How to install a LAMP stack on Ubuntu Gutsy Gibbon (7.10)

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Since I run a couple of Wordpress blogs, I like to mirror the setup of the blogs on my home desktop. In the past, I just used XAMPP for this. However, it has some quirks of its own because the apache, mysql, and php files are not where the system expects them to be.

Recently, I did a fresh install of Ubuntu Gutsy Gibbon (7.10) so I decided to install the LAMP (Linux, Apache, MySQL, PHP) stack the without XAMPP. Thanks to the Ubuntu Documentation Site, I found my answer after a quick Google search. The details are summarized below.

-Install Apache2 using the following command at the Terminal:
sudo apt-get install apache2
I did get the following error: “apache2: Could not determine the server’s fully qualified domain name, using 127.0.0.1″
So, I followed the directions to add the line “ServerName localhost” to my Apache configuration. The steps are below.
gksudo gedit /etc/apache2/httpd.conf
Add the following to this file and save it.
ServerName localhost

-Install PHP 5 using the following command at the Terminal.
sudo apt-get install php5

-Install MySQL with PHP5 using the following command at the Terminal.
sudo apt-get install mysql-server libapache2-mod-auth-mysql php5-mysql

That’s it! You should be able to open your browser to http://localhost or http://127.0.0.1 and see the default Apache2 website.

If you need help creating a database from the MySQL command-line please take a look at “How to create a MySQL database from the command-line client.”

Happy Coding!

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