Lamp installation

[horgag]

Hi,
IM installing LAMP server on a Ubuntu server. Im following the instrutions from http://www.howtoforge.com/installing...12.04-lts-lamp. The apache2 install seems ok. I get the IT WORKS webpage in the localhost. I then installed php5 using the command and then created the info,php file in /var/www directory. But when i go to localhost/info.php i get a message saying what should FF do with this file (gedit default). Absolute beginner!!!! Dont know what to do.

[pkadeel]

Hi,
IM installing LAMP server on a Ubuntu server. Im following the instrutions from http://www.howtoforge.com/installing...12.04-lts-lamp. The apache2 install seems ok. I get the IT WORKS webpage in the localhost. I then installed php5 using the command and then created the info,php file in /var/www directory. But when i go to localhost/info.php i get a message saying what should FF do with this file (gedit default). Absolute beginner!!!! Dont know what to do.

If you were following that guide then most probably you skipped the apache2 restart.
Do it

sudo service apache2 restart

[Lars Noodén]

Also, is mod_php active?

sudo a2enmod php5

[pkadeel]

Also, is mod_php active?

sudo a2enmod php5

I have noticed that when libapache2-mod-php5 is installed via apt-get, it gets enabled by default.

[mörgæs]

In case someone else reads this thread, I would recommend installing with the commands

sudo apt-get install tasksel
sudo tasksel install lamp-server

rather than the link in first post.

[monkeybrain2012]

In case someone else reads this thread, I would recommend installing with the commands

sudo apt-get install tasksel
sudo tasksel install lamp-server

rather than the link in first post.

I would not recommend tasksel, it killed my system last time. I install via apt-get and all is fine. The link is ok but I am not sure why he su to root instead just using sudo.