the program directory?
Any ides on how to proceed?
Thanks again for this pretension
Ron
Ron, you probably forgot to select Apache2 during the phpMyAdmin configuration. See my instructions from this comment: http://tuxtweaks.com/2010/04/installing-lamp-on-ubuntu-10-04-lucid-lynx/comment-page-1/#comment-2952
[...] Install Lamp [...]
Great walk through, was surprised everything worked first time, I need to understand the Unix commands, very well done, thank you.
wow great tutorial i needed to install lamp and found many tutorials but no one worked for me
Thanks a lot.. Linerd
I appreciate your instructions and guidelines. It really helps for a user new to linux/lamp.
Great instructions! It worked... except... When you said, "This is important! Use the space bar on your keyboard to select apache2. Make sure there's a * next to apache2 like the picture below..." I just hit enter because the selection comes up with a red box in the brackets. But, it DID NOT HAVE THE '*'. You have to actually hit the space bar (just like you said)! Doh!
Fortunately, your recovery (link http://tuxtweaks.com/2010/04/installing-lamp-on-ubuntu-10-04-lucid-lynx/comment-page-1/#comment-2952)
for dorks like me worked perfectly and all is well in the end!
Thanks a million!
Man I wish there was more people out here that could give such easy to fallow and comprehensive instructions as you did, I'd been messing around with a project basically for my own self satisfaction trying to build a some what "Not so Super Linux Server" with 3 servers all sporting Ubuntu Server and this just blasted me to nearing a finish I had most of what you instructed done but the phpMyAdmin was the Icing on the Cake!!
Thx & Keep up the Good Work
Hi
Great tutorial.
I tried the steps & all fine until at http://localhost/phpmyadmin I get
>The requested URL /phpmyadmin was not found on this server.<
I am new to Ubuntu/Linux & it has taken me hours to get nowhere setting up a localhost server (Ubuntu 10.04 LTS). On my Vista box I use Xampp & mistakenly I installed Xampp to start with on UBuntu LTS. That conflicted with Apache2/MySQL and even though I deleted Xampp I cannot get LAMPP to work yet!
Why doesn't it serve up phpmyadmin?
Apparently I have all the required packages I think but cannot get through to phpmyadmin.
I have screwed it up somewhere but how can I fix it & get it working!
Any idea & help greatly appreciated-thanks
Richard - You should be able to fix it by following these instructions: http://tuxtweaks.com/2010/04/installing-lamp-on-ubuntu-10-04-lucid-lynx/comment-page-1/#comment-2952
Thank you so much for this clearly written tutorial! It was easy to follow. I also followed your tutorial on setting up apache for several websites; also a winner. Like many of the other commentators I also dream of a world where howtos are easy and logical to follow and in simple language. If you run for world leader in that world you have my vote.
thank you so much more than ever
Is there a one liner install to do this with suPHP as well?
Not that I know of, but it shouldn't be hard to add after the fact.
I have a php problem that I just don't understand at all, it seems quite ridiculous.
I have made some web pages in php and when I test them on this new installation with lamp server on 10.10, some of the pages work and some don't. For the pages that don't work I get the standard Firefox downloading window where I am asked if I want to save it or open it in another program.
If I delete a file that doesn't work and then copy a file that works and renames it to the old file name that didn't work it still doesn't work. If I rename the file to something complete different it works.
Does anybody know a solution to this?
This seems to be an issue with Firefox as there's a thread about it in their support forums. http://support.mozilla.com/tiki-view_forum_thread.php?comments_parentId=1452&forumId=1
I'd try clearing the browser cache and try again. If you have another browser installed, try that as well. You could also try running Firefox in safe mode to eliminate any add-ons from causing the problem.
Aaaah! The cache! Of course it was the cache. It is a bit embarrassing, I should have thought about that. Thanks!
hi there!
i followed all the instructions and no errors has interrupted the installation, mysql works fine. but after the installation of phpmyadmin, when I test to browse it on my browser it says :
"Not Found"
"The requested URL /phpmyadmin/ was not found on this server."
"Apache/2.2.16 (Ubuntu) Server at localhost Port 80"
What should I do..??
Thanks in advance..
You should be able to fix it by following these instructions: http://tuxtweaks.com/2010/04/installing-lamp-on-ubuntu-10-04-lucid-lynx/comment-page-1/#comment-2952
thanksssssssssss!!!!
this tutorial is awesome, a flawless installation i got some issues with the php my admin, but this solved all ->
i really appreciate the efforts you guys make to teach us, you just saved my day thank you, im discoverying Ubuntu, and im getting hooked with it, and stuff like this helps (at least i see it that way) to make free software easier for noobs like me
And well, since im a nooby using linux i had some troubles and ill write a little about how i solved them,
this is for those reading this who doesn't know how to deal with superuser permissions
joomla cms
to copy ur files to /var/www/
Extract or gather your joomla or quickstart files to a directory in de desktop. We're going to call it joomlafiles in both: with in the desktop and in the /www folder, you may use any name you want. So create the folder in your desktop and put in there all the joomla files
now, the /var/www/ directory is a restricted directory so you cant just put things in it
so, open the terminal and write
sudo mkdir joomlafiles
we just made a new directory in /var/www/ to put our files in
now to copy them from the desktop just write
where YOUR USER its the name of the user wich you're logged with
generally its behind the @ubuntu in the terminal if you're using ubuntu, usually it's in low caps
then you may browse to http://localhost/joomlafiles/ in your web browser
in my particular scenario i installed joomla at this poin. we know we have to delete the "installation" folder at the end of the installation. and it has to be done by terminal too
you may want to be very carfeul at this point because we're going to delete a folder and all its contents, if you write the command wrong you may erase your whole filesystem
you have to write
this will erase the folder installation and all it's contents, so if you write it wrong you can get into troubles
after this you can open your browser at http://localhost/joomlafiles
By th way
If you got an "No configuration file found, Exiting" error when opening it probablye means that no config file was created, however we can create it
open the terminal and write
search for the MySQL info and fill it properly between the -> ' ' i.e. user, password, db name and so on.
for example
var $user= ' '; ----> var $user= 'write here the user';
(dont copy/paste it from here)
Ctrl + O will save it, be sure to save it as configuration.php
open u r browser again, it should be working now
thanks
Great tutorial. Made me do in 20 minutes what I have not been able to achieve in weeks.....
Congratulations!
Thank you for a fantastic guide that was easy to follow
Thanks a lot ...
Linerd -
Like the comments above - your tutorial was just outstanding. Literally 20 minutes, and I was being ultra slow & careful. THANK YOU!!
Great tutorial, as simple as possible and quit efficient....thanks a lot
Thanks a lot!!! Flawless installation with your tutorial
Thanks, great tutorial!!
Thank you !! I'd like to contribute just as you are doing to make applications on Linux easier to use...
Thanks a lot, works fine for me.
I cant open localhots/phpmyadmin
Follow the instructions found here: http://tuxtweaks.com/2010/04/installing-lamp-on-ubuntu-10-04-lucid-lynx/comment-page-1/#comment-2952
Really really really helpful. Within 2 days, without prepration, Ubuntu 10.10 and LAMP installed. For LAMP, just vooom, in one go, done!
Thanks a lot.
oooh!!!!! you're amazing! thank you!!!
Hey how about installing mail server (postfix) on Ubuntu 10.x guide .?
Great HOWTO.
Simple, clear and acurate.
Thanks
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This is without a doubt the BEST & EASIEST tutorial I have used to install a lamp on Ubuntu.
Thank you for your knowledge and your time.
Awesome tutorial, thanks!
Simply Wonderful!, but I got an error in phpmyadmin that says
$cfg['Servers'][$i]['tracking'] ... not OK [ Documentation ]
Tracking: Disabled
All the same. Thanks.
That error's a new one for me. This blog appears to offer the solution. http://www.yflying.com/cfgserversitracking-not-ok-documentation/
No idea why it would show up as an error for some, but not others. Anyhow, hope it works for you.
thanx. it was awesome and very clear to follw
Hey ... everybody...
1st of all ill like to congratulate everybody for making such a awesome Tutorial ..
it was like soo easy for a noob like me ...
by the way i got one error ... while installing phpmyadmin ..
my apache is working fine as im getting phpinfo(); function working
but somehow even after following your tutorial .. i cant get phpmyadmin to work ..
any suggestions???
Follow these instructions: http://tuxtweaks.com/2010/04/installing-lamp-on-ubuntu-10-04-lucid-lynx/comment-page-1/#comment-2952
Thanks, the guide, (and this little fix for those of us who were silly) is perfect!
That spacebar (to change the selected area to install to a * is really important)
Thanks to your effort, I was able to get this setup done in under 20 minutes, after previously spending an hour on a setup that the php didn't work.
This is excellent article. I just configured the LAMP suite by first attempt within 15 minutes by following this guide.
Great job....
great HowTo, thanks.
Excellent HowTo. After unsuccessfully trying to install apache, mysql and php manually, this guide gives no problems. Done in 15 minutes!
Great job!
Great tutorial guys.
I'm definitely not a linux guy and I just created a VM using VirtualBox. I installed Ubuntu 10.10 desktop and then used your tutorial to install LAMP. Couldn't have been any easier.
Thanks!
Thanks so much! this tutorial was a dream.
Just tried it on Ubuntu 10.04 and had the following errors:
steve@ubuntu:~$ sudo apt-get install lamp-server^
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done
Some packages could not be installed. This may mean that you have
requested an impossible situation or if you are using the unstable
distribution that some required packages have not yet been created
or been moved out of Incoming.
The following information may help to resolve the situation:
The following packages have unmet dependencies:
mysql-client-5.1: Depends: libdbi-perl but it is not installable
Depends: libdbd-mysql-perl (>= 1.2202) but it is not installable
mysql-server-5.1: Depends: libdbi-perl but it is not installable
Recommends: libhtml-template-perl but it is not installable
E: Broken packages
I ran the Update Manager and tried again and it worked fine.
Thanks for the tutorial
Fantastic, Great !
As I am newbie on Linux, I spent hours to try to install a local server to test Drupal 7.
Finally I found your article and tuto and it works perfect, no error, only 15' and result exactly as described and expected.
Thanks a Lot.
Now I will try the Apache configuration as proposed at the end of your article. Hope that it will works same way.
thanks
it works as advertised !
This is the smoooothest installation process that I have ever experienced in my entire life. Whoevermade this up deserves lots and LOTS of credit.
WAY TO GO.
Great job on the tut. I had this up and running in no time. Let me know if you have a tut to set up a LAMP system for production with separate db and apache servers! Even charge for it if you like.
thanks!
chris
Holy cow, that what easy!
Thanks for the guide, top notch information. Everything worked exceptionally well.
Tutorial is great, took maybe ten minutes to set up LAMP except for one mistake I made. I didn't create a password when prompted earlier, here...
You will then be prompted to change the password for the root user on the MySQL database.
...but since I could not advance beyond this later step...
You'll be prompted next to enter the MySQL root password. Enter the MySQL root password that you created earlier, hit to select Ok and hit .
...I simply entered my already existing root password (not a new one created during this setup).
Now I can't log in to phpMyAdmin. How do I fix this? By the way, I'm almost completely new to Linux, and I'm absolutely new at the AMP parts of LAMP. Thanks bunches for your help.
Went without a hitch. Wish I could get Samba to work as well!
Great tutorial on setting up Apache, MySQL, and PHP on Ubuntu. Worked great with Ubuntu 10.10. Was able to drag all the files from the old WAMP dev server over and back up and running as quick as could be.
Great tutorial!
I heard a lot about Ubuntu and was trying it in my old laptop. Since I have no experience in linux environment, simply installation of applications became a great challenge to me. Following your tutorial made installing LAMP an easy task for me.
Thanks a lot.
Richard
Thanks for your tutorial...
there is only one thing which went wrong about phpmyadmin (perhaps something i have missed) :
when i go on localhost/phpmyadmin i got 404 error code.
To resolve this issue, i added an alias for phpmyadmin in my apache configuration :
cd /etc/phpmyadmin
sudo cp apache.conf /etc/apache2/sites-available/phpmyadmin.conf
cd etc/apache2/sites-available/
a2ensite phpmyadmin.conf
/etc/init.d/apache2 restart
And it phpmyadmin worked ...
There's another way to fix it on Ubuntu. You can follow the instructions in this comment: http://tuxtweaks.com/2010/04/installing-lamp-on-ubuntu-10-04-lucid-lynx/comment-page-1/#comment-2952
Not a single problem installing. Followed this tutorial exactly as written. This looks just like what I needed after taking a PHP class in my university. My sincerest appreciation for creating this tutorial. What a wonderful job. Thank you!
Wonderful Guide Thanks
Awesome!
Can you possibly make a printable version of this document? Been trying to print it but for some reason I have to either print the entire web page or it just prints the first page when I select print selection in print options.
Awesome thanks a bunch
Thanks for the easy instructions, I'm taking Linux Server in school and hope to get better acquainted with it by having it at home also. I have a lot to piece together (PHP, SQL, Apach2, ...) and could not get far without the help from sites like this.. Thank you again =-])
If you don't mind me asking. Where do you go to school? It's nice to hear that some schools at teaching Linux. A few near me seem to be firmly in the grasp of M$.
This is great! Thanks a lot...
thanks for the absolutely flawless tutorial!!!!!
works great, thanks.
Gr8 tutorial! I got it running in just under a few minutes! !
awesome!!!
Have been experimenting with Linux & found many sites offering what I call "half solutions". I must say it is truly refreshing that for once someone thought the process through and gave "the complete solution". Thank you very much!
Thanks a million. excellent tutorial.
Best instructions and easiest installation of a Linux mod ever - thanks a zillion!
hello, when i installed it, i did not set any password non for the mysql and also non for phpmyadmin, but now it askes for password, i entered username and pass of the linux login but it faild , and also failed with no username and password, what i suppose to do? please help..
thank you
I'm not sure how to do a password reset on MySQL or phpMyAdmin. Your best bet might be to uninstall LAMP and go through the installation again. Of course, make sure to set passwords the next time around.
A good site for how to change your MySQL password is https://help.ubuntu.com/community/MysqlPasswordReset.
Very straight forward.
I also noticed on both the LAMP Server and PHPMyAdmin installations that I had no request to enter a password.
So, after MySQL was installed, I did a password reset then ran the PHPMyAdmin install which appeared to automatically pick up the same password.
This tut was very helpful and everything went smooth.
I can only echo what others said already: I would be happy, if all tutorials were flawless and easy like that one. It brought back my nearly lost believe that Linux is not only for geeks. The only thing to top this tutorial would be to include a section on how to install a web panel to configure Apache (and other running servers like Bind, FTP, SMTP, ...) like webmin.
THANKS!!!
This is the best and easiest howto for a LAMP server installation, great for vps setups!
Thanks a million. I've really struggled in the past getting LAMP to run on Ubuntu; your tutorial was exactly what I needed. Keep up the good work!
Thanks for the great tutorial. Minor optimization to your steps however. Instead of doing this:
cat /my/file | grep somestring
You can just do this:
grep something /my/file
There are some good youtube vids for installing webmin for those interested.
Thanks for the tip. I've always been in the habit of piping things into grep because I use it with ls a lot. I forget that I can just use grep directly with files.
Hi. That was very useful for me. Thanks a lot.
Its there procedure to remove server? it is same as on 9.10?
tnx
Yes, the procedure to remove it is the same as for 9.10. I've also written a newer post with a one-liner command to remove LAMP: http://tuxtweaks.com/2010/10/remove-lamp-in-ubuntu/
Ok, thanks a lot.
That is very cool work. Stay like you are.
Excellent, clear tutorial, thanks very much
One more question, is ther any sequrity things to do to prevent hacks, now when server works on comp and anybody can acess the site on computer?
Thanks a lot, it was absolutely easy...
Useless. Can't choose version of php to install.
Hi, I'm a Linux newbee using Ubuntu 10.04 LTS on a HP Proliant Server. I have downloaded a .gz (zip) file of LAMP.
When I try to run the command on a terminal It attempts to download from the internet. Please how do I install the Zipped package as it unzips into files & folders
Excuse me please.
Presuming that you are running Ubuntu 10.10, and you want to run your system to have a local server, there seems to be a typo there on the address to test the phpMyAdmin with.
Try using this internal address:
http://127.0.0.1/phpMyAdmin
You may find that this actually works!
The Last Warrior/Poetess
Works fine on my system. Perhaps you don't have localhost defined in your /etc/hosts file.
http://localhost/phpmyadmin/ works fine for me as well
Okay, so all of that is really great, but.......
You seem to have forgotten the fact 10.10 comes with permissions set so that a user can not change permissions for system safety. A user has to go to the root folder var/www/ and change the permissions to allow the root user to modify the permissions so that the testing.php file can be placed in that folder. So this is what I did to correct that situation:......
Presuming that you [the user] are running Ubuntu 10.10 Maverick Meerkat the following steps to what I percieve to the missing steps to give the [user] permissions to be able to place the testing.php file in var/www/.
1.) Press Alt-F2 on your keyboard and a dialog box should come up.
2.) Type this command in the blank line at the top and click ‘Run’:...... gconf-editor
3.) When the gconf-editor opens, scroll down to apps –> nautilus –> preferences and check the box ‘show_advanced_permissions’
4.) Close out this dialog box and go to Places –> Home Folder.
5.) Right click a file or folder and select the ‘Properties’ tag.
6.) Select the ‘Permissions’ tab and you should see a permissions dialog box.
7.) Select your system user name from the upper-most "Owner" drop down menu. You might also want to set other permissions regarding the other permission options menus while you are there.
8.) Close out the permissions dialog box.
9.) You should now be able to open the /var/www/ folder to insert your testing.php file.
10.) Go to the place where you left off which is the title of: Testing phpMyAdmin.
The steps above do actually work!
I know I should have placed my previous posting after this one, but it's one of those days where even the bass swim backwards.
The Last Warrior/Poetess
Hmm. I didn't have any problem placing the file there on my 10.10 system. Anyway, thanks for the tip.
Instructions above worked great with me on Ubuntu 10.10.
Remember to use 'sudo' to create and edit the /var/www/testing.php file. That way you will not have to alter the permissions.
Thanks lot !
Hi
I am a Linux newbie and just installed Ubuntu 10.10 Meercat version. Once i typed the first command above to install lamp-server, after it went through numerous lines of processing, it ended with a statement "ldconfig deferred processing now taking place" and took me to command prompt - did not prompt for creating the mysql pwd or anything else. any suggestions on what is going on?
thanks
Not sure what's going on for you. I'll have to try it on a fresh 10.10 install and see what I get. Are you set up to use the main Ubuntu servers as your package sources?
Hi
I am a Linux newbie and just installed kubuntu desktop 10.10 Meerkat. im just install like u write, apache it's work, mysql ok
http://localhost/phpmyadmin
Not Found
The requested URL /phpmyadmin was not found on this server.
Apache/2.2.16 (Ubuntu) Server at 127.0.0.1 Port 80
please help me
You can fix the 404 error by following the instructions found here: Fix phpMyAdmin 404 Error on Ubuntu
[...] forum, http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=779145&page=2 , and the link Jamie provided, http://tuxtweaks.com/2010/04/installing-lamp-on-ubuntu-10-04-lucid-lynx/comment-page-1/, to finish the process of completing my LAMP installation. I was also able to make sure I had [...]
what if there is no * there at apache2 while installing phpmyadmin?
Hit the space bar to mark apache2 with the *.
Hi there,
i just wanted to say thanks for this great tutorial.
I'm an ex-windows user and i'm trying to get everything to work on my Ubuntu,
this is a great addition which allows me to boot into Windows less often.
Thank you,
- Konstantine
Brilliant. Thanks. Worked right out of the box.
HI I AM NEW TO LINUX. I JUST WANT TO ASK IF THERE IS A WAY TO CONFIGURE APACHE BECAUSE THE DEFAULT DOCUMENT WHEN I TYPE HTTP://LOCALHOST IS INDEX.HTML. IS THERE A WAY TO CHANGE THE DEFAULT DOCUMENT AND REPLACE IT WITH THE INDEX.PHP THAT I HAD CREATED INSTEAD OF WRITTING HTTP://LOCALHOST/INDEX.PHP???
PLEASE REPLY ME AT xxxxxxxxxx OR AT THIS FORUM!!!
THANKS!!!
Apache has a ranking of files that it will display for a directory based on the DirectoryIndex Directive. http://httpd.apache.org/docs/current/mod/mod_dir.html#directoryindex
Of course, the easy way is to just delete your index.html file or rename it to something like index.html.bak. It should then pick up your index.php file when you enter http://localhost/.
Hi Mate,
Thanks a lot for this tutorial.
You've saved my day
Cheers
Thanks a lot for this extremely useful post. I also would like to ask how can we let our computer to act as an internet host so that it allows other people from the globe to connect with my website. I would very appreciate an explanation or a reference
I got a download option when run testing.php.what to do ?
Everything works fine but i am unable to access myphpadmin using http://localhost/phpmyadin/
404 page not found on this server and also var/www/ does not contain any directory for phpmyadmin
working fine after using this command
sudo ln -s /usr/share/phpmyadmin /var/www
thanks
Thanks, a true dummy guide. That's the way I like it! Unfortunately no connection with phpadmin yet, but I'll figure that out.
Had I read Tausif's comment just 1 second earlier. Executing that command did the trick.
You can also do this instead of manually creating the link. http://tuxtweaks.com/2010/04/installing-lamp-on-ubuntu-10-04-lucid-lynx/comment-page-1/#comment-2952
Ah yes OK thanks, for the next installation I can use that. Just running it nicely now on Windows7/VMWare. I have a hard time reaching the NAT server using Putty. But that's a whole different story all together.
Thank you! everything is fine!
Grazie mille, veramente semplice e veloce. Tradurro' in italiano il tuo articolo e lo pubblichero' sul mio sito. Posso usare le tue immagini?
Thank you very much, it's really simple and fast. I will translate your post and i will publish your post on my site. Can y use your images?
Thank You very much for such a clean and straight tutorial. From first line to the end without interruption or step-backs. Muito obrigado. Do começo ao fim sem interrupções. Excelente tutorial. Direto ao ponto.
Great job on this ... straightforward, to the point, and works exceptionally well!
Wonderful! Your instructions were perfectly clear, and everything worked exactly as you had it written. I'm new to Linux, and so would never have been able to do this on my own. Thank you for taking the time to write this post!
Thank you so much, that was awesome. I had just got rid of Windows 7 on my netbook but still wanted to be able to do some theme testing with wordpress on it. Thanks.
Wonderful post.. I just had to follow it.. Thanks for such a nice one.
great article
although succeeded without looking at screenshots 
)
Thanks for a great tutorial. I use this one with my students.
Man hats off... awesome instruction ... works like magic
I instaled phpmyadmin (LAMP),but when I test it (http://localhost/phpmyadmin) I get:
NOT FOUND "the requested URL/phpmyadmin was not found on this server".
Apache/2.2.16 (Ubuntu) server at localhost Port 80.
Follow the instructions found here: http://tuxtweaks.com/2010/04/installing-lamp-on-ubuntu-10-04-lucid-lynx/comment-page-1/#comment-2952
This is the quickest and best install I've used to get a computer up and running LAMP. Thanks, James
greate it works
Thanks man
dclicker.com
Couldn't have been easier - thanks! Clear instructions. Just enough screen shots. Chur.
Thanks for your help about why installation MySQL in UBUNTU 10.04
Thank you for this clear tutorial I follow your instruction step by step all worked except phpmyadmin
I also restart apache2 after installing phpmyadmin but when navigating to http://localhost/phpmyadmin/ it displays only page with error 404 page not found I test my php works http://localhost/testing.php reports - PHP Version 5.3.3-1ubuntu9.3 I am using UBUNTU 10.10 If you can point me where to look for correcting this it will be great.
Following the instructions posted here should get it all fixed up for you.
Thank you this link helps in my case i just need to make
sudo ln -s /usr/share/phpmyadmin /var/www
in my case
gpkg-reconfigure phpmyadmin
responds with sudo: gpkg-reconfigure: command not found
The command is
not gpkg.
I am having trouble when I have to type in into the text editor and and save the file. Could you please help me?
To save the file in nano, just hit [CTRL]+[X] to exit, then just follow the prompts to save it.
thanks so much
plz i dont know wht to do
everything work fine till i enter localhost/phpmyadmin
it get me a download form to download a file .phtml.part
i dont know where is the problem
Try restarting your web browser. If that doesn't work, you may need to reboot your computer.
Thanks for all the great tutorials!
When I try going to anything on localhost in a browser the Save dialog appears with filename of 'download' instead of the page loading.
I have tried with new files just to test but it happens whatever URI I use.
Try clearing your browser cache. From some Googling I did, that sounds like it's the solution. If you still have a problem, restart apache.
Then clear your browser cache again.
Excellent - thanks! Works fine on Ubuntu 10.04 netbook edition with some LAMP components already installed.
thanks.. great tutorial...
it works fine on Ubuntu 10.10 Maverick netbook edition
maturnuwun, thank you from Indonesia
Great tutorial, thanks. How can I add tomcat to this setup?
Your tutorial is excellent! Thank you very much.
Thanks a lot!! the best tutorial i ever found in web))
Thanks it was a nice tutorial , i recently installed unbuntu 10.04 and was a windows user earlier. I desperately needed lamp as i was using wamp earlier . This section helped me a lot
I'm with Frank - how do you add Tomcat to this? Thanks.
https://help.ubuntu.com/10.04/serverguide/C/tomcat.html
Thanks for the great post. It was really helpful and all steps worked like charm.
Hi, great article.
I want to use drupal7.
How do I know if this will install the drupal7 pre-req's like apache 2, php 5.3, mysql 8.3 ?
Thanks for the tutorial
Great Tutorial
everything worked really well. Somethings were a little different but totally manageable.
Great tutorial, very clear and to the point.
Thanks!
Really helpful tutorial , thanks a lot
Thanks your tutorial is nice but i can't access phpmyadmin on my local server its indicating Not Found
The requested URL /phpmyadmin was not found on this server. how can i resolve the issue.
This should resolve your issue: http://tuxtweaks.com/2010/04/installing-lamp-on-ubuntu-10-04-lucid-lynx/comment-page-1/#comment-2952
Thanks for a "to the point" tutorial... After workwith LAMP on Redhat and Centos many times over the years, as a "Ubunutu (debian) newbie" it was a pleasure to find such a useful tutorial that worked "out of the box"...
Thanks for the very detailed and accurate step-by-step. All worked as laid out. I appreciate you taking the time to put this together. It was a great help for my first Ubuntu - LAMP install.
it is super....thanks for posting...nice work.!
thanks.
Thanks this super tutorial really helps me....
excellent post. works well in ubuntu server 11.04 64bits too. thanks!
has worked perfectly on every recent ubuntu version i've used so far
j ai installe phpmyadmin sous ubuntu 10.10 mai se dernier a un passwd par defaut j'atend votre help....
thanks for your guide, its really helpful to me for installing phpmyadmin but i have a problem, when i finished the intsallation i tried to login with my root user name and password, which is thesame i used for phpmyadmin.
I don't know if the password are suppose to be thesame. pls i need your help on what to do
The installation went well, nice and easy except one thing: I installed phpmyadmin as directed above and the command line reported success, success, success. But when i go to phpmyadmin in my browser, it's not there.
http://mydomain.com/phpmyadmin doesn't exist.
Try this:
http://tuxtweaks.com/2010/04/installing-lamp-on-ubuntu-10-04-lucid-lynx/comment-page-1/#comment-2952
Linerd, thanks for a prompt answer and solution to my problem. The problem was solved by creating the symbolic link as suggested. Just to point out something i read above about testing.php asking if you want to download or save, that's usually because you've forgotten to re-start apache after installing php!
As a final note i'd like to say there are many instructions on the internet on how to set up a linux server, this is the most trouble free one, and believe me i must have been through them all in the last week! Thanks for that. If anyone knows an easy install for a hosting panel oh and i need to sort out a mail server now!
Thanks a lot! It worked like a hot knife thro' butter
Thanks alot man.. you are too good..
thanks alot..
Bharath Kondi
I was able to get everything working on with 10.04.1 on my first server.
I have some directories under /var/www that I can ftp files into with individual user names and passwords.
but with my second and third servers with 10.04.2 I get error 550 (permission denied) from my gftp client. All permissions on directories and files are the same as previous server.
With gftp I can log in, but I can not transfer any files I can only see the file I placed there with terminal commands.
logging in as root gives same error.
Ok I was stupid. I found the solution.
By default, users are allowed to download files from FTP server. They are not allowed to upload files to FTP server. To change this setting, you should uncomment the following line:
#write_enable=YES
Edward
Hello, thanks a lot for the cool tutorial, it is very helpful and effective.
great work!
Hi,
I appreciate your tutorial, It is very helpful and direct.
Your efforts are affecting lives in a positive way
Keep it up!!!
sudo apt-get install libapache2-mod-auth-mysql phpmyadmin ... doesnt work anymore ?
I had this same problem. In the synaptic package manager (under system/administration), in repositories under setting activate the universe repository and try again
Nice Tutorial
What does the caret do?
I think it tells apt-get to select packages by task. The task being "lamp-server". An alternate command that does the same thing is:
Which in that case the caret isn't needed. This assumes that tasksel has been installed on your system. You can also go into Synaptic and change the setting to "Select packages by task" and then click the box for lamp-server and install it. This option also requires tasksel to be installed. It might already be there by default, but I'm not sure.
OK that makes sense, thanks! I couldn't find any documentation on what the caret did, but I didn't want to use taskel because of the dependency bug it has when uninstalling tasks (https://help.ubuntu.com/community/Tasksel). In any case, it worked great.
hey i got a problem on after configuring phpmyadmin in terminal ,open the web browser and entered http://localhost/phpmyadmin/ it shows that 404 not found.watz the problem ..reply soon
You forgot to mark "apache2" during phpmyadmin configuration. You can fix it with this procedure. http://tuxtweaks.com/2010/04/installing-lamp-on-ubuntu-10-04-lucid-lynx/comment-page-1/#comment-2952
Great Article! It simply worked!
Thank You
Thanks for the great tut. Now ... How to set up FTP so that I can maintain website(s) accessible through LAMP. I would like to upload files using FTP from a development PC.
(I looked through the 362 comments for any mention/link to an FTP setup tut. 1 request for a tut including FTP and 2 other mentions of FTP re: file upload)
Thanks for the great tutorial. I am using this LAMP installation to troubleshoot my Drupal installation to see why I keep getting mysql memory errors. This was much easier than the LAMP installation under Windows.
thanks you very much for your guide
wow, the lamp-server^ script is amazing!
where on earth did you find that out?
and the rest of the instructions make this so much easier!
thanks
Hello,
Excellent tutorial and quiet easy to execute, however in Ubuntu 11.04 I have a kind of trouble for the Phpmyadmin configuration, but doesn't matter my server is running under 10.04 and worked perfectly fine, I put it there.
Keep growing Linux community
Let's work all together!!!!!!
Nice tutorial. Thanks
Thanks a million!!!
It was really helpful..... keep up the good work...
Howdy,
I do website development, and I prefer my Linux machines, don't get me started on Bill. However, I followed this through but it puts the files in /var/www/ file which can only be access by the root user. Is there some way to have the www file located where it is read/write capable from regular user not the root? If I just don't understand, I will accept that.
Figured it out from another of your posts, thank you so much!
What a super How To - Thanks so much.
Would someone mind linking the referenced post about user privileges for the var/www folder? That'd be super helpful.
Never-mind, I just changed the permissions on the folder via sudo nautilus, that seems to have had the desired effect. :- )
Really good article! Thank you very much!
Really a very useful information and it really helpful to create local web page.........
Its was very useful to know how to install and to work through the server...thanks a lot...
Just to say thanks, it was soo easy
Excellent tutorial....:) Thank you so much....
I have contact problem i don't have access or permittion to write on the WWW folder, did any body had that problem? and how to solve it please?
Excellent tutorial, it really helped mi
@Hector
Create the "www" folder in "var". You probably don't have it thus the problem ur experiencing
Im unableto install phpAdmin when im entering this address "http://localhost/phpmyadmin/." im getting this message
//
Not Found
The requested URL /phpmyadmin/ was not found on this server.
Apache/2.2.16 (Ubuntu) Server at localhost Port 80
//
What should i do?
And if i have to reinstall it how should i ?
You probably forgot to mark "apache2" during the phpMyAdmin installation. Yo can fix it with this procedure: http://tuxtweaks.com/2010/04/installing-lamp-on-ubuntu-10-04-lucid-lynx/comment-page-1/#comment-2952
thank you very much. It's a really good explanation!
Thanks so much for including the part about using space to select an item. I've been trying to do this using a couple of other articles, and as a newbie I simply didn't know this. Rally great article, thanks!
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That was very helpful.Thanks
During install I got:
"Creating config file /etc/php5/apache2/php.ini with new version
* Reloading web server config apache2 apache2: Could not reliably determine the server's fully qualified domain name, using 127.0.1.1 for ServerName"
Does this mean //localhost is on 127.0.1.1 rather than 127.0.0.1 ?
And a really strange thing is I can access the page from almost any IP address: These all work:
http://127.222.222.222/testing.php
http://127.2.2.2/testing.php and http://127.0.1.1/testing.php
Shouldnt it only work with http://127.0.0.1/testing.php ???
Thats odd?
In phpAdmin I also get this error:
$cfg['Servers'][$i]['tracking'] ... not OK [ Documentation ]
Tracking: Disabled
Is that normal?
I need a bit of clarification on the /var/www folder.
Normally this is a folder with root perms that mirrors "/htdocs" (for MAMP and WAMP) or "/public_html/" on linux servers.
Norrmally one does not put the web page files in /www but in /htdocs or /public_html ... leaving /www to serve the mirrored content.
Is this not the case with LAMP ?
Thanks a bunch, great how to =)
Great and thanks for sharing
Excellent, easy and accurate - good job m8!
Wow, fastest LAMP installation in history. Thanks.
Excellent. This is it! Thank you.
Excellent Tank You And Kissssss
great tut but i got a problem. i did as it is here, now it says that i got latest version of phpmyadmin, but when i navigate to localhost/phpmyadmin in my browser, i see as follows
Not Found
The requested URL /phpmyadmin/ was not found on this server.
Apache/2.2.16 (Ubuntu) Server at localhost Port 80
Can you please tell me why is that? help me please
Follow the directions in this comment: http://tuxtweaks.com/2010/04/installing-lamp-on-ubuntu-10-04-lucid-lynx/comment-page-1/#comment-2952
Thank you Linerd for your reply. I selected apache2 during the installation, but i did the instructions sudo dpkg-reconfigure phpmyadmin and reloaded apache with sudo /etc/init.d/apache2 reload and still the same. Everything is installed, but does not work. I am kinda new to ubuntu, maybe it is a wrong directory or something? Thanks again
Thanks a lot. Great job. Works perfectly.
A nice trough tutorial.
Very well explained, and fitting to most flavours of linux.
I learnt, while at the same time was able to quickly finish the installation process.
I'm bookmarking this site.
Thank you, it worked flawlessy even on LUBUNTU
Thank you very much
Can confirm that works even with Lubuntu 11.04
Short and to the point. The simplest LAMP installation i've found so far. It works great for a development box. Thank!
Good! I followed all steps, however i had issues with testing.php file. When i navigate to http://localhost/testing.php the file just downloads. So, PhP is not really interpreting the file?
After cleaning the browser's cache it worked
Worked perfectly for me. Thanks very much.
Worked great, thanks for the help
I can feel the true spirit of open source in you. good job!
Worked great, Thanks a lot
Is there any way to install it to usb drive
I followed this cookbook but the "test php" step failed. Namely, when I browsed to localhost/testing.php I got a blank screen. I found that the permissions on testing.php were 600. When I changed them to 644 it worked. Now I'm not sure if they are supposed to be 644 or if it's supposed to work with 600 permissions and something is wrong with my installation.
On my system, the test.php file already was set to 644 permissions. When I changed the permissions to 600, I also got a blank screen. I believe that permissions of 644 are correct.
Thanks a million worked great
Hi,
While installing i am getting below error on ubuntu 10.04:
The following packages have unmet dependencies:
mysql-client-5.1: Conflicts: mysql-client-5.0 but 5.0.51a-3ubuntu5 is to be installed
mysql-client-core-5.1: Conflicts: mysql-client-5.0 but 5.0.51a-3ubuntu5 is to be installed
mysql-server-5.1: Conflicts: mysql-server-5.0 but 5.0.51a-3ubuntu5 is to be installed
mysql-server-core-5.1: Conflicts: mysql-server-5.0 but 5.0.51a-3ubuntu5 is to be installed
E: Broken packages
I got the same issue too ...
it works after i updated the Ubuntu
sudo apt-get update
The installation worked smoothly as exactly as shown. I installed on Ubuntu 11.10 Oneric
when i was installing LAMP server on Ubuntu 10.04 server i got following error
root@HM01AP01:~# apt-get install lamp-server^
E: Could not get lock /var/lib/dpkg/lock - open (11: Resource temporarily unavailable)
E: Unable to lock the administration directory (/var/lib/dpkg/), is another process using it?
please solve this issue...!
I've seen this error when there's another package manager running. Was Synaptic or the Update Manager running at the time of the error?
You must install as root, like so:
sudo apt-get install lamp-server^
...at which point you'll be prompted to enter your administrator password. Enter it, then press the return key. Should work fine.
Installation worked smoothly, thanks.
Installation worked very Smoothly Thanks...
Great tutorial.. works all through..
Very good guide. No problem during installation. Thanks a lot!
Hi, I was trying your installation method and ran into the following...
~# sudo apt-get install lamp-server^
sudo: unable to resolve host Zen420
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done
libapr1 is already the newest version.
php5-common is already the newest version.
libapr1 is already the newest version.
php5-common is already the newest version.
The following extra packages will be installed:
apache2 apache2-mpm-prefork apache2-utils apache2.2-bin apache2.2-common
libapache2-mod-php5 libaprutil1-dbd-sqlite3 libaprutil1-ldap
libmysqlclient16 mysql-common php5-mysql
Suggested packages:
apache2-doc apache2-suexec apache2-suexec-custom php-pear
The following NEW packages will be installed:
apache2 apache2-mpm-prefork apache2-utils apache2.2-bin apache2.2-common
libapache2-mod-php5 libaprutil1-dbd-sqlite3 libaprutil1-ldap
libmysqlclient16 mysql-common php5-mysql
0 upgraded, 11 newly installed, 0 to remove and 5 not upgraded.
Need to get 0B/8,071kB of archives.
After this operation, 22.0MB of additional disk space will be used.
Do you want to continue [Y/n]?
I never had any prompts about setting up mySQL password... Didnt try past that because if this fails, I cannot move forward with the project that im working on. I am running Backtrack 5 which i believe is based off Ubuntu. Is this the reason why I am failing the install. I am updated as of 2 mins ago.. Any help would be greatly appreciated...
Thanks,
Zen420
*Solved.. I just re-installed MySQL...
I cannot get http://localhost/phpmyadmin/ to work it says not found. I am not sure what I am doing wrong I have tried this 3 times. everything else seems to work.
See my latest version of this procedure: http://tuxtweaks.com/2011/10/install-lamp-and-phpmyadmin-on-ubuntu-11-10/
Scroll down to the section on Fixing phpMyAdmin and that should fix you up.
Thanx a million Linerd its real a timeserver, it has worked for me more than once.
That works like a pro.
Thanks.
I keep this page for my personal reference on http://www.webnapps.co.uk/helpful-links
I hope this will be OK with you.
Cheers.
I have run into an issue during the installation of phpmyadmin.
An error occurred while installing the database:mysql said: ERROR 13 (HY000) at line 1: Can't get stat of './phpmyadmin'
(Errcode: 13)
I researched it and found some information that it has something to do with AppArmor, but the ill-advised (security reasons) fix didn't work for me.
how much time will it take to load?? because im aint getting the local host process the last line i see in ubuntu 10.04 is
""ldconfid deffered processing now taking place
avi@ubuntu:~$""
can u help me out plss bro its a project
now it says
"apache2:Could not reliably determine the server's fully qualified domain name"
Take a look at the bottom of this post: http://tuxtweaks.com/2009/07/how-to-configure-apache-linux/
in the last step of urs
what username should i use???
my ubuntu name was avinash and password was same for all i mean for mysql as well as
for the ubuntu start now it says "" #1045 cannot log into mysql server"" please help
Do you mean when you're logging into phpMyAdmin? The user name should be root for that.
Hi,
Thanks very much for the walk through. Worked like a dream except for one step:
When testing PHP, I can't save the file testing.php to the www folder. When I try and save I get the error message: "You do not have the permission necessary to save the file"
And when I enter sudo nano /var/www/testing.php into the terminal, I get the message: "command not found".
please help
If you're familiar with the vi editor, you could try using that instead of nano.
or if you have the GNOME desktop you can use
and then save the file as /var/www/testing.php
Hi,
Thanks for your help. Stumbled accross the solution here:
http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=1464600
that what happen if you not save the file. press Ctrl-O to write (save) it.
and evidently I also need to get the hang of html tags...
i have installed LAMP server successfully and every single stage of the process
going well but when it comes to matter of testing , it keeps telling the following categorically message
The requested URL /phpmyadmin was not found on this server.
Apache/2.2.17 (Ubuntu) Server at localhost Port 80
Danny - Check out http://tuxtweaks.com/2011/10/install-lamp-and-phpmyadmin-on-ubuntu-11-10/ and scroll down to the section on Fixing phpMyAdmin
Hi. Thank you so much. It worked for me. all configured and tested with a single command line.
Installed on Ubuntu 11.04 - the Natty Narwhal.......... worked perfectly! Thx!
thank YOU!!
Very useful article, thank you very much.
loveit!!!! thanks work like a charm
It just does it ! Cool !
Next step --> the apache conf.
THANKS......SIMPLE AND VERY USEFULL.
THANKS,.........
thanks, perfect tuto!
You have saved me a lot of time and effort. I used to install everything manually and was not aware of the auto command. Your instructions are extremely clear.
Thank you very much.
This was brilliant, thanks a lot
.
My VPS doesn't have a GUI so I installed Lynx to perform the tests. Lynx is a command line, text based browser.
You're welcome.
Yeah I've used Lynx a bit in the past. http://tuxtweaks.com/2010/05/lynx-a-text-only-web-browser/
Worked a charm. Thank you so much!
Works great on 11.10 as well. Thanks!
Thank U! Very good explanation! Thumbs Up!
Thank a lot, Very good explanation. It woks perfectly.
thank you, the tutorial is perfect, ubuntu 10.04!
now how can I update the phpmyadmin version?
can I configure a dyndns.org to my address?
thank you again!
perfect and clear explaining
D
thanks a lot!
Works perfectly.
Thanks
Don't leave field blank when it asks password for mysql: it's necessary! without pass for 2 times I got error during phpmyadmin login. At the 3rd time I put same password for both and now finally it's work!
Thanks a lot for your work
thanks a lot!
Thanks a lot its awsome
merci monsieur !
this site was really a helpful guide to me. thanks
Thank you.
Thanks, it works perfect.
Thanks a bunch!! You made it a cinch for this Ubuntu newb!
thank you
Thanks a Lot
Thank you for putting this together. Works perfectly!
Thanks a lot.....
Just what I was looking for. Thanks.
Excellent documentation.
Even a kid can install LAMP server by reading this document.
Thanks for your efforts.
Wow am I glad I came upon this doc. it was excellent and painless, a job well done in putting this together.
thanks alot for guiding me to install lamp.....
and to configure it
I cannot seem to install the phpmyadmin.
The error message I get is
$ sudo apt-get install libapache2-mod-auth-mysql phpmyadmin
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done
E: Couldn't find package phpmyadmin
I get this even if I do sudo apt-get update
Any help as to how I can install phpmyadmin would be great.
The package database may be in the midst of an update. You could wait and try again later, or you could try changing your software sources to a different mirror. For example, if your system is set to load packages from the Ubuntu Main server, try changing to the Server for The United States. Then of course do another update before you try the install.
THANKS !!!
Saved a lot of time. I've always installed the stack manually! A simple claret (^) makes all the difference - and I don't mean the drink!
Thank you very much for your expertise.
Gerald.
Thanks a lot!!!
Not working
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done
E: Couldn't find package lamp-server
Why...?
Make sure to include the ^ at the end of the command. The command should be
yep, I did that... How to add/change resources/servers for download?
You can change your servers from Synaptic. Open the Synaptic Package Manager and go to Settings->Repositories. In that menu there is a drop-down list labelled Download from:. The choices there are: Main server, Server for United States, Other. The "Other" list will give you a choice of all available mirrors for the repositories. When you use the "Other" option, there is also a button to Select Best Server. That will figure out the fastest server for your location.
After selecting a new server you'll need to update your package lists. Either hit "Reload" from the main Synaptic window or from the command line:
Then try the LAMP install again.
Thank you!! It was problem with repositories.
You're welcome.
The best step by step configuration document I have ever come across, thanks for the work it was simply brilliant and easy to follow.
I'm new to linux and i think this was the easiest installation procedure i came accross. thanks!
Nao esta funcionando comigo segue o erro:
E: Unable to fetch some archives, maybe run apt-get update or try with --fix-missing?
thank you for suggestion about installation command regarding lamp server. it is marvelous.
Great post, I did make the configuration on Amazon EC2. And all steps executed perfectly.
Thank you!
Cool, thanks for letting me know it works on EC2 as well.