1. Apache 2 installation
2. PHP 5 installation
3. MySQL Installation
4. PHPmyadmin installation
5. PHPmyadmin configuration
LAMP installation
LAMP on Ubuntu 13.04
1. Apache2 installation
Open TerminalEnter this command
sudo apt-get install apache2
Enter your password when ask. Press "Y" to install apache2 on your system
After installation , open any web browser and type "localhost" and press 'Enter'. If it works , we can move to the next step.
2. PHP5 Installation
PHP is a very popular server side language for web development. This language is used in morethan 80% of the websites. PHP is popular but you won't get high salary , because PHP is a simple comparewith other languages and also there are thousand of PHP developers.Enter this command on your Terminal
sudo apt-get install php5 libapache2-mod-php5
Then restart your Apache server
sudo /etc/init.d/apache2 restart
To check your php , enter this command and create a php file
sudo gedit /var/www/checkphp.php
/var/www - is my folder . This command will create a checkphp.php ( name of the file ) in www folder , which is in var folder.
Paste this piece of code. This code will print PHP information on your Web browser.
<?php
phpinfo;
?>
If it works , then it means , you successfully installed PHP 5 on your system.
3. MySQL Installation
MySQL is free and open source database. It is free for medium users . I think there are some paid versions for high end users. A few years ago Oracle bought MySQL . Now MySQL is a part of Software giant Oracle. MySQL installation is also simple like other two.
Open your Terminal and enter this command
sudo apt-get install mysql-server
Follow configuration steps
4. PHP MyAdmin Installation
PHPmyadmin is a simple web application to manage our MySQL database. Most of the PHP Developers prefer PHPmyadmin over other Database clients. PHPmyadmin is lighter and powerful client to manage Database.
Enter this command on Terminal
sudo apt-get install libapache2-mod-auth-mysql php5-mysql phpmyadmin
Follow configuration steps.Please select apache2 as your web server. You need one more step to view phpmyadmin on your web browser.
5. PHP MyAdmin configurations to view on Broswer
Before use , you need to configure php.ini file
Enter this command on Terminal
sudo gedit /etc/php5/apache2/php.ini
Replace this
;extension-msql.so
with
extension-msql.so
Just remove ; from above line. ( ; is for comment , just like // in most of computer languages ).
Then restart your apache2 server
sudo /etc/init.d/apache2 restart
How to use PHPmyadmin on Web browsers ?
Enter this command
sudo ln-s /usr/share/phpmyadmin /var/www/phpmyadmin
After that open your web server and enter localhost/phpmyadmin on the address bar.
If you have any doubts and questions , please watch this video.