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I want to develop web applications with PHP, for that reason I need to install a LAMP system, I heard that it's good idea to use latest versions of PHP, MySQL and Apache ... so if it's possible please help me ...

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    JFTR "I heard that it's good idea to use latest versions of PHP, MySQL and Apache ... so if it's possible please help me ..." - you heard it wrong. It's probably safest to use the packaged versions in Ubuntu. You will need the latest&greatest only in edge cases.
    – oerdnj
    Aug 6, 2013 at 11:51

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You can install lamp server by just running,

sudo apt-get install lamp-server^

(Please see this answer for an explanation.)

Then you can copy your files into /var/www folder and view through browser in localhost. Since copying files into /var/www folder needs privileges and annoying you can change that directory to your own one.

you can replace "/var/www" string in following files into your own directory path and then you can use new directory as your www folder.

/etc/apache2/sites-available/default
/etc/apache2/sites-available/default-ssl

After changing contents of the above files, run

sudo /etc/init.d/apache2 restart

to restart webserver. Then you will be able to use new directory as the web folder.

Hope this helps.

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Start by installing tasksel, then install the lamp-server. As per the Ubuntu help documentation.

  • sudo apt-get install tasksel
  • sudo tasksel install lamp-server

And you are off. Just place your files in /var/www/

go to localhost in a browser and view your files.

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