how to correctly install apache2, php5, mysql and phpmyadmin

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.

6 Answers

From a command line:

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

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 : 

Use Your Login what u used for mysql installation

Login Information I always use for demo purpose is

root and password is admin123

The quickest and my favorite is - open the terminal and type

sudo apt-get install lamp-server^ phpmyadmin 

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 trusty main deb precise-security main universe deb 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!

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

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: .