How-to Install LAMP on Ubuntu 16.04 Xenial Linux Easy Guide

LAMP Quick-Start for Ubuntu 16.04 Xenial

Hello Ubuntu User! This Tutorial Shows You Step-by-Step How-to Install LAMP Ubuntu 16.04 Xenial Xerus LTS 32/64-bit GNU/Linux Desktop/Server.

First of all the Ubuntu 16.04 default LAMP Stack is composed of: Apache, MySQL and PHP 7.

So thanks to the new Zend Engine 3.0, your PHP 7 apps see up to 2x Faster performance and 50% better Memory consumption than PHP 5.x.

In conclusion LAMP is de facto Web Development Standard. Today, the products that make up the LAMP stack are included by default in nearly all Linux distributions.

1. First Open a Shell Session
   Or Login into Server Shell
   Ctrl+Alt+t on desktop.

   (Press “Enter” to Execute Commands)

   

2. Then to Install the LAMP Web Server

   sudo apt install apache2 php mysql-server php-mysql

   If Got “User is Not in Sudoers file” then Look: Solution

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3. And for Installing the PHP 7 Apache Module

   sudo apt install libapache2-mod-php

   Please note that this package ONLY works with Apache’s prefork MPM, as it is not compiled thread-safe.






4. Finally to Test LAMP WebServer Installation
   Access the Server document’s location:

   cd /var/www/html

   Create a PHP Info file:

   sudo nano info.php

   If Got “User is Not in Sudoers file” then Look: Solution
   And Append:

   <?php
   phpinfo();
   ?>
   

   Ctrl+x to Save & Exit from nano Editor ;)
   Set the www-data as User and Group:

   sudo chown www-data:www-data info.php

   Then Open on Browser the URL:

   http://localhost/info.php

   
   You should Successfully see the PHP Info notice similar to here above :)

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