Install LAMP environment and phpMyAdmin from the command line under ubuntu

We first need to install LAMP, which is Apache, PHP5, Mysql5.

Open the terminal and enter the command line.

1. Install Apache

sudo apt-get install apache2

2. Test Apache

To determine whether the installation is successful, let’s test it. Open the browser and enter the following URL:

http://localhost/

If successful, you will see the following content "It works!" Congratulations, you have taken the first step.

3. Install PHP5

Step 1. Open the terminal (ctrl+alt+T).

Step 2. Enter the following command line:

sudo apt-get install php5 libapache2-mod-php5

Step 3. In order to make PHP and Apache work together, we need to configure it PHP and test it.

sudo /etc/init.d/apache2 restart

4. Test PHP

Step 1. We first create a PHP test file (let’s call it phptest.php) and enter the following content:

sudo gedit /var/www/testphp.php

Step 2. At this time we will open a text editor, in which Enter the following content.

<?php phpinfo(); ?>

Step 3. Save and exit.

Step 4. Now open your browser and take a look at what we just created. Enter the following URL:

http://localhost/testphp.php

If the PHP information page is displayed, it means you have taken another small step.

5. Install MySQL

Now let’s install Mysql5 (This is the last step and the more troublesome step, so pay attention when installing.)

Step 1. Open the terminal again and enter the following content.

sudo apt-get install mysql-server

Step 2. During installation, if you are asked to enter the Mysql password, enter the password. If there is no requirement, proceed to the next step. Enter the following command in the terminal:

mysql -u root

Later, you have to enter the following;

mysql> SET PASSWORD FOR 'root'@'localhost' = PASSWORD('yourpassword');

The 'root' above is your Mysql username, and 'yourpassword' is your new password.

Step 3. Next we will deal with the more difficult phpmyadmin. A common problem here is that phpmyadmin is obviously installed but when entering http://localhost/phpmyadmin, the management interface does not appear, but a page not found appears. . Don't worry, let's install phpmyadmin first and then solve it. Enter the following commands:

sudo apt-get install libapache2-mod-auth-mysql php5-mysql phpmyadmin

The phpmyadmin here is compatible with the php5 we installed before. If the PHP you installed does not match phpmyadmin, They won't work.

Step 4. Now let’s solve the problem of phpmyadmin “not working”. After we install phpmyadmin, don’t think that everything is ready. In fact, we still have one more job to complete, which is to configure phpmyadmin and apache2. In the same terminal, enter:

cp /etc/phpmyadmin/apache.conf /etc/apache2/sites-available/phpmyadmin

In this way, we copy the apache.conf (apache configuration file) in phpmyadmin to the phpmyadmin file under apache2/sites-available.

Step 5. Then enter and enter the sites-enabled folder:

cd /etc/apache2/sites-enabled/

Step 6. After entering, we need to create a link to the configuration file so that we can use it. Input:

sudo ln -s ../sites-available/phpmyadmin

Step 7. Restart apache2

sudo /etc/init.d/apache2 restart

Okay. Open http://localhost/phpmyadmin to experience it.

At this point, our LAMP configuration is completely over. I hope it will be helpful to you.