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Install lamp with 1 command in Ubuntu 12.10, 13.04 Raring Ringtail & LinuxMint13

Written by Mel Kham on October 11, 2010. Posted in Linux Mint, Linux tutorials, Ubuntu

Updated: 10/09/2012 :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.

We did show you in our previous post how to install LAMP in Ubuntu 10.04 with one command using tasksel command. It is a software installation application that is an integral part of the Debian installer and works under Ubuntu Linux too. It groups some packages by tasks and offers the user an easy way to install the packages for that task. It provides the same functionality as using conventional meta-packages. in Maverick this command dosn`t come by default, so we need to install it first before to perform the LAMP installation.

This tutorial was has been tested on Ubuntu 10.04, 10.10, 11.04, 11.10, 12.04 LTS Precise Pangolin. Also tested in LinuxMint13 and works fine.

Open terminal and Type the command :install it first with

sudo apt-get install tasksel

Now to install LAMP, type the taskel command in terminal :

sudo  tasksel

And select LAMP Server:

During the installation you will be asked to insert the mysql root password

Now check if php is working :

$sudo vi /var/www/info.php

and add

<?php
phpinfo();
?>

save and exit

restart apache2 ,

#sudo /etc/init.d/apache2 restart

Now open browser and type :

http://ip/info.php or http://localhost/info.php

Php is installed.

To full manage your lamp Server database, install phpmyadmin

sudo  apt-get  install  phpmyadmin

To login to phpmyadmin, open browser and type :

http://ip/phpmyadmin   or http://localhost/phpmyadmin

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For questions please refer to our Q/A forum at : http://ask.unixmen.com

13.04 Raring Ringtail

Mel Kham

Founder of Unixmen, Living in Amsterdam. Am working in my free time to help people to understand the Opensource and to explain them in easy way how to make the fist steps to the the light. Working day and night with my Co-founder Zinovsky to keep this website live even with less resources.

president

good topics…
one error…
change

to

bye
Leandro

Muy buen aporte. :D :D :D
http://www.sachmalik.tr.cx herace

[i]#/etc/init.d/apache2 restart[/i]

[b][i]sudo /etc/init.d/apache2 restart[/i][/b]
http://Thanks Zinovsky

Thanks. fixed :)
Juanpis013

Hi good job.

Fix:

sudo apt-get instal tasksel

sudo apt-get install tasksel
Antonio Jorge

Very good.
Gareth Sullivan

I only got the phpinfo page to display correctly by adding a "?" after the first "
- Gareth Sullivan
  
  Sorry, should have read
  [code]
  [/code]
  - Gareth Sullivan
    
    I give up…
    
    the phpinfo script is missing a question mark after the opening
pirat9

PHP Code corrected.
DrTomFlint

When you select install Lamp server from the menu, do NOT uncheck the print server and ubuntu desktop boxes or tasksel will REMOVE them.

Deleted my whole desktop and printer install and had to rebuild system!
- Dave
  
  I made this mistake as well.
  New something was up when the installer was saying "Removing…"
Noisiv

Excellent tutorial!
I have both the Apache Server, PHP and phpmyadmin installed and fully functional.

How I do I create the Username and Password for phpmyadmin?
Noisiv

Nevermind. lol
I figured it out.

Awseome Tutorial. Thanks again.

Peace.
Zinovsky

You are welcome :)
Anonymous

How do I do this part?
- Anonymous
  
  Please ignore my whoops above.
  
  I ($sudo vi /var/www/info.php) and get into the editor.
  
  This is the section I’m having issues with. I paste the code, can’t save it nor see it.
  
  1.
  
  I guess I’m just unclear as to how the editor works.
Zinovsky

If you are not familiar with vi use Gedit editor instead.
That part of the tutorial is just to test if php has been installed successfully, so you can skip it if you want :)
Anonymous

Ok, so I really hosed my first install. You should really let people know that they need to use the spacebar to select packages tasksel. :roll:

So I ditched 10.04 and installed 10.10. Updated everything then installed LAMP. Everything works!

Now what do I do? I mean, I have an index.html file I’d love to get up and online, I can manage the dydns and port forwarding… but I kind of have no idea where to start with using the phpmyadmin or how to go about setting up a DB.

I’m not even sure I need to, I’m only looking to host a couple of small personal business/blog sites from home… Could I get away with just using apache? I’m have to learn this stuff eventually but honestly it looks rather intimidating….

Suggestions?

Thanks in advance.
- Anonymous
  
  P.S.
  
  Great walk-through, worked a treat once I figured out the whole spacebar thing.
  
  Fast and painless install.
- andy
  
  Thanks for the space bar hint.
syed

Great tutorial, thanks
Sam

Thanks for this great tutorial.

But, how do we un-install this?
zinovsky

You can uninstall LAMP this with the same command :
[quote]sudo tasksel[/quote]
Then deslect LAMP.
For PHPMYADMIN USE THIS COMMAND :
[quote]sudo apt-get remove phpmyadmin[/quote]
Wency

Another Good Way is

sudo apt-get update && sudo apt-get install lamp-server^

online command and then follow the same above steps for configuring php,apache, mysql

phpmydamin has to be installed separately
Josh Schneider

I don’t know about others, but I had to also do this, found on ubuntuforums:

Add the following line of code inside /etc/apache2/apache2.conf:
Include /etc/phpmyadmin/apache.conf

here is an article that explains it in details:
http://www.blog.high*******/uncategorized/install-and-configure-phpmyadmin-on-ubuntu-lamp/
jusfixit

When creating the info.php file above, it would be far wiser to use the full tag "code]
[/code]
Even if your php is still configured to honor this ambiguous tag, somebody somewhere else will attempt to feed a file that looks like this to some other system, and be unnecessarily consternated.
- jusfixit
  
  … to use the full tag "open angle bracket question mark php" rather than the deprecated-for-several-years short-open-tag "open angle bracket question mark". I.e.:
  [code]
  
  [/code]
jusfixit

… and how much of this [non-escaped code which cannot be previewed before posting the comment] will be swallowed?
[quote]

[/quote]
http://enteryoursiteURL... Anonymous

thanks a tonnes
apachedevil

piece of cake. thanks for the help :)
spade

It may be confusing to some that commands are sometimes prefixed with $, # or nothing, i.e.:
sudo
$sudo
#sudo
http://www.studio-owens.com Stephen Owens

If you are just using this for a local development and testing server, you will probably want to change the ownership of the /var/www directory to your username. So you can save file changes to the directory using the source code editor of your choice.

sudo chown [YOUR USER NAME] /var/www
http://enteryoursiteURL... Gazza

excellent tutorial – worked flawlessly for me !
- http://enteryoursiteURL... Guest
  
  WHat if i need to install php version 2.9?
  How to achieve that?
Nickolay

usefull. thanks!
Ajith

This is Awesome….Cheers Mate.. you rock..

Aji
McIyer

Hi
I am a newbie. I am trying to install Lamp as above.
However after the first window where i choose "LAMP Server" to be installed, i am not getting any window for the mysql pwd. I am just taken to the command prompt and nothing happens anymore.
When i first installed the tasksel, i got this message at the end. "ldconfig deferred processing now taking place". Dont know what this means – any insights?
Fabio Aragao

Muito bom tutorial, nenhum erro nas instalacoes, tudo funcionando perfeitamente
Unavengedavo

How do I get a MySQLi server?
Hakand

thank you, great tutorial, it works
anonymous

how do you login into phpMyAdmin
Simple Dimple

your procedure does not install curl library, so I had to do this

sudo apt-get install php5-curl
Simple Dimple

to login to phpmyadmin use

http://localhost/phpmyadmin
Ashen Randika

Thank you very much for the tutorial
http://enteryoursiteURL... Mustafa Hakan IÅ�IK

Tanks a lot
NDG

http://ip/info.php – http://localhost/info.php

Neither of these work – first one send me to ip.com and the other does nothing throws an error saying this page cannot be found….
Any suggestions?
http://enteryoursiteURL... s2welee

nice and easy. worked perfectly. Thanks
http://www.unixmen.com/linux-distributions/4-ubuntu/1239-install-lamp-with-1-command-in-ubuntu-1010- UNIXMEN_HELLO_BAOS_HGOE#)(#)@M

This is so cool!
Jimenez

I instaled phpmyadmin (LAMP),but when I test it (http://localhost/phpmyadmin) I get:
NOT FOUND “the requested URL/phpmyadmin was not found on this server”.
Apache/2.2.16 (Ubuntu) server at localhost Port 80.
admin-p9

enter your message here…[quote=Jimenez]I instaled phpmyadmin (LAMP),but when I test it (http://localhost/phpmyadmin) I get:
NOT FOUND "the requested URL/phpmyadmin was not found on this server".
Apache/2.2.16 (Ubuntu) server at localhost Port 80.[/quote]
find phpmyadmin.conf file and proceed Allow from All
Kaushik

how do u select when it comes to the selecting the LAMP sever part?
Anonymous

do not notify
http://anotacoes.us.to Ramiro

thanks!
Time Wasted

Be real careful when doing this on Ubuntu 11.04. There are going to be items already selected, do not unselect them otherwise you’ll end up uninstalling ubuntu.
Just selext lamp and leave the rest alone.

Att.
The voice of the experience :)
stove

Thank you!
jon

good stuff
Samuel

In my case, phpmyadmin wasn’t accessible through url, so I had to do the following:

sudo ln -s /etc/phpmyadmin/apache.conf /etc/apache2/conf.d/phpmyadmin.conf
sudo /etc/init.d/apache2 restart

After that I could use localhost/phpmyadmin

Thank you for the LAMP tip, it was awesome.
Sergio L

Thanks! Great tutorial!
http://enteryoursiteURL... Mad

brilliant
Jared

You could type this in the command line:
sudo apt-get install lamp-server^ phpmyadmin
http://www.ihaveapc.com ihaveapc

Other way and the longer one is by manually installing XAMPP, though it too has it’s own share of headaches when done wrong :).
Anbalagan

yes the information was very useful to me. Just copying and pasting the commands in the terminal and web browser, i was able to install lamp.
Dave C

Brilliant

Works a treat.

Thanks :)
majumdar

Hi, i am a starter to ubuntu and linux and followed the instruction to install LAMP and also succeeded as i got the screen for phymyadmin. next time i tried to open http://localhost/phpmyadmin it asks for user id and psw which i forgot. my question is: how do i know whether the LAMP has been properly installed, how do i retrieve my user id and psw. i may like install open conference system which requires php, mysql, apache which i did installing LAMP. is it the correct, if not how do i proceed. is it that i have to separately install these packages instead of LAMP. if so, how do delete the LAMP. please help me.
http://MSN Roberta

How can I get the wifi working using the Linux Ubuntu operation system? I am not computer savvy. Need a beginner’s manual.

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- mizo
  
  Roberta
  the Wifi drivers will be automatically installed and activated withe new ubuntu releases.
http://mittelspiel.ru/ Andrew

Thanks for the info!
akash

enter your message here…
- Anonymous
  
  [b]hi when i write sudo tasksel the firs image apear but when i select lamp server again show me last message on terminal and nothing happen .. why? any helps ?[/b]
  - Bronwen
    
    Did you use the spacebar to select LAMP? An * will go in the space before LAMP to show that it’s selected, like before Print Server in the example.
http://www.bestfinance-blog.com RosarioMartin

Set your own life time easier get the business loans and all you want.
Bertrand

Hello,
Thank you very much for this topic.
It is so easy. Because I’ve tried a lot of others before and they doesn’t match.

I’ve only a problem with the step of the phpmyadmin.
When I type "http://ip/phpmyadmin or http://localhost/phpmyadmin" I receive this "Not Found

The requested URL /phpmyadmin was not found on this server.
Apache/2.2.17 (Ubuntu) Server at localhost Port 80" as I restart apache?
It’s probably easy for you, but I’m new in the world of ubuntu. As it take to me more than one day to search and try to do thinks which take only five minutes under windows for me, I’m very pride to do it. And I want to learn more.

Best regards.

Bertrand
MrSchism

Tasksel has long been known as a buggy, destructive bit of software. It should be avoided. Uninstallation of Tasksel itself will lead to it uninstalling your entire OS.

Again, avoid it. Install each component individually; it can all be done on a single line or multiple lines. Don’t be lazy…. it can cost you.
- Wally got screwed
  
  ^^READ THE ABOVE!!^^ .. Thanks to this site my Ubuntu comp is now screwed… Don’t uncheck items. Better yet just follow http://www.howtoforge.com/ubuntu_lamp_for_newbies or a similar tut.
Jonathan

This helped me out. Thanks!
tony

the terminal command fails to load all the needed files
http://www.bestfinance-blog.com OneillJimmie34

One knows that today’s life is very expensive, nevertheless we require money for various stuff and not every one gets enough money. So to receive quick mortgage loans and just auto loan should be a correct way out.
hans schneidhofer

hi, I am a bloody newcomer with lamp and have trouble;
have done all your directions, created a php.info but all what I get is : How should firefox with this file procedure ? … save as file … or open with …
looking with ls -al in /var/www show me the following :
user hans group hans -rwxr-xr-x info.php but have tried also 644 with the same result. hmm, what’s going wrong or which bugs have I done here ? :-)
t hanks in advane
hans
- http://www.facebook.com/ameesters Alexander Meesters
  
  looks like your apache doesn’t recognize your php… are you sure you have installed it with the tasksel method? or dit you alter the default apache config?
- Marcel
  
  Restart your apache server.
- Typo
  
  I think your problem may be that you create “php.info”, instead of “info.php”. Read instructions carefully.
vishnu

very helpfull site..
luis

thank you, clear and fast ;-)
http://enteryoursiteURL... Protitude

Maybe it’s just me, but I don’t want a password for mysql. But after installing phpMyAdmin it won’t let me login without a password. I turned this off by editing the config file:
[code]nano /etc/phpmyadmin/config.inc.php
[/code]
then uncomment line 100
[code]$cfg['Servers'][$i]['AllowNoPassword'] = TRUE;[/code]
http://enteryoursiteURL... guruprasad

[color=blue][b]many thanks [/b][/color]
Wahid

Thanks for the walk through, worked like a charm. Good stuff!
http://enteryoursiteURL... Shahin

It is very helpful for Ubuntu user.
Very nice instraction.
Fred

i want to know how to install and use lamp server on ubuntu 10.10.Thanks
http://www.studio-owens.com Owens

Just dropping a note to say that I no longer wish to receive updates to the comments on this thread. So "do not notify" has been selected. Thanks for the great tutorial.
Miguel Angel Saldaña

Excelente tutorial.
Graciasl
http://enteryoursiteURL... Digambar

Its Great
Valerio

I fix the installation doing this in terminal
# sudo ln -s /usr/share/phpmyadmin /var/www/phpmyadmin

After, I can access the phpadmin normally by [url=http://127.0.0.1/phpmyadmin]here[/url]
- Alex de Lannée
  
  Good one, that did the trick for me! I think you create a hard link with this to your user folder where it automatically is installed in.
- Randy
  
  Exactly what I needed, this should be in the tutorial. Thanks1
- http://twitter.com/Rangpuriya Rangpuriya
  
  Thanks a lot. My problem was solved by your tips!
- Riju
  
  thnx man…this tip really helped…
  
  :)
shunting

Just made the mistake of unchecking the desktop, which will now end up being deleted. Yech. There should be a big fat WARNING about this at the top of the post….
Stansmith

bull> E486: Pattern not found: php
David_yates

Forbidden

You don’t have permission to access /phpmyadmin
on this server.

Apache/2.2.20 (Ubuntu) Server at localhost Port 80
Nealhock

Look dude, i had to do some more stuff on my own, to get things up and running that was not even in this tutorial. Next time do a better step by step process tutorial.
Lepro

sudo apt-get install lamp-server^ phpmyadmin
- FrankieBagnardi
  
  Thanks, that’s the easiest lamp install I’ve ever done. What does the caret (^) mean there?
  - Jonathan Barronville
    
    The caret means that it’s a Taskel task. Check out the following link, I think it mentions that. Here is the link: https://help.ubuntu.com/community/Tasksel
  - eg0e
    
    Basically, it tells apt-get that you’re issuing a command that would normally be handled by Tasksel (Without having to first install tasksel.)
    Fairly good explanation below.
    http://tech.shantanugoel.com/2010/10/23/apt-get-caret.html
- Warit
  
  tasksel: aptitude failed (100)
- Aaron Hinojosa
  
  Definitely a better option than Tasksel. Tasksel will wipe out critical components if you are not careful and the UI is a bit confusing (e.g., unchecking a box means marking the component for removal).
  - http://twitter.com/Durkadur_ Daniel Bagge
    
    Ohh noo ****ing hell.. You’re right that UI is misleading.
Gilberto Gutierrez

Hi everyone!
Note: The caret (^) was generally required at the end of the command in older versions of tasksel. It is not required in newer versions of tasksel.https://help.ubuntu.com/community/Tasksel

-gilrez
D21anthony

Your tutorial is great!!! I’ve done it this now two ways your way and the long way. This is far easier and faster. One thing I would recommend to those when setting up your phpmyadmin is making sure you select “NO” for the screen that prompts you regarding “dbconfig_common” it will ask you right after you execute the phpmyadmin install.
Quakquak57

After I type “sudo tasksel”,
it gets me to the selection, I select LAMP server, and it returns to the SSH.
Am I doing something wrong?
- joe b
  
  i had the same problem and it only took me 4hrs….Press spacebar to select, then TAB to the ok and press the spacebar to select the ok.
- Guest
  
  yes
Noone

http://usbtux.hostzi.com/How_to – take a look at this to set your server up
davie

i get
E: unable to locate package taskel.

on a fresh install of ubuntu 64 11.10.

can someone please point me in the right direction.
- Mkpandey
  
  I am also getting the the same error. Kindly sent me detail if yu have found solution plz:). My email is mkpandey.irs@gmail.com
  - daveh
    
    The author inadvertently typed taskel when the actual package is tasksel (as in Task Select).
Mike

It is late and I am old. But I can’t seem to conjure up the USER name for the myphpadmin administrator. I was not prompted for such a name during installation though I was prompted for a password. The password does me no good unless I know the user name.
Mike

Well…. I told you I was an old coot… It finally occurred to me to try phpmyadmin as the user name and it worked.
http://mmzweb.wordpress.com/ mourad

thanks! it’s the easiest way to do it!
Dewald

This have messed up my whole Ubuntu desktop installation. It removed all my software. Please be carefull people.

I would have appreciated if the author had warned about this happening
krymenko

чудово)
Ajhino

holy cow. that was ridiculously easy. although i do appreciate the feeling of a hand by hand manual LAMP install, I think this might have just killed the need for me to ever do that again.
Ajhino

holy cow. that was ridiculously easy. although i do appreciate the feeling of a hand by hand manual LAMP install, I think this might have just killed the need for me to ever do that again.
Ajhino

holy cow. that was ridiculously easy. although i do appreciate the feeling of a hand by hand manual LAMP install, I think this might have just killed the need for me to ever do that again.
Ajhino

holy cow. that was ridiculously easy. although i do appreciate the feeling of a hand by hand manual LAMP install, I think this might have just killed the need for me to ever do that again.
Ajhino

holy cow. that was ridiculously easy. although i do appreciate the feeling of a hand by hand manual LAMP install, I think this might have just killed the need for me to ever do that again.
Ezekia Matabaro

I ‘am sorry Not helped me
Sangram

The best post.
I could perform installation successfully and using it as well.
http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=1508704 Blake Galbreath

$sudo vi /var/www/info.phpresults in ~~~~type :quit or VimI have tried different approaches at this point. I probably need to uninstall and start over.
Avaneesh

1 ch number
Prashant2892

”/var/www/info.php” E212: Can’t open file for writing
Bgirardo

Thanks! Saved me hours! Now can you do the same for Eclipse and Android development? ;-) (What have you done for me lately?)
Prakash P Roy

Great tutorial..well explainable. Keep it up!!
http://www.asualojaonline.com/ Exadra37

I am using Ubuntu 12.04 64 bits.

When this tutorial says to make info.php file i get stucked, because with vi editor it was not possible to write to the file, but with gedit it was possible, but we must have root privileges to save the file.

In order to make info.php file you must login as root:
1. type in your terminal: sudo su

2. now press enter

3. insert your password
Note: as you type the you wont see anything, but don worry the letters are there ;)

4. press enter

5. now type in your terminal: $sudo gedit /var/www/info.php

6. Copy and paste this code as you seen before in this article:

7. Save your file

8. Close gedit editor

Now you can continue this tutorial ;)
- thomasbandit
  
  thanks couldnt get it working until saw this :D
Saint DanBert

When you launch ‘tasksel’ you get a panel with a list of collections to choose from.
At the bottom there is a single OK button. Since I was just visiting, I wanted to cancel instead of activate any of the colletions. I could not cancel out of the running
‘tasksel’ but had to close the terminal window. Really?!
Stari Vid

Hi, how can I save something in tasksel or start installing… I was try enter (go back to terminal), ‘s’ (nothing), shift ctrl s, o, x – nothing. Please help
thanks
Danial Collyer

I used this tutorial when i did my installation of lamp http://ubuntudan.blogspot.com.au/2012/06/installing-lamp-on-ubuntu-1204-precise.html everything worked well for me, even had phpmyadmin working yippie!!!
Upset Ubuntu User

This almost wiped by whole Desktop clean! The author really should have warned against the possible implications of using this approach to install software on Ubuntu… proceed with CAUTION!
Namaste31

I don’t thank you for this article, it completely screwed up my installation afterwards !!! Now I have to reinstall ubuntu 12.04 completely !!!

I should have followed Ubuntu’s website instructions, saying that tasksel is not the preferred method (what an euphemism…).

Tasksel install is a “forced” install, that doesn’t take into account any dependancies and you can get into serious trouble because of that, I know about that.

At least I know now : I will never ever again use tasksel !
Tim

Thanks so much for completely wiping my 12.04 install. I have a non-bootable system now thanks to your “helpful” instructions. Should have read comments of other 12.04 users before trying.
- Drew
  
  worked for me…i’m on 12.04 too
http://www.phpzag.com/ laeeq khan

A very useful page. helpful to the starters in LAMP.
http://twitter.com/akSahu Avinash Kumar Sahu

thanks :)
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Alireza

thanks for sharing this, it’s working for me
Byichud

CRAP! This tasksel is worthless….it removes most of the desktop and makes ubuntu unusable.
Claude Balloune

Thanx. This came in handy!
Now if I can only remember what the MYSQL password was…
TmKasun

thanks this was very helpful
http://twitter.com/sn0w486x sn0w486x

Great tutorial. LAMP installed < 5 minutes.
sem chitra

I cannot open phpmyadmin at all. So how could I do then
please send me email: sabaychitra84@gmail.com
http://www.facebook.com/chitrasem Chitra Sem

I cannot open phpmyadmin at all. So how could I do then?
W Pallazzo

People should NEVER uncheck anything in Tasksel wich is already checked by default. If you for example uncheck Ubuntu, your complete Ubuntu OS will be removed!!!
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vishal garg

Use spacebar to select the server you need to install. Make sure the asterix [*] appears before your option.
vishal garg

Use spacebar to select the server you need to install. Make sure the asterix [*] appears before your option.
http://twitter.com/MuratBastas Murat Baştaş

does this code works on all ubuntu systems?
- http://www.facebook.com/toddmcb Todd TheDestroyer
  
  This tutorial was has been tested on Ubuntu 10.04, 10.10, 11.04, 11.10, 12.04 LTS Precise Pangolin. Also tested in LinuxMint13 and works fine.
Mirzakhawarbaig

Thanks a lot
This is easiest way of LAMP installation
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http://www.facebook.com/toddmcb Todd TheDestroyer

I recommend installing this on ubuntu server not desktop
Obregonzalez

ERROR:

Forma correcta:
- Obregonzalez
  
  Perdonen: No pude colocar bien el comentario, pero en la forma de código hay un error.
Gagan58456

thanks send me all server detail of ubuntu and i dont create the squid server
Lin

How do I select LAMP when it’s on the “package configuration” page?
Gunitinug

i did everything except installing phpmyadmin. i dont need it at this time so… i just want to run my own mediawiki site for personal use only. thx for the info!
RogueSkolar

Priceless tutorial :-]
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MartMeister

Thanks dude!
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Sagir Hussain Khan

Unfortunately during the installation I don’t care about user name and password. I just forget my user name and password. What I can do now?
plomobit

Thanks, a few command. Saludos
Mike Monaco

I think the people who are saying that this tutorial messed up their whole desktops didn’t de-select “ubuntu desktop” from the list of packages. could that be?
- http://twitter.com/narddawg314 brandon miller
  
  from what I understand, if it’s listed and you uncheck the box…it will be removed…what a pain in the ass. now i gotta get an engineer involved to bail me out. grrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrreat
  - Michael T
    
    You shouldn’t be so stupid, in the first time.
max

thanks

sudo apt-get install lamp-server^ phpmyadmin

is the best way to install lamp
shadowlyx

I installed everything smotthly on Ubuntu 12.04. No glitch.
My linux OS is working fine and nothing was wiped. So just check LAMP. Don’t uncheck other items, especially if you don’t know the implications.
Thank you for the tutorial.
http://www.facebook.com/sreerajuv Sree Raju

http://linuxhotcoffee.blogspot.in/2012/09/lamp-installation-in-ubuntu-1110.html
Mike

U R a complete fucking moron for not addressing the potential pitfalls in the opening paragraph of your post. Completely hosed my install because the important info was found in the comments AFTER i began the install. Do us a favor and note the cons and “dont’s” in the beginning of your articles bro.
- jamesj
  
  Not defending the author because he should edit the post and add the info but…
  any experienced IT pro / enthusiast would read the comments before proceeding.
  You always research what you about to do… never do it blindly.
Moreno

Just came to say Thank You!
I have followed the tutorial and it was working perfectly. Nice and clear.

Just one thing for the people who are getting the “tasksel aptitude failed(100)”, it happened to me and was solved writing:

$sudo apt-get update

$sudo tasksel install lamp-server

Thanks again for sharing!

Regards,
Moreno.
adi

very good tutorial. thanks a lot pirat9

p.s. for all the people who commented here – YOU ARE SOME LIFE SAVERS. an extraordinary community
http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100003037561111 Mircea Toader

Nice and clean instalation.
BTW… for all deleting their GUI… tasksel is usually the default package manager in debian based linux distros… if you ever installed debian/ubuntu/mint *or the server versions* in non-graphical environment you would have been a bit familiarized with it.
It also manages the interface. So if you have kde (kubuntu installed) you do not check it or uncheck it in the list… basically don’t mess with the rest of the list.
I’ve installed lamp, open ssh, mail server and samba with tasksel.
It works fine!
Tested on Kubuntu 12.10 Beta2 x64 with 3.6 kernel manually installed.
Now, I’ll configure ajenti over lamp. Thanx!
- http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100003037561111 Mircea Toader
  
  Also, you don’t need to reinstall the entire OS if you remove the GUI/interface.
  Log in normally intro the non-graphical environment and write the specific instalation for what you want to install:
  sudo apt-get install ubuntu-desktop (this is gnome)
  sudo apt-get install kubuntu-desktop (this is SPARTAAA… it’s KDE)
  sudo apt-get install xubuntu-desktop (xfce – lightweight interface)
  sudo apt-get install lubuntu-desktop (lxde – lightweight but kinda ugly… XP-ish looking)
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myk

thanks,would you please,give me the procedure for creating a web page.
anibal montano

Thanks!
Jesus Christ on the Cross

Waiting on this horseshit method to finish uninstalling 90% of my software, and THEN install a lampstack. Bullshit.
bukz

Damn.. it ruined my desktop.. sux..
maurice

Thanks for the info! I created a guide specifically for upgrading Ubuntu 12.04 to 12.10 with screenshots and all steps needed to complete the process. Check it out, looking forward to your feedback!

http://www.maknesium.de/guide-upgrade-ubuntu-from-12-04-lts-precise-pangolin-to-12-10-quantal-quetzal
projo

Worked fine for me. Thanks.

I did use a simple editor since I don’t remember the vi commands.
lol

crash all system FACK YOU
viral patel

There are also avaliable of xampp linux version. just download it and use one command (which is also avaliable on their site).That’s it. it is install it in opt folder.

http://www.apachefriends.org/en/xampp-linux.html

I think it is easiest way 2 install lamp in linux
- Arun
  
  I agree, I have been using XAMPP on windows for a while. With linux, i feel the biggest advantage is being standalone [not setup style approach] and XAMPP does it just right !
Ashish

nice
Yogesh

Thanks man!!! I am a non-techie but your tutorial was so easy to understand and was so well explained that even I could get a LAMP running on my PC. Actually I needed it to access wikipedia dump on my computer…
Yogesh

Would you please tell me what is the username and password that I have to provide on the first page of phpMyAdmin? During installation they asked for some passwords only didn’t ask for any user name and when I am providing my laptop’s username I m not able to log in… Thanks I got it from another post here http://stackoverflow.com/questions/5818358/phpmyadmin-default-password
mrakhlak

vim sucks , use gedit to edit files guys
- http://twitter.com/iC0nvict iC0nvict!
  
  He doesn’t even uses vim. He says “vi” not “vim”
  Oh my gosh..
  
  Regards, convict!
FUCK

FUCK U

WHY U DIDN’T MENTION THAT CAN CRASH THE SYSTEM.
regex

what’s wrong with tasksel? it removes ubuntu (12.10) packages o,o
any idea?…
Jack Sparrow

After this operation crash my entire system then i need to re install whole ubuntu 12.10.. I think it dont work. so please perform this process by your own risk..
ahhhhhhhhhhh

AHHHH!!!!!! I am so very upset right now. My Ubuntu 12.04 system has been completely hosed by taking the advice of this tutorial to use Taskel. And now after seeing the comments I realize that I’m just one of many who have had their systems completely hosed by thinking that this article was doing us a favor.

The joke’s on us! Congratulations!
http://www.facebook.com/xnerdxlinux Honey Buzz

i installed it in ubuntu 12.10 quantel and it is installed perfectly ;)
arg

you must die due to your hazardous post
NobuCMH

thank you
hookability

I recommend editing the file with gedit
the command would be: sudo gedit/var/www/info.php
- Orb
  
  Just letting people know that there’s a space missing between gedit and the path. Also, you probably should use gksudo instead of sudo, since gedit is a graphical application. https://help.ubuntu.com/community/RootSudo#Graphical_sudo
Chris

sudo apt-get install lamp-server^ phpmyadmin >>>>>>>> The reason this may not work for some is because there is an extra space after apt-get. For everyone else whining, show some respect for the one’s sharing knowledge. If it doesn’t work for you, you made a mistake and it’s OKAY! To everyone else, thanks for sharing……
Kevin Varnon

Hi i got installed php and mysql with apache2.2 with this tutorial. Its nice. Thank you.
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http://www.facebook.com/alejandrorubio Alejandro Rubio

Wow, that was easy! Thanks! Seriously, I’ve done this several times and never had it go so painlessly!
alane

Yep disregard all the negative comments – this gives useful advice. I imagine that anyone that had their Ubunto install messed up had omitted to uncheck the ubuntu desktop install before checking the lamp install. Maybe this should have been part of the instructions but you cant account for everything.
alane

also you may have to edit a conf file for Apache to start in the browser – see http://askubuntu.com/questions/236452/not-able-to-open-phpmyadmin?answertab=votes#tab-top
sriharsha

Hai i followed your instruction but while trying for.

http://localhost/phpmyadmin

i got

”

Not Found

The requested URL /phpmyadmin was not found on this server.

Apache/2.2.22 (Ubuntu) Server at localhost Port 80

”

as output please help me to fix this problem
- Tshepo
  
  try netstart command locate the process holding the port & kill it.
tysat

Worst guide ever, using taskel and didn’t read the comments first…. uninstalled a bunch of crap because of it
n1ck0las

Common sense kept me from unchecking anything already checked. This is common to come across on Linux, and it would be worth pausing to think about before cursing the author.

I should also add that it’s a right of passage to completely f**k up a Linux install at least once.
Frank

I don’t know about you guys but I prefer to install LAMP in a single click after reading about other methods.

Don’t know if you are allowed to link to other guides here or not but this one seemed to help as it had alot of screenshots, http://draalin.com/installing-lamp-on-ubuntu/

They had two different installation methods there too which was nice.
SunnyDaze

Here is the one-line LAMP install that works:

sudo apt-get install phpmyadmin

That’s it!

PHPMyAdmin depends on all the other stuff, like PHP, and MySQL, so all dependencies are installed. You just answer questions when they pop up, and please remember any passwords you create. I believe your root password for MySQL is also your root password for PHPMyAdmin.

Sometimes the phpmyadmin.cnf file isn’t created, so you must create it,
and add the proper code, but that is more info than I want to put in this comment.

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