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.
In this quick tutorial we will explain you how to install LAMP SERVER on Debian Squeeze (For newbies)
The installation of Lamp server in Debian Sqeeze will be done in 3 steps :
1. Install apache2 + php5
Apache is one of the most famous web server which runs on most linux based servers. With just few commands you can configure apache to run with PHP 5.
root@unixmen-debian6:~# apt-get install apache2 php5 libapache2-mod-php5
your normal web folder is located in /var/www/
Now lets check if php is corectly installed
vi /var/www/test.php
and add
{codecitation}<?php phpinfo(); ?>{/codecitation}
save and exit
Now open browser with http://ip/test.php
2. Installing MySQL Database Server
To install MySQL, as root enter the following command:
apt-get install mysql-server mysql-client php5-mysql
in this installation you will get a windows to insert your root mysql password
- Or yon can add it manually later with :
mysql -u root mysql> USE mysql;mysql> UPDATE user SET Password=PASSWORD('your-password') WHERE user='root';mysql> FLUSH PRIVILEGES;
3. Install PhpMyAdmin
Phpmyadmin is easy webtool to manage you databases to install it :
apt-get install phpmyadmin
Choose the webserver that you want to use , in my case is apache2
Now open your browser with http://ip/phpmyadmin
Hope the tutorial will be useful.
