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How To Install LAMP setup in Ubuntu 15.10

To Install LAMP setup in Ubuntu 15.10

In this tutorial we are going to install LAMP setup in Ubuntu 15.10. LAMP stands for Linux Apache Mariadb or Mysql and Php.


To Install the apache webserver

Run the following command to install Apache by using the following command.

root@user1-linuhelp:/home/user1# apt-get install apache2
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree       
Reading state information... Done
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Setting up apache2 (2.4.12-2ubuntu2.1) ...
Processing triggers for libc-bin (2.21-0ubuntu4) ...

After the installation is completed, check the status of apache web-server

root@user1-linuhelp:/home/user1# systemctl status apache2


Open the web-browser and enter http://< IP_address>

To install of Mariadb

Utilise the following command to install Mariadb.

root@user1-linuhelp:~# apt-get install mariadb-server mariadb-client
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree       
Reading state information... Done
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Processing triggers for ureadahead (0.100.0-19) ...
Processing triggers for systemd (225-1ubuntu9) ..

Configure the Mariadb setup.

root@user1-linuhelp:~# mysql_secure_installation



Open the Mariadb prompt.

root@user1-linuhelp:~# mysql  -u root &ndash p

To install of Php

Run the following command to install Php.

root@user1-linuhelp:~# apt-get install php5 libapache2-mod-php5
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree       
Reading state information... Done
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php5_invoke: Enable module readline for apache2 SAPI
php5_invoke: Enable module readline for cli SAPI
Processing triggers for libapache2-mod-php5 (5.6.11+dfsg-1ubuntu3.4) ...

Create a new file called info.php in the apache' s default root directory.

root@user1-linuhelp:~# cd /var/www/html
root@user1-linuhelp : /var/www/html:~#  nano info.php

And add the following lines into it.

< ?php
phpinfo()
?>

Open the browser and navigate to http://< IP_address> /info.php

Now the LAMP server is installed successfully in Ubuntu 15.10.

Tag : MariaDB Apache LAMP MySQL (My- Structured Query Language) Php Ubuntu
FAQ
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