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Install Lamp With 1 Command In Ubuntu

12.10, 13.04 Raring Ringtail & LinuxMint13
WRITTEN BY mel kham ON OCTOBER 11, 2010. POSTED IN linux mint, linux tutorials, ubuntu

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Updated: 10/09/2012 :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.
We did show you in our previous post how to install LAMP in Ubuntu 10.04 with one command
using tasksel command. It is a software installation application that is an integral part of the
Debian installer and works under Ubuntu Linux too. It groups some packages by tasks and offers
the user an easy way to install the packages for that task. It provides the same functionality as
using conventional meta-packages. in Maverick this command dosn`t come by default, so we
need to install it first before to perform the LAMP installation.
This tutorial was has been tested on Ubuntu 10.04, 10.10, 11.04, 11.10, 12.04 LTS Precise
Pangolin. Also tested in LinuxMint13 and works fine.
Open terminal and Type the command :install it first with
sudo apt-get install tasksel

Now to install LAMP, type the taskel command in terminal :

sudo tasksel

And select LAMP Server:

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Php is installed.
To full manage your lamp Server database, install phpmyadmin
sudo apt-get install phpmyadmin
To login to phpmyadmin, open browser and type :
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Perfect instructions! Easy and to the point.

Ive read other websites that take you here
and there, and have you install a bunch of
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Lepro

2 years ago

sudo apt-get install lamp-server^ phpmyadmin

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Aaron Hinojosa

Lepro a year ago

Definitely a better option than Tasksel. Tasksel will wipe out critical components if you are not careful and the
UI is a bit confusing (e.g., unchecking a box means marking the component for removal).
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Durkadur

Aaron Hinojosa 11 months ago

Ohh noo ****ing hell.. You're right that UI is misleading.

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Guest

Aaron Hinojosa 3 months ago

OMG! Thats the worst UI I have ever seen in my whole life! I was uninstalling ubuntu desktop without
knowing. And thats why I have had to reinstall a brocken OS 3 times today. Damnit!
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FrankieBagnardi

Lepro 2 years ago

Thanks, that's the easiest lamp install I've ever done. What does the caret (^) mean there?
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eg0e

FrankieBagnardi a year ago

Basically, it tells apt-get that you're issuing a command that would normally be handled by Tasksel
(Without having to first install tasksel.)
Fairly good explanation below.
http://tech.shantanugoel.com/2...
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Jonathan Barronville

FrankieBagnardi 2 years ago

The caret means that it's a Taskel task. Check out the following link, I think it mentions that. Here is
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Sean Davis

Lepro a month ago

That was so much easier. Thank you!

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Warit

Lepro 2 years ago

tasksel: aptitude failed (100)

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Rubens Mariuzzo

Warit 3 months ago

Same for me... and I don't know why.

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lol

a year ago

crash all system FACK YOU

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a year ago

FUCK U
WHY U DIDN'T MENTION THAT CAN CRASH THE SYSTEM.
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Valerio

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2 years ago

I fix the installation doing this in terminal

# sudo ln -s /usr/share/phpmyadmin /var/www/phpmyadmin
After, I can access the phpadmin normally by [url=http://127.0.0.1/phpmyadmin]here[/url]
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Valerio 10 months ago

thnx man...this tip really helped...

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Rangpuriya

Valerio a year ago

Thanks a lot. My problem was solved by your tips!

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Randy

Valerio a year ago

Exactly what I needed, this should be in the tutorial. Thanks1

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Alex de Lanne

Valerio a year ago

Good one, that did the trick for me! I think you create a hard link with this to your user folder where it
automatically is installed in.
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Jesus Christ on the Cross

a year ago

Waiting on this horseshit method to finish uninstalling 90% of my software, and THEN install a lampstack. Bullshit.
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Upset Ubuntu User

2 years ago

This almost wiped by whole Desktop clean! The author really should have warned against the possible implications
of using this approach to install software on Ubuntu... proceed with CAUTION!
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Mike Monaco

a year ago

I think the people who are saying that this tutorial messed up their whole desktops didn't de-select "ubuntu desktop"
from the list of packages. could that be?
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Mike Monaco 11 months ago

from what I understand, if it's listed and you uncheck the box...it will be removed...what a pain in the ass.
i gotta get an engineer involved to bail me out. grrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrreat
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brandon miller 8 months ago

You shouldn't be so stupid, in the first time.

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n1ck0las

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9 months ago

Common sense kept me from unchecking anything already checked. This is common to come across on Linux, and
it would be worth pausing to think about before cursing the author.
I should also add that it's a right of passage to completely f**k up a Linux install at least once.
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hans schneidhofer

2 years ago

hi, I am a bloody newcomer with lamp and have trouble;

have done all your directions, created a php.info but all what I get is : How should firefox with this file procedure ? ...
save as file ... or open with ...
looking with ls -al in /var/www show me the following :
user hans group hans -rwxr-xr-x info.php but have tried also 644 with the same result. hmm, what's going wrong or
which bugs have I done here ? :-)
t hanks in advane
hans
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Typo

hans schneidhofer a year ago

I think your problem may be that you create "php.info", instead of "info.php". Read instructions carefully.
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Marcel

hans schneidhofer a year ago

Restart your apache server.

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Alexander Meesters

hans schneidhofer 2 years ago

looks like your apache doesn't recognize your php... are you sure you have installed it with the tasksel
method? or dit you alter the default apache config?
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Namaste31

2 years ago

I don't thank you for this article, it completely screwed up my installation afterwards !!! Now I have to reinstall ubuntu
12.04 completely !!!
I should have followed Ubuntu's website instructions, saying that tasksel is not the preferred method (what an
euphemism...).
Tasksel install is a "forced" install, that doesn't take into account any dependancies and you can get into serious
trouble because of that, I know about that.
At least I know now : I will never ever again use tasksel !
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ahhhhhhhhhhh

a year ago

AHHHH!!!!!! I am so very upset right now. My Ubuntu 12.04 system has been completely hosed by taking the advice
of this tutorial to use Taskel. And now after seeing the comments I realize that I'm just one of many who have had
their systems completely hosed by thinking that this article was doing us a favor.
The joke's on us! Congratulations!
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a year ago

There are also avaliable of xampp linux version. just download it and use one command (which is also avaliable on
their site).That's it. it is install it in opt folder.
http://www.apachefriends.org/e...
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Arun

viralgm a year ago

I agree, I have been using XAMPP on windows for a while. With linux, i feel the biggest advantage is being
standalone [not setup style approach] and XAMPP does it just right !
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2 years ago

I am using Ubuntu 12.04 64 bits.

When this tutorial says to make info.php file i get stucked, because with vi editor it was not possible to write to the
file, but with gedit it was possible, but we must have root privileges to save the file.
In order to make info.php file you must login as root:
1. type in your terminal: sudo su
2. now press enter
3. insert your password
Note: as you type the you wont see anything, but don worry the letters are there ;)
4. press enter
5. now type in your terminal: $sudo gedit /var/www/info.php
6. Copy and paste this code as you seen before in this article:
7. Save your file
8. Close gedit editor
Now you can continue this tutorial ;)
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Exadra37 a year ago

thanks couldnt get it working until saw this :D

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Ardy

5 months ago

i follow this tutorial completely after fresh reformat my ubuntu server and worked now.
but, when i want to ssh my vps using putty, it say ssh: connect to host 192.184.88.81 port 22: Connection refused.
what happen? by the way, i select to install LAMP server and openssh server to be install. now what to do?
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Jack Sparrow

a year ago

After this operation crash my entire system then i need to re install whole ubuntu 12.10.. I think it dont work. so
please perform this process by your own risk..
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regex

a year ago

what's wrong with tasksel? it removes ubuntu (12.10) packages o,o

any idea?...
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bukz

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a year ago

Damn.. it ruined my desktop.. sux..

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Obregonzalez

a year ago

ERROR:
<php? ();="" ?="" phpinfo="">Forma correcta:
</php?>
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Anonymous

3 years ago

do not notify
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W Pallazzo

2 years ago

People should NEVER uncheck anything in Tasksel wich is already checked by default. If you for example uncheck
Ubuntu, your complete Ubuntu OS will be removed!!!
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mrakhlak

a year ago

vim sucks , use gedit to edit files guys

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iC0nvict!

mrakhlak 10 months ago

He doesn't even uses vim. He says "vi" not "vim"

Oh my gosh..
Regards, convict!
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a month ago

Biggest bullshit ever! This deinstalls everything. Everything.

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rme

a month ago

Worked fine, thanks!

Did not 'uncheck' any any Tasksel packages (i.e. Desktop).
Note: If Vi (Vim) locks (crashes) must delete resulting swap file (e.g., .info.php.swp) in /var/www/ dir which is root
permissions. Use "sudo chmod 777 /var/www/ -c" and then "sudo find -name '.*.swp' | xargs rm -f" then redo
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info.php with Vim. Change permisions back with "sudo chmod 755 /var/www/ -c"
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bywongdude

2 months ago

nice....but no warning to NOT uncheck just wastes time and effort. FAIL.
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looper89

3 months ago

What ever you do don't deselect anything, bad, bad, bad things happen. I just watched it slowly remove everything
that was installed. :-(
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Dima

3 months ago

I really hate you! You fucked up all my Ubuntu installation! Now I need to reinstall it again!
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Atul Makwana

4 months ago

easy!
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nigel

4 months ago

Good stuff
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