How to install LAMP on Ubuntu

By Stefan2 min read

A quick tutorial on how to Install LAMP on Ubuntu.

Without a big instruction, let’s get to work right away. LAMP means Linux Apache MySQL PHP, which is exactly what we are going to install now.

Table of Contents

Step 1 - Update your system

First, we are making sure you are up to date by running:

Terminalbash
sudo apt-get update -y

Step 2 - Installing Apache2

Now that we have the L in place, it’s time to install the A.

Terminalbash
sudo apt install apache2 -y

You can verify if that worked by entering your server’s IP into a browser, you should see something along those lines:

Step 3 - Starting Apache2 Service

If you are running Apache2 on a Ubuntu Server, you can start it by typing:

Terminalbash
sudo systemctl start apache2

If you are running Apache2 on something like WSL2, you can start it by typing:

Terminalbash
sudo service apache2 start

Step 3 - Installing MySQL

Alright, time for the M. Let’s install mysql-server:

Terminalbash
sudo apt install mysql-server -y

Now we are also going to run through the installer.

During the installation, you will be prompted to enter the MySQL root password. Make sure to write that down. You can just press enter on every step that follows to run with the default values, or modify them as you see fit.

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sudo mysql_secure_installation
  • Now you get asked a couple of questions, answer as below:
    • Enter current password for root (enter for none): Enter your root password
    • Would you like to setup VALIDATE PASSWORD plugin? N
    • Change the password for root? [Y/n] N
    • Remove anonymous users? [Y/n] {ENTER}
    • Disallow root login remotely? [Y/n] {ENTER}
    • Remove test database and access to it? [Y/n] {ENTER}
    • Reload privilege tables now? [Y/n] {ENTER}
    • That’s it. Let’s continue with PHP.

Validating MySQL Installation

To check if the installation was successful, you can run:

Terminalbash
sudo service mysql status
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If you also want to make MySQL automatically start at system startup, run this:

Terminalbash
sudo service mysql start >/dev/null 2>&1

Step 4 - Installing PHP

And last but not least, the P.

For PHP, we need to install slightly more PHP with all its dependencies:

Terminalbash
sudo apt install php php-mysql php-cli php-common php-mbstring php-zip php-curl php-xml -y
Terminalbash
sudo apt install libapache2-mod-php -y

Verify PHP Installation:

Terminalbash
php --version

Let’s restart apache2:

Terminalbash
sudo service apache2 restart

Step 5 - Testing the configuration and wrapping up

To test your configuration, we first need to create the phpinfo.php file:

Terminalbash
sudo echo "<?php phpinfo(); ?>" | sudo tee /var/www/html/info.php

If you  now open http://YOURSERVERIP/info.php or, http://localhost/info.php (this also works with WSL2) in your web browser, you should see the PHP configuration page:

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And that concludes this tutorial. Now you can configure your server for whatever your needs are.

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Stefan

Stefan founded Ceos3c in 2016 and has spent a decade teaching cybersecurity, Linux, and web development through hands-on tutorials. He builds and ships real products while sharing his journey: ProofSwap.me, XPMetric.com, and EasyEarningsTracker.com. Find him on YouTube (youtube.com/stefanrows) and X (@StefanRows).

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Stefan

Stefan founded Ceos3c in 2016 and has spent a decade teaching cybersecurity, Linux, and web development through hands-on tutorials. He builds and ships real products while sharing his journey: ProofSwap.me, XPMetric.com, and EasyEarningsTracker.com. Find him on YouTube (youtube.com/stefanrows) and X (@StefanRows).

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