How to Install LAMP on Ubuntu 16.04 Xenial Linux Easy Guide

LAMP Ubuntu 16.04 Installation Guide

Hi! The Tutorial shows you Step-by-Step How to Install LAMP Ubuntu 16.04 Xenial Xerus LTS GNU/Linux Desktop/Server.

First, currently 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.

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

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

   (Press “Enter” to Execute Commands)

   

   In case first see: Terminal QuickStart Guide.

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 see: How to Enable sudo

How to Enable Apache2 mod_rewrite Module on Ubuntu.

Enabling Apache2 Rewrite for Ubuntu
Enable Apache2 mod_rewrite

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 see: How to Enable sudo
   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
   In case Replace “localhost” with your Server IP in the above URL.
   
   You should Successfully see the PHP Info notice similar to here above :)

How to Create an Apache 2 Virtual Host on Ubuntu.

GNU/Linux Apache2 Virtual-Host Quick Start
GNU+Linux Apache2 VHost