This tutorial shows how to install an Apache web server on CentOS 7 server with PHP (mod_php) and MySQL database. The acronym LAMP is short for Linux, Apache, MySQL, PHP. Step 1: Install Apache and Allow in Firewall. The Apache web server is among the most popular web servers in the world. It's well-documented, and has been in wide use for much of the history of the web, which makes it a great default choice for hosting a website. We can install Apache easily using Ubuntu's package manager, apt. This term is actually an acronym which represents the Linux operating system, with the Apache web server. The site data is stored in a MySQL database, and dynamic content is processed by PHP. In this guide, we'll get a LAMP stack installed on an Ubuntu 16.04 Droplet.
Installing LAMP (Linux, Apache, MySQL and PHP) On Linux Mint
Through this tutorial, you'll learn how to Install Apache, MySQL and PHP.
If you're a webpage designer or developer and use PHP, mySQL and Apache, you'll be needing these applications to be installed. When I istalled Mint, I was looking for a way to install LAMP and found a tutorial on a website by somebody named 'Cargoship'. That tutorial was for ubuntu. But I installed it on my Linux mint, and it is working.
In this guide I will show you how to install a LAMP system. LAMP stands for Linux, Apache, MySQL, PHP. The guide is intended to help those who have very little knowlegde of using Linux.
We will not cover how to install Linux the L of LAMP, because Linux Mint is already installed in your computer.
Install Apache
To start off we will install Apache.
1. Open up the Terminal (Applications > Accessories > Terminal).
2. Copy/Paste or type the following line of code into Terminal and then press enter:
sudo apt-get install apache2
3. The Terminal will then ask you for you're password, type it and then press enter.
Testing Apache
To make sure everything installed correctly we will now test Apache to ensure it is working properly.
1. Open up any web browser and then enter the following into the web address:
http://localhost/
You should see a folder entitled apache2-default/. Open it and you will see a message saying 'It works!' , congrats to you! or something like that!
Install PHP
In this part we will install PHP 5.
Step 1. Again open up the Terminal (Applications > Accessories > Terminal).
Step 2. Copy/Paste or type the following line into Terminal and press enter:
sudo apt-get install php5 libapache2-mod-php5
Step 3. In order for PHP to work and be compatible with Apache we must restart Apache. Type the following code in Terminal to do this:
sudo /etc/init.d/apache2 restart
Test PHP
To ensure there are no issues with PHP let's give it a quick test run.
Lamp Ubuntu
Step 1. In the terminal copy/paste or type the following line:
sudo gedit /var/www/testphp.php
This will open up a file called testphp.php.
Step 2. Copy/Paste this line into the phptest file:
<?php phpinfo(); ?>
Step 3. Save and close the file.
Step 4. Now open you're web browser and type the following into the web address:
http://localhost/testphp.php
(It will show you the page that has all information about your php. If you have prior experience of installing php in some other OS, you must have seen this page.)
Congrats you have now installed both Apache and PHP!
Install MySQL
To finish this guide up we will install MySQL.
Step 1. Once again open up the amazing Terminal and then copy/paste or type this line:
sudo apt-get install mysql-server
Step 2 (optional). In order for other computers on your network to view the server you have created, you must first edit the 'Bind Address'. Begin by opening up Terminal to edit the my.cnf file.
gksudo gedit /etc/mysql/my.cnf
Change the line
bind-address = 127.0.0.1
And change the 127.0.0.1 to your IP address.
(In Linux Mint 11, terminal itself asked to the set password, But if it doesn't follow the step 3.)
Step 3. This is where things may start to get tricky. Begin by typing the following into Terminal:
mysql -u root
Following that copy/paste or type this line:
mysql> SET PASSWORD FOR 'root'@'localhost' = PASSWORD('yourpassword');
(Make sure to change yourpassword to a password of your choice.)
Step 4. We are now going to install a program called phpMyAdmin which is an easy tool to edit your databases. Copy/paste or type the following line into Terminal:
sudo apt-get install libapache2-mod-auth-mysql php5-mysql phpmyadmin
After that is installed our next task is to get PHP to work with MySQL. To do this we will need to open a file entitled php.ini. To open it type the following:
gksudo gedit /etc/php5/apache2/php.ini
Now we are going to have to uncomment the following line by taking out the semicolon (;).
Change this line:
;extension=mysql.so
To look like this:
extension=mysql.so
Now just restart Apache and you are all set!
sudo /etc/init.d/apache2 restart
If you get a 404 error upon visiting http://localhost/phpmyadmin: You will need to configure apache2.conf to work with Phpmyadmin.
sudo gedit /etc/apache2/apache2.conf
Include the following line at the bottom of the file, save and quit.
Include /etc/phpmyadmin/apache.conf
Then just restart Apache
sudo /etc/init.d/apache2 restart
Now make wonderful website and have fun!
Terminal scares the newbies, but here, you'll see how magical terminal or comand promt (whatever you call it) is.
And as Linux is very secure OS, it'll ask you the password again and again, on every administrative command. You'll have to type in your password many times, whenever terminal asks for it.
The End
It can be really helpful to have PHP installed on your home computer. Especially if you're still learning. So today I'm going to walk you through how to do so on a PC with linux.
First things first, you're going to need Apache to be installed already.
1. Download Apache, this will assume you download the latest version as of this publication, which is 2.4.3. If you use a different one, be sure to change the commands below (since we use the name of the file).
2. Move this to your src folder, at / usr/local/src, and run the following commands, which will un archive the zipped source, in a shell:
3. The following command is semi-optional. If you don't mind the default options, which installs it to /usr/local/apache2, you can skip to step 4. If you're interested as to what can be customized, then run this command:
This will give you a list of the options you can change for when it installs.
4. This will install Apache:
Note: if you get an error that says something like this: configure: error: no acceptable C compiler found in $PATH, then you need to install a C compiler. This probably won't happen, but if it does, Google 'install gcc on [insert your brand of linux]'
5. Yay! Now you can start up and test Apache:
Then point your browser to http://local-host and it should tell you 'It Works!'
Note: if you changed where Apache installed, you should adjust the above cd command accordingly.
Now that you have Apache installed, you can install and test PHP!
Again, this assumes you're downloading a certain file, which is a certain version of PHP. And again, this is the latest stable release as of writing this. That file is named php-5.4.9.tar.bz2
1. Download php-5.4.9.tar.bz2 from www.php.net/downloads.php and again place it in your /usr/local/src then run the following commands:
2. Again, this step is semi-optional as it deals with configuring php before you install it. So, if you want to customize the installation, or see how you can customize it:
3. The next commands actually install PHP, with the default apache install location of /usr/local/apache2:
4. Open the file /usr/local/apache2/conf/httpd.conf and add the following text:
How To Install Apache With Php On Linux
Then while in that file make sure it has a line that says LoadModule php5_module modules/libphp5.so
5. Now you will want to restart apache and verify that php is installed and woking correctly:
No make a file called test.php in your /usr/local/apache2/htdocs folder with the following line in it:
Now point your favorite internet browser at http://local-host/test.php and it should tell you all about your working php installation.