LAMP (Linux, Apache, MySQL and PHP) is an open source Web development platform that uses Linux as operating system, Apache as the Web server, MySQL as the relational database management system and PHP as the object-oriented scripting language.
In this Simple tutorial we will explain you how to install LAMP server on your Slackware 13.
The installation will be done in 3 steps:
to install Lamp in Slackware13 you have to follow the bellow steps
1. install Apache in Slackware :
root@slackware-13:~# slackpkg install httpd
now start the httpd server under /etc/rc.d/ with
/etc/rc.d/rc.httpd start
the index page is under /var/www/htdocs
you can change the index file like
#uname -a > /var/www/htdocs/index.html
open your browser http://ip
2- install mysql :
Type this command to install mysql
#slackpkg install mysql
before you start mysql daemon please apply the foloowing commands
cp /etc/my-small.cnf /etc/my.cnf/usr/bin/mysql_install_db
chown -R mysql:mysql /var/lib/mysql
Now restart mysql
/etc/rc.d/rc.mysqld restart
make a secure password for your mysql :
#mysqladmin -u root password unixpass
3- Install PHP :
To make php known in apache pages , we have to make some changes in /etc/httpd/httpd.conf and
Include /etc/httpd/mod_php.conf
and
open
vi /etc/httpd/mod_php.conf
and add
AddType application/x-httpd-php .php .php3 .php4
Now add to the php script
vi /var/www/htdocs/info.php
and add
<phpinfo; ?> save exit and restart your httpd deamin
open the browser and type (change ip with your current ip adress):
http://ip/info.php
Enjoy
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