How To Install LAMP : Linux, Apache, MySQL, PHP on Ubuntu

1. Install Apache:

Apache is a free open source and cross-platform web server software.To install apache, Open terminal and put in these commands line:

sudo apt-get update            

sudo apt-get install apache2   

2. Install MySQL:

MySQL is an open-source relational database management system. Its name is a combination of “My”, the name of co-founder Michael Widenius’s daughter, and “SQL”, the abbreviation for Structured Query Language.

To install MySQL, open terminal and put in these commands line:

sudo apt-get install mysql-server    

3. Install PHP:

PHP is a server-side scripting language designed for web development but also used as a general-purpose programming language.

To install PHP, open terminal and put in these commands line:

sudo apt-get install php5 libapache2-mod-php5

4. Restart Server

To restart server, open terminal and put this commands:

sudo /etc/init.d/apache2 restart

5. Test Apache :

Check Apache server is working fine.

Open a web browser and navigate to http://localhost/. You will see like this:

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6. Test PHP :

Check php installation is working fine .

Open terminal and put these commands:

php -r 'echo "\n\n Test PHP installation is working fine. \n\n\n";'

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