Doug

sudo apt-get install mysql-server mysql-client
sudo apt-get install apache2
sudo apt-get install php5 libapache2-mod-php5

sudo chmod 766 /var/www/
sudo chmod -R 766 /var/www/

echo \<?php phpinfo\(\)\;?\> > /var/www/phpinfo.php

sudo mkdir /var/www/mc/
sudo ln -s <directory where McMyAdmin keeps backups> /var/www/mc/mmabackups

sudo chmod -R 766 <directory where McMyAdmin keeps backups>