How to install LAMP on Ubuntu 17.04

The Apache is successfully installed. Start and enable the Apache service by executing the following commands.

root@linuxhelp1:~# systemctl start apache2
root@linuxhelp1:~# systemctl enable apache2
Synchronizing state of apache2.service with SysV service script with /lib/systemd/systemd-sysv-install.
Executing: /lib/systemd/systemd-sysv-install enable apache2

The Apache is running successfully. Install the MySQL server by executing the following command and press y to continue the installation procedure.

root@linuxhelp1:~# apt-get install mysql-server -y
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree      
Reading state information... Done
The following additional packages will be installed:
  libaio1 libevent-core-2.0-5 libhtml-template-perl mysql-client-5.7 mysql-client-core-5.7 mysql-common mysql-server-5.7 mysql-server-core-5.7
Suggested packages:
  libipc-sharedcache-perl mailx tinyca
The following NEW packages will be installed:
  libaio1 libevent-core-2.0-5 libhtml-template-perl mysql-client-5.7 mysql-client-core-5.7 mysql-common mysql-server mysql-server-5.7 mysql-server-core-5.7
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Created symlink /etc/systemd/system/multi-user.target.wants/mysql.service &rarr  /lib/systemd/system/mysql.service.
Setting up mysql-server (5.7.18-0ubuntu0.17.04.1) ...
Processing triggers for libc-bin (2.24-9ubuntu2) ...
Processing triggers for ureadahead (0.100.0-19) ...
Processing triggers for systemd (232-21ubuntu2) ...

The MySQL is installed successfully. Start and enable the MySQL service by running the following command.

root@linuxhelp1:~# systemctl start mysql
root@linuxhelp1:~# systemctl enable mysql
Synchronizing state of mysql.service with SysV service script with /lib/systemd/systemd-sysv-install.
Executing: /lib/systemd/systemd-sysv-install enable mysql

The MySQL service is running successfully. Install the PHP package with extensions and press y to continue with the installation procedure.

root@linuxhelp1:~# apt-get install php libapache2-mod-php php-mcrypt php-mysql -y
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree      
Reading state information... Done
The following additional packages will be installed:
  libapache2-mod-php7.0 libmcrypt4 php-common php7.0 php7.0-cli php7.0-common php7.0-json php7.0-mcrypt php7.0-mysql php7.0-opcache php7.0-readline
Suggested packages:
  php-pear libmcrypt-dev mcrypt
The following NEW packages will be installed:
  libapache2-mod-php libapache2-mod-php7.0 libmcrypt4 php php-common php-mcrypt php-mysql php7.0 php7.0-cli php7.0-common php7.0-json php7.0-mcrypt php7.0-mysql php7.0-opcache
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apache2_switch_mpm Switch to prefork
apache2_invoke: Enable module php7.0
Setting up libapache2-mod-php (1:7.0+49) ...
Setting up php7.0 (7.0.18-0ubuntu0.17.04.1) ...
Setting up php (1:7.0+49) ...
Processing triggers for libc-bin (2.24-9ubuntu2) ...

Create a sample info.php file under document root of Apache and enter the following lines of code in the file. Save and exit from the file.

root@linuxhelp1:~# vim /var/www/html/info.php
< ?php
phpinfo() 
?> 

Now open the browser and check Apache as well as PHP service by entering the target system ip address http://192.168.7.232 in the browser. The default page of Apache appears in the browser.