very useful article..though had got stuck in between while using "mysql -u root", but made do with "mysql -p". Thanks a ton...:-)

Simple and at object. It was very helpfully for me.Thank you

Dear Sir,

Happy to inform you your How-to works with Ubuntu 9.04.

A good and easy to follow how-to. Tanks a lot.

Wouter

Thanks for the guide, I used it to manualy install LAMP on Ubuntu 9.04 Jaunty Server. If anyone is reading this and wants to install manualy as I have done simply follow the guide as written above replacing all references that contain

 sudo gedit <command here>

 or 

 gksudo gedit <command here>

 with

 sudo pico <command here>

Thank you, very good tutorial, now I have LAMP set up on Ubuntu 9.

Parag

http://narayank.blogspot.com

Great guides. Used it for Ubuntu 8.1 desktop.

 couple of slight differences:

1. It will auto ask you for a password for the mySQL database - so you dont need to manually enter the commands

2. the ";extension=mysql.so" section isnt needed - because it now starts as "extension=mysql.so"

 HOWEVER: if you want to use mysqli (<- see the "i" extension) commands you need to:

gksudo gedit /etc/php5/apache2/conf.d/mysql.ini

and add the line

extension=mysqli.so

 Restart the apache server and it will work

hi above document is really very good. i really thank. i have installed apache php and mysql in my pc

thanks :)

 hi,

 I followed the above steps in installing lamp server but when I tried to connect to mySQL.. the below error occurs

ERROR 2002 (HY000): Can't connect to local MySQL server through socket '/var/run/mysqld/mysqld.sock' (2)
 

addition info:

apache works fine

php works fine

I have changed my bind address

I have changed php.ini file to get PHP to work with MySQL

plz help

Thanks for the very great guide.i almost finish all of your instructions but i encountered some problem on ubuntu 8.10 which may be related to get php work with mysql.

the line ;extension=mysql.so doesn't exist,i just found ;extension=msql.so

after i read the comment above,i can find line  extension=mysql in /etc/php5/apache2/conf.d/mysql.ini

typing gksudo gedit/etc/php5/apache2/conf.d/mysql.ini into terminal will find line extension=mysql.so

great tutorial,thanks a lot.

Ramon

Don't follow this guide, just run

sudo tasksel install lamp-server

Tada

[sudo] password for ck:
sudo: nautilus/var/www: command not found
ck@freekbox:~/Desktop$

?????

wadoidonow?

ck

Thank you very much, it is very clear and help full article.

Hey, this article has been great to me and I have really loved that straight to point idea.

 We are new users of UBUTU and very excited to be part of the family.

cheers

Great tutorial, worked through it ok with just one or two things which I was able to figure out myself (MySQL Password, and Selecting to install for Apache 2).

Perhaps it is time that you ran through the process again yourself  and made the appropriate changes.

Otherwise great job.

One thing which did come up at the end when I restarted Apache2 was the message

Could not reliably determine the server's fully qualified domain name using (IP Address) for ServerName.

Any pointers as to what is happening and how I can fix this if it's a real problem?

Steve

Great tutorial! Was able to install all without any issues.

Thanks

I have not used Linux since 2001 and now I have a LAMP system running on my desktop.  Tutorial is good.

But what do I do now.  How do I start a web page for the world to see.

If anyone can point me to another great tutorial, thanks in advance.

Stay Cool.

Thanks.

Wish there were more tutorials out there like yours... Awesome!

 In fact (I hope I'm allowed to post this part...) I was following your directions (but I was installing onto a fresh Kubuntu setup) and I had no problems.  Only difference (in case anyone uses KDE) was replacing which commands to run (SIMPLE, though):

• Instead of typing gksudo I just typed sudo and
• Instead of typing gedit I typed kate (although kwrite would have worked just as well...)

Either way, thanks VERY much for your help.

Your how to guide for installing lamp on Ubuntu was great. Everything worked just like the instructions. The way it always should be.

 I did find that the password for mysql was automatically set in the script so I did not need to use the mysql command line to set the password.

 Great Job. Thanks

hello

I also had the problem with " mysql -u root " as it had already prometed for a password when installing. mysql -u root -p got me in and "exit" got me out again.

Finaly came to a halt with "Couldn't find package phpmyadmin "

Now trying to fix repositories........

This really helped, i was used to windows xamp & wamp managers, having some files of their own and management ghizmos of their own.

I just set up my first Ubuntu Studio, (i have had previous linux installs, lurking quasi unused on my computer), now i permanently deleted windows and deffected from the ranks of windows users.

This guide was straight forward enough and simple enough to actually be done in 5 minutes.

 Thanks!

Great Tutorial writing.

Easy to follow.

My problems are here:-

Option (2)INSTALLING MYSQL.... tell us how to find our IP address please!

Then:-

mysql -u root

gives:-

ERROR 1045 (28000): Access denied for user 'root'@'localhost' (using password: NO)

Wonder whether you can help..?

Thanks

Daf

I'm new to Ubuntu. I've just installed 8.10 as experiment since I normally run PCLOS.

As with everything I've tried to do under Ubuntu, I've found nearly everything I've tried to do more complicated than it needs to be!

  Having said that-- I found your first effort to write a howto very clear and concise.

Thank you.

Jim

very good guide, all done well!!!

TOP 10

TKS

Thanks a lot, this was really helpful.  However, I encountered some problems on Ubuntu 7.04 which may be related to previous Apache installations, configurations and deinstallations.

 1.  Apache complained: "Could not reliably determine the server's fully qualified domain name, using 127.0.1.1 for ServerName"

Solution:  Add a directive "ServerName myserver" to apache2.conf and add "127.0.1.1    myserver" to /etc/hosts.

 2.  http://localhost did not work.

Solution:  Apache is listening on port 8081.  See ports.conf. 

 3.  Apache did not execute the php testscript but simply served the file.

Solution:  I had to activate the php module manually by creating a symbolic link:

$ cd /etc/apache2

$ sudo ln -s ../mods-available/php5.load mods-enabled/php5.load

Thanks for the wonderful guide.

I also didn't need to edit php.ini for it was already edited but I couldn't restarting web server apache2.

it says: Unable to resolve host ... and  fails !

I'm totally a newbie and I'd appreciate it if you tell me if there is anything wrong.

Thanks in advance

Thank you for this tutorial.

It's very good and it's help me to solve all my problems...

Hélio Évora

First: Excellent work dude!

Second: I had to copy phpmyadmin into my document root directory to work http://localhost/phpmyadmin, with this command in shell:

sudo ln -s /usr/share/phpmyadmin/ /var/www/phpmyadmin

# /usr/share/phpmyadmin/ is the directory where phpmyadmin installed
# /var/www/ is your document root directory

Thanks!  This worked very well, with one minor glitch for my particular case.  After installing mysql, I needed to start mysql with:

sudo /etc/init.d mysql start

Then everything else worked. 

Hi cargoship. I had problems, I'm afraid, and did not manage to get lamp operational. I've posted my questions on the forum, as requested by the admin. I'm new to Linux so I suspect I'm the problem, not your procedure.

First off, thanks a ton for the awesome how-to. My only question is:

Do I have to be connected to the internet to get all of this started? I ask because I plan to set this up on a separate machine & I haven't picked up a router/nat yet. So I just want to make sure if I need that in place for everything to work properly w/out having to re-do it again if I start w/out internet connectivity.

Thanks for the comments everyone.

@ IronHide - Now just do whatever you want with your brand new installation!

@locutus_of_borg - I re-installed LAMP and it still seems to be in php.ini, but you are right it is also in mysql.ini. I am not sure it if makes a difference though.

@mihai331 - I think I might edit the guide to explain more the purpose of what people are doing. Like what they are downloading, and why they would edit this and that. Also maybe a few pictures for extra clarification.

    sudo apt-get install apache2 php5 mysql-server phpmyadmin

Worked for me. 

i followed your guide with my new installation of ubuntu server 7.04 (feisty) and everything worked exactly as you said.

one small correction in the part where you edit:  /etc/php5/apache2/php.ini

 it seems, they moved "extension=mysql.so" to /etc/php5/apache2/conf.d/mysql.ini so we dont really need to bother editing php.ini after all.

thanks for the guide, saved me the trouble of figuring out the correct sequence of packages to install