Setting up a LAMP server (Linux + Apache + MySQL + PHP)

Posted by Sylvester Rac on Wednesday, December 2. 2015

Linux + Apache + MySQL + PHP

Probably the most common installation of web server, at least for a Linux system, is Linux, Apache, MySQL and PHP. Also possible on a Windows system, in which case it would be known as WAMP. I will cover setting up the former here.

I assume you already have a working Debian based Linux distribution. If not then I highly recommend Debian, or for Raspberry Pi users, Raspbian.

Let's get started. Download the package lists from the repositories:

sudo apt-get update

Install Apache

sudo apt-get install apache2

Install MySQL

sudo apt-get install mysql-server

Install PHP and PHP mysql modules

sudo apt-get install php5
sudo apt-get install php5-mysql

Install phpMyAdmin (optional)

sudo apt-get install phpmyadmin

And we're done!

Well, almost. There are a few additional steps you may want to do, for example running mysql_secure_installation.

By default, the web root directory will be /var/www/ or /var/www/html/

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