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Install Ubuntu Server on Ubuntu GNOME Desktop to run Drupal

The Easiest way to install LAMP on Ubuntu Desktop

# sudo apt-get install apache2 php5-mysql libapache2-mod-php5 mysql-server

If you have Ubuntu Server CD, Insert Server CD

# sudo apt-cdrom add
# sudo apt-get install apache2 php5-mysql libapache2-mod-php5 mysql-server

The Harder way

This is what I did yesterday (April 6, 2007)

1. Install Apache2

sudo apt-get install apache2

Install Apache Modules

sudo apt-get install libapache2-mod-auth-mysql

Apache 2 configuration of clean URLs on Debian

a2enmod rewrite

 

2. Install Php5

sudo apt-get install php5-common php5 libapache2-mod-php5
sudo apt-get install php5-cgi
sudo apt-get install php5-mysql

Install GD surport php5-gd

 

sudo apt-get install php5-gd

Restart Apache

sudo /etc/init.d/apache2 restart

3. Install MySQL

sudo apt-get install mysql-server mysql-client

Restart MySQL

sudo /etc/init.d/mysql restart

Configuration MySQL

You can edit the /etc/mysql/my.cnf file to configure the basic settings -- log file, port number, etc. Refer to /etc/mysql/my.cnf file for more details.