How to Install WordPress 4.3 using Apache

Install phpmyadmin

Next install phpmyadmin package.

user1@linuxhelp:~$ sudo apt-get install phpmyadmin
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done
The following extra packages will be installed:
dbconfig-common libjs-jquery libjs-sphinxdoc libjs-underscore libmcrypt4
php-gettext php-tcpdf php5-gd php5-mcrypt
...
...
Creating config file /etc/phpmyadmin/config-db.php with new version
dbconfig-common: flushing administrative password
apache2_invoke: Enable configuration phpmyadmin
Processing triggers for libc-bin (2.21-0ubuntu4.1) ...

To make the packages available for web browser

user1@linuxhelp:~$ sudo cp /etc/phpmyadmin/apache.conf /etc/apache2/conf-available/
user1@linuxhelp:~$ sudo mv /etc/apache2/conf-available/apache.conf /etc/apache2/conf-available/phpmyadmin.conf
user1@linuxhelp:~$ sudo a2enconf phpmyadmin

Create a virtual host on Apache web server

Next you need create a virtual host on Apache web server

user1@linuxhelp:~$ sudo nano /etc/apache2/sites-available/wordpress.conf

Add the following lines to the file

ServerName wordpress.linuxhelp
ServerAdmin linuxhelp@gmail.com
DocumentRoot /var/www/html

To activate the virtual host

To activate the virtual host use a2ensite command followed by the respective file name.

user1@linuxhelp:~$ sudo a2ensite wordpress.conf
user1@linuxhelp:~$ sudo service apache2 restart

Now open the Apache.conf file

user1@linuxhelp:~$ sudo nano /etc/apache2/apache2.conf

Add the following line at the bottom of file and restart the Apache service.

ServerName wordpress.linuxhelp
user1@linuxhelp:~$ sudo service apache2 restart

To Create WordPress Database

Next create a new database and a new database user for WordPress. Run the following command and answer YES for all the questions to configure mysql.

user1@linuxhelp:~$ sudo mysql_secure_installation

Using PhpMyAdmin

Login to PhpMyAdmin using root account, by pointing your browser to your server IP.

Go to Databases tab, enter a name for your database and click on Create button.

Select your newly created database (wordpress) from left panel and go to Privileges tab.

Now hit on Add user, enter the details, then click Go.

Username = your_database_user
Host = localhost
Password = a_strong_password_twice
Database for user: select Grant all Privileges on database “ wordpress” 
Global privileges: click on Check All

Using Command Line

Run the following command by connecting to MySQL database

user1@linuxhelp:~$ mysql -u root -p
mysql>  CREATE DATABASE IF NOT EXISTS wordpress 
mysql>  CREATE USER caezsar@localhost IDENTIFIED BY " your_password_here"  
mysql>  GRANT ALL PRIVILEGES ON wordpress.* TO caezsar@localhost 
mysql>  FLUSH PRIVILEGES 
mysql>  quit

To Download and Install WordPress

Open the web browser and go to the official website of word press and download the .tar.gz wordpress package file.
https://wordpress.org/download/

Extract WordPress archive and copy all extracted files to Apache Virtual Host DocumentRoot.

user1@linuxhelp:~/Downloads$ sudo tar xvzf wordpress-4.4.2.tar.gz
wordpress/
wordpress/wp-settings.php
wordpress/wp-cron.php
wordpress/wp-comments-post.php
...
...
wordpress/wp-includes/rest-api.php
wordpress/wp-includes/update.php
wordpress/wp-includes/comment.php
wordpress/wp-config-sample.php
user1@linuxhelp:~$ sudo cp -r wordpress/* /var/www/html

Now restart the Apache and mysql servers.

user1@linuxhelp:~$ sudo service apache2 restart
user1@linuxhelp:~$ sudo service mysql restart

Next change ownership and permissions for the /var/www/html directory

user1@linuxhelp:~$ sudo chown -R www-data /var/www/html
user1@linuxhelp:~$ sudo chmod -R 755 /var/www/html

Now open a browser and enter your server’ s IP or the hostname

http://hostname/index.php

http://your_server_IP/index.php

http://192.168.5.219

Select the Language and Click on Continue

Now click Let' s go.

Now enter your MySQL WordPress database credentials, then click Submit.

Now click the ' Run the install' button

Next, Provide WordPress installer with a Site Title, an administrative username and password for your blog, email address and finally click on Install WordPress.

After installation, login to your new WordPress website blog using your administrative credentials.

This is the Home page of Wordpress.

user1@linuxhelp:~$ sudo chown -R root /var/www/html