Installing Apache2, Mysql5 and PHP5 on Debian Linux
Today i decided to setup my own personal server to work from, as I’m tired of waiting the few seconds it takes to upload, reload and then almost instantly make changes to a file i’m working on. This guide will cover installing and updating Apache 2, MySQL 5 and PHP 5 on Debian Linux (5.0/etch).
To start with, its important to make sure apt-get is the latest version.
apt-get update && apt-get upgrade
`- This line will update your aptitude to the latest version information and then upgrade the applications on your computer.
Next, lets install Apache2.
apt-get install apache2 apache2docs
This will install and provide basic configuration for apache2 (2.2.3-4+etch4).
The default web directory will is /var/www and the Apache 2 configuration can be found in /etc/apache2/.
Next, lets install PHP5 with MySQL5 (Database engine), Curl (HTTP tool), IMAP Support (for email checking) & GD (for editing and creating images).
apt-get install libapache2-mod-php5 php5-curl php5-gd php5-imap php5-mcrypt php5-mysql php5-tidy
There are other packages i missed out, but these are the only real essential one’s you should need.
Also, mysqli comes bundled in the php5-mysql package.
Finally, lets install MySQL 5 + the MySQL client.
apt-get install mysql-server mysql-client
The configuration file can be found at /etc/mysql/my.cnf
We now need to add a Password to the ‘root’ MySQL user.
server:~# mysql -u root
mysql> UPDATE `mysql`.`user` SET Password = PASSWORD('my password') WHERE user = 'root';
mysql> FLUSH PRIVILEGES;
mysql> exit
Remember your password, as you will use it to add MySQL users in PHPMyAdmin later.
Now, lets install PHPMyAdmin.
apt-get install phpmyadmin
This will also automatically configure Apache2 for us.
Next restart apache:
/etc/init.d/apache2 restart
You should create phpinfo.php to make sure PHP works:
server:~# nano /var/www/phpinfo.php
And inside:
Then you should be able to see all your PHP information at:
http://localhost/phpinfo.php
And you will be able to log in to PHPMyAdmin:
http://localhost/phpmyadmin/
Thank you for reading, hope this guide helps you out.
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thanks for the guide, for some reason, i have never been able to get php working on a personal server. i built a server awhile back and havent used it because i have been using a testing server program (uniformserver) on my laptop. i’ll try this later.