Installing LAMP on Ubuntu 10.04 and 10.10 (Lucid Lynx, Maverick Meerkat)
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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.
sudo apt-get install lamp-server^
The apt package manager will show all the packages that need to be installed. Hit <Enter> to confirm that you want to install them.
LAMP packages
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!"
Testing Apache
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.
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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!
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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.