This tutorial presumes that you understand what is a LAMP Server , how to deploy a web site and how to install software using Terminal and experience in running other Basic Terminal Commands.
Root access
To install any application you need root access , You can prefix sudo before every command or login to root user and execute the commands
sudo -i
Enter the password of your account
Update
You need to update the local repo by fetching indexes from remote canonical repos
apt-get update
Apache
To install Apache you must install the Metapackage apache2. This can be done by running the following command.
apt-get install apache2
MySQL
To install MySQL you must install the Meta package mysql-server.
apt-get install mysql-server
Install PHP
To install php and apache lib for php if required install other libs like mysql lib and lots of other libs are available
apt-get install php5 libapache2-mod-php5
Check Apache
Open a web browser and navigate to that ubuntu IP
http://192.168.0.1/
You should see a message saying
It works!
Check PHP
You can check your PHP by executing any PHP file from within /var/www/.
Alternatively you can execute the following command, which will make PHP run the code without the need for creating a file .
php -r ‘echo “nWow my installation is working.”;’
