Installing LAMP to test a Wordpress site locally?

**Ranger_Joe** · January 10th, 2013

Hey All,
I need to install LAMP (which I've never used) and test a Wordpress site on it locally. Who knows how to do this or has done it before?

Do I need to also install MySQL? I would imagine that I do.

Please help. Thanks!

**CharlesA** · January 10th, 2013

The lamp stack includes MySQL.

You should be able to run this:

Code:

sudo tasksel install lamp-server

**haqking** · January 10th, 2013

Originally Posted by Ranger_Joe

Hey All,
I need to install LAMP (which I've never used) and test a Wordpress site on it locally. Who knows how to do this or has done it before?

Do I need to also install MySQL? I would imagine that I do.

Please help. Thanks!

The M in LAMP means MySQL

though sometimes MariaDB

http://ubuntuserverguide.com/2012/05/how-to-install-latest-wordpress-in-ubuntu-server-12-04-lts.html

**Cheesemill** · January 11th, 2013

Originally Posted by CharlesA

The lamp stack includes MySQL.

You should be able to run this:

Code:

sudo tasksel install lamp-server

Or if you don't want to use tasksel you can just do...

Code:

sudo apt-get install lamp-server^

**d4rk0wl** · January 11th, 2013

Yeah it really is as simple as what has been said, once it is installed the web root will be in:

Code:

/var/www

Also, not sure if you need help with createing the DB for wordpress or not but in case you do there is already a nice tutorial up on the wordpress site about how to do it. Helped me out a lot when I was learning SQL. (HERE).

Regards,
- D4rk0wl