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What is the most correct method of installing apache 2 server, php5, mysql and phpMyAdmin?

I installed it this week, and I had a lot problems without solutions, so now that I reinstalled Ubuntu 13.04 I don't want to make the same mistake again.

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From a command line:

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

https://help.ubuntu.com/community/ApacheMySQLPHP

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    Another option is sudo apt-get install lamp-server^?
    – Sithu
    Oct 22, 2014 at 12:25
  • I installed lamp-server^. Does it include phpMyAdmin? How can I access it from browser?
    – Sithu
    Oct 22, 2014 at 12:57
  • sudo vi /etc/apache2/mods-available/php5.conf and comment the line that says php_admin_flag engine Off "DO NOT MAKE IT ON JUST COMMENT IT OUT" Apr 26, 2016 at 19:43
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Install Apache2

sudo apt-get update

sudo apt-get install apache2

sudo apt-get install php mysql-server mysql-client php5-mysql libapache2-mod-auth-mysql php-mbstring php5-gd libapache2-mod-php5


sudo mysql_install_db

Set password for mysql

sudo /usr/bin/mysql_secure_installation

Then install the php

sudo apt-get install php5 libapache2-mod-php5 php5-mcrypt

sudo apt-get install php5-mysql php5-curl php5-gd php5-intl php-pear php5-imagick php5-imap php5-mcrypt php5-memcache php5-ming php5-ps php5-pspell php5-recode php5-snmp php5-sqlite php5-tidy php5-xmlrpc php5-xsl

Then to check the PHP

sudo vim /var/www/info.php

<?php
phpinfo();
?>


sudo /etc/init.d/apache2 restart

Install phpmyadmin

apt-get install phpmyadmin

While installation it will ask for some settings for choosing apache server or lighthttpd choosem apache

Choose Apache

Choose no for dbconfig-common

Now Navigate to the Web Browser and openup the IP mentioned with /phpmyadmin/

eg : http://192.168.122.69/phpmyadmin/

Use Your Login what u used for mysql installation

Login Information I always use for demo purpose is

root and password is admin123

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  • vas@LenovoZ580:~/Desktop$ sudo apt-get install php mysql-server mysql-client php5-mysql libapache2-mod-auth-mysql php-mbstring php5-gd libapache2-mod-php5 Reading package lists... Done Building dependency tree Reading state information... Done E: Unable to locate package php E: Unable to locate package php-mbstring
    – L.V.A
    Oct 15, 2013 at 16:12
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    Remove the php-mbstring and install using other Oct 16, 2013 at 5:19
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The quickest and my favorite is - open the terminal and type

sudo apt-get install lamp-server^ phpmyadmin
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  • @user118136 I just added mine for future readers - did see the solved mark.
    – chesedo
    Oct 17, 2013 at 5:06
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I've developed some steps to install php 5.3 + Apache on Ubuntu 14.

First, write the following repositories to the file /etc/apt/sources.list.d/ubuntu-old.list

deb http://55.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ trusty main
deb http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu precise-security main universe
deb http://cz.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu precise main universe

run apt-get update and then

sudo apt-get install php5=5.3.10-1ubuntu3.19 php5-cli=5.3.10-1ubuntu3.19 php5-common=5.3.10-1ubuntu3.19 libapache2-mod-php5=5.3.10-1ubuntu3.19 apache2=2.2.22-1ubuntu1.9  apache2-mpm-prefork=2.2.22-1ubuntu1.9 apache2.2-common=2.2.22-1ubuntu1.9 apache2.2-bin=2.2.22-1ubuntu1.9 php5-pgsql=5.3.10-1ubuntu3.19 php5-xdebug=2.1.0-1

I've tested each command, it worked fine!

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  1. ALWAYS

    sudo apt-get update
    
  2. Basic:

    sudo apt-get install apache2 php5-common mysql-server libapache2-mod-auth-mysql php5-mysql
    
  3. Extras:

    sudo apt-get install php5-dev php5-gd
    
  4. Make sure you ALWAYS run mysql_secure_installation after you have installed MySQL
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On Ubuntu 13.10 I had an error installing phpmyadmin:

Errors were encountered while processing:
 javascript-common

When I loaded the page in my browser it came up as:

error: json missing

Found the answer here: https://superuser.com/questions/639945/how-to-fix-the-phpmyadmin-error-json-extension-is-missing.

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