[C++ Programmer]

Can someone please tell me how to install and run a LAMPSERVER off my Ubuntu 9.04 Desktop Edition?

No, I do not have the Server Edition, and if I can refrain from getting it I would rather do it with my Desktop Edition, so that I can do other things than just host a server off of it, which is what the "server" edition is for.

But, I cannot figure out how, I have tried this in the terminal.

sudo apt-get install apache2 mysql5-server php5

and I configured it, and i think that it installed PHP5 and Apache2 but it always gives me errors with the MySQL, so after I configured it, I retyped the thing to download it and it says this in the terminal.


Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done
apache2 is already the newest version.
E: Couldn't find package mysql5-server


So, I think that it is downloaded because it tells me that I have the latest version of Apache2, but the MySQL won't work, can someone please tell me why?

If this is not the correct place to ask this question than would a Moderator please move it to the correct section, thank you.

- C++ Programmer

[Trilation]

Although I have no experience installing LAMP on ubuntu, I did install LAPP (linux, apache, postgresql and python) just this week.

I found a tutorial you could try following that seems very similar to the process I went through(on desktop edition).

You probably have apache2 installed already, so I guess you could skip that step (or remove all the components and install from the first step).

http://www.howtoforg...amp_for_newbies

Hopefully this helps, cheers!

[C++ Programmer]

Thank You, I will respond again to this message letting you guys know if I get any more errors.

[SOLVED]

Allright, yes it worked and I have everything working correctly, but I have another problem, there is a index.html file in my var/www folder that just says It Works!, I need to delete this file and the testphp.php file that the tutorial told me to make to test if PHP is working, so that I can put my website from windows into there to host off Linux, but it will not let me move, delete, or rename any of the files in the WWW folder, it says that I don't have the permissions, can someone please tell me how to fix this?

This post has been edited by C++ Programmer: 03 October 2009 - 11:29 AM

[Trilation]

Try running nautilus(name of the file browser in ubuntu) as a super user.

This should allow you to transfer the files to /var/www/.

gksudo nautilus

This post has been edited by Trilation: 03 October 2009 - 12:24 PM

[C++ Programmer]

Thank You!, this worked!!!!