installing apache on ubuntu 12.04

[ubto66]

I want to install wordpress 3.5 on my computer.
I do not want the local host to be a website server for the internet.
I want to use the server to develop wordpress websites locally on my computer.

I found this probably outdated website
http://gerry.ws/2008/12/436/how-to-i...x-desktop.html
I could not find a lamp in synaptic package manager.
How can I install apache mysql and php using synaptic package manager?
If you know how, is there any security settings I should make?

Thanks.

[chadk5utc]

This should install everything your looking for if your installing into an existing OS

sudo apt-get install php5 mysql-server apache2

And to secure things I suggest using UFW or directly configure iptables for local only access
http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=1046738
Or the preferred method would be to download the server iso and install it from CDROM

[mörgæs]

sudo apt-get install lamp-server^

Remember the hat at the end of the command.

[Cheesemill]

sudo apt-get install lamp-server^

Remember the hat at the end of the command.

I think you'll find it's called a caret

For more information read the relevant sections in the official server documentation...
https://help.ubuntu.com/12.04/serverguide/index.html

[mörgæs]

Indeed it does:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Caret

Thanks for pointing put.

[ubto66]

Thank you for the answers.

I used this instruction
http://tuxtweaks.com/2012/04/install...cise-pangolin/
Testing phpMyAdmin
it says
log in with the username root and the root password that you created earlier.
Q what is the username root or where do I find it?

If I want to remove lamp how do I do it?

Thanks.

[Cheesemill]

When you installed mysql you were asked for a password for the mysql root user.

[ubto66]

cheesemill
thank you for answering. The psswd I knew, and I figured out,
that user name was root.

Do you know how to remove lamp?

[sandyd]

moved so server platforms