ubuntu server LAMP installation

install apache server:
	sudo apt-get install apache2
after install go to http://localhost/ to check if it is running.
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install php:
	sudo apt-get install php5 libapache2-mod-php5
after install create a php file called info.php in the /var/www/ directory:

<?php
phpinfo(); ?>

and then go to http://localhost/info.php to check if php is running correctly.
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install mysql server:
	sudo apt-get install mysql-server mysql-client php5-mysql
after install try going to mysql command line:
	sudo mysql -u root -p
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install phpmyadmin:
	sudo apt-get install phpmyadmin
after install go to http://localhost/phpmyadmin

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create your website virtualhost in apache:

copy default virtualhost file and modify it:
sudo cp /etc/apache2/sites-available/default /etc/apache2/sites-available/yourdomain.com

modify virtualhost using nano and save changes:
sudo nano /etc/apache2/sites-available/yourdomain.com
<VirtualHost *:80>
        ServerAdmin webmaster@yourdomain.com
        ServerName yourdomain.com
        ServerAlias www.yourdomain.com
  [...]
	DocumentRoot /var/www/yourdomain.com/public_html
</VirtualHost>

enable your domain:
sudo a2ensite yourdomain.com

restart apache server:
sudo service apache2 restart

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configure php for apache:

	edit php config file php.ini:
		sudo nano /etc/php5/apache2/php.ini
	set Directory for the file HTTP upload:
		upload_tmp_dir = "/tmp/upload"
	set Directory for data session save:
		session.save_path = "/tmp/session"
	set Directory for data session cookie save:
		session.cookie_path = "/tmp/cookie"

	create the directories defined in the config file:
		sudo mkdir /tmp/upload
		sudo mkdir /tmp/session
		sudo mkdir /tmp/cookie

	set permission for the directories:
		sudo chmod 777 /tmp/upload
		sudo chmod 777 /tmp/session
		sudo chmod 777 /tmp/cookie

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NOTES:
	to activate php5 if not activated:
		a2enmod php5

	alternate php5 installation to support extensions for other application usage.
	like MySQL, Apxs2, gettext, FTP Mbstring, OpenSSL Xml etc:

		sudo apt-get install libapache2-mod-php5 php5 php5-common php5-curl php5-dev php5-gd php5-idn php-pear php5-imagick php5-imap php5-mcrypt php5-memcache php5-mhash php5-mysql php5-pspell php5-recode php5-snmp php5-sqlite php5-tidy php5-xmlrpc php5-xsl

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NOTE:
Could not reliably determine the server’s fully qualified domain name error:
sudo nano /etc/apache2/conf.d/name
add the line:
	ServerName localhost
sudo service apache2 restart