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.

[horgag]

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.

Thanks for the response, that problem has been solved. The only thing left is icant log into phpmyadmin. I can log into mysql through the terminal. Any ideas!!!?

[CharlesA]

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.

Old guide is old. My bet is they didn't want to keep using sudo.

In any case, tasksel is fine as long as you don't uncheck anything. I've used it to install many boxes and haven't run into any problems with it.

Thanks for the response, that problem has been solved. The only thing left is icant log into phpmyadmin. I can log into mysql through the terminal. Any ideas!!!?

It should use the same password that you use for mysql.

[horgag]

Old guide is old. My bet is they didn't want to keep using sudo.

In any case, tasksel is fine as long as you don't uncheck anything. I've used it to install many boxes and haven't run into any problems with it.



It should use the same password that you use for mysql.

i am using the same password as mysql but nothing seems to happen on the phpmyadmin loginpage....it just continually trying to connect..no error.
cheers

[pkadeel]

i am using the same password as mysql but nothing seems to happen on the phpmyadmin loginpage....it just continually trying to connect..no error.
cheers

My guess is that you didn't select MySQL as the database to be used with phpmyadmin during the installation of phpmyadmin. During its installation it appears that it is selected by default however it is not and you have to press spacebar to actually select it. Did you do that? If not then that is the problem.