Installing LAMP server in Ubuntu

LAMP- Linux, Apache, Mysql, Php

Mainly for the Debian systems we can install lamp-server via a single command

# sudo apt-get install lamp-server^

# sudo apt-get install phpmyadmin

Include the cap(^) it is the wild-card for installation.

In between installation it will prompt for the sql-root  password, don’t leave it blank.

enjoy lamp server installation via single command.

After installation we can check

1. Apache–  test it by just typing “http://localhost/” in browser.

it will show that “It Works”

2. PHP— create a file test.php

# touch /var/www/test.php

# vim test.php

Enter the following code and save it.

<?php
echo phpinfo();
?>

save it and exit

now

In browser “http://localhost/test.php”

It will show the information regarding php.

if you also want to test PHPMYADMIN

just edit the file  /etc/apache2/apache2.conf and add the below lines.

Include /etc/phpmyadmin/apache.conf

/etc/init.d/apache2 restart

now in browser “http://localhost/phpmyadmin”

Enjoy the easy installation and configuring of LAMP server.

Thanks.