How to install lamp (Linux, Apache, MySQL and Php) in Ubuntu 14.04

Do you want to install lamp on your Linux system?. Great, but first you must need to know something about Lamp in the context of Operating system. Basically, a lamp is an abbreviation for Linux, Apache, MySQL and PHP. In this article, we are discussing the step by step installation of Lamp.

Linux – Linux is a widely used open source operating system.
Apache – Apache is an open source web server mostly used in Linux-based operating systems
MySQL – It is one of the most popular relational database management system.
PhpMyadmin – It is an open source web development language.

Just have a glance at this article to find out how to install Lamp (Linux, Apache, MySQL, and PHP) in Ubuntu 14.04

Step to install lamp in Ubuntu 14.04:

Step 1: First open your terminal and type “sudo apt-get install apache2”, this command will install Apache server in your system. Type your root password when prompted.

Step 2: Just press “y”, when prompt “Do you want to continue? [Y/n]”.

Step 3: Now, go to your web browser in order to configure or test your Apache server and for that just type: “http://localhost”.

Step 4: Now type “sudo apt-get install mysql-server” to install MySQL server.

Step 5: You can also use another method to install Mysql server for that type: “sudo apt-get install mysql-server libapache2-mod-auth-mysql php5-mysql” and then hit enter.

Step 6: Now, type: “sudo mysql_install_db” to install MySQL system table. (Note: Once your server gets installed then you can use “sudo service mysql status” command in order to test MySQL).

Step 7: In order to install php you need to type: “sudo apt-get install php5 libapache2-mod-php5” and then press “Y” when prompted. After that, you can use “sudo apt-get install phpmyadmin” to install phpmyadmin to your Ubuntu System.

Step 8: You have to open apache2.conf file in order to add phpmyadmin to Apache configuration file, for that type: “sudo nano /etc/apache2/apache2.conf”.

Step 9: Traverse at the bottom of apache2.conf file and then type ” # Include /etc/phpmyadmin/apache.conf” and then press Ctrl+x to save and exit.