Installing LAMP in Ubuntu

In this post I will be showing you how to install LAMP on UBUNTU. LAMP stands for Linux Apache MySQL and PHP. LAMP is an open source web development platform which uses Linux as the operating system , Apache as the web server application , MySQL as the relational database management system and PHP as the object oriented web scripting language.

Its a very straight forward process

Step 1 :- Open Terminal

Step 2 :- Write the following code

sudo apt-get install lamp-server^

After executing the command given above the installation of LAMP will start on your machine. In between You would be asked to confirm by pressing Y . Don't hesitate in doing so. At some point your terminal screen would look something like this



Step 3 :- The terminal will ask u to change the password of MySQL database management software. Change the password and remember it as you would be needing it every time you connect to the database from your php script.

Step 4 :- After installation Open your browser and add the following link in the address bar

http://localhost

You will see something like this



This step was to ensure that LAMP has been installed successfully. The file displayed is index.html and is stored in /var/www/. All the new webpages and scripts have to be placed in this folder.

Step 5 :- These were the basic tools necessary to install a website development environment but in order to better manage our database throught graphical interface we may install phpMyAdmin. This step in optional and the user may skip this step.

Write the following command in terminal

sudo apt-get install libapache2-mod-auth-mysql phpmyadmin

This will install phpMyAdmin and will open configuration windows as shown



Have the option apache selected and then press enter.There will be some activity in the terminal and then you will see something of the sort




press enter and you will be prompted to enter the password of MySQL .



Enter the password which you entered while setting up LAMP, press to select the ok option and press enter.

After that you will be asked to enter MySQL application password for phpmyadmin. I recommend using the same password as the previous one in order to avoid ambiguity.



Confirm the password in the following box



The phpmyadmin installation is now complete.

You can check the installation by opening the browser and entering the following address in the address bar

http://localhost/phpmyadmin/

You will see something like this




If you get an error of the form 404 "Not Found" then try the following codes

sudo ln -s /etc/phpmyadmin/apache.conf /etc/apache2/conf.d/phpmyadmin.conf
sudo /etc/init.d/apache2 reload

log in with username "root" and password which you assigned earlier.