How to Install LAMP PHP 7 on Xubuntu 14.04 Trusty LTS Easy Guide

LAMP PHP 7 Xubuntu 14.04 Installation Guide

Hi! The Tutorial shows you Step-by-Step How to Install LAMP PHP 7 in Xubuntu 14.04 Trusty LTS GNU/Linux Desktop/Server.

First, to Install LAMP PHP 7 for Xubuntu Trusty you have to Setup the Xubuntu PHP 7 Repository.

And 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.

Finally, 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.

1. Open a Shell Terminal emulator window
   Ctrl+Alt+t on desktop
   (Press “Enter” to Execute Commands)

   

2. How to Install PHP 7.0 on Xubuntu 14.04 Trusty.

   Xubuntu PHP 7.0 Installation Guide

   Xubuntu PHP 7.0 Install

3. Then to Install the LAMP Web Server.

   sudo apt install apache2 php7.0 mysql-server php7.0-mysql

   If Got “User is Not in Sudoers file” then see: How to Enable sudo
   And when Prompted Setup the MySQL Admin Password.
   

4. Next to Start Apache Server.

   sudo service apache2 start

5. 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 :)

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