How To Install The LAMP Server Using Tasksel In Ubuntu

Today, we will also see another method for installing the LAMP web server using Taksel under Ubuntu 12.10/12.04 or older.

Getting Started

Open the terminal and install firstly Tasksel with this command:

sudo apt-get -y install tasksel

Start now Tasksel with this command:

sudo tasksel

Select now "LAMP server" from the given list using your spacebar and press Enter:

After you finish the installation of the LAMP server, check if it is working by opening one of these links (use IP server if needed):

http://localhost/

or

http://127.0.0.1/

You must see this page:

If nothing appears, try to restart Apache with this command:

sudo /etc/init.d/apache2 restart

You can also install LAMP server with this command:

sudo tasksel install lamp-server

To test if PHP is well installed, run these commands:

echo "<?php phpinfo(); ?>" | sudo tee /var/www/test.php

sudo /etc/init.d/apache2 restart

Then open this link:

http://localhost/test.php

Finally, your PHP files and projects must be placed in this folder:

 /var/www/

You can access it with root privileges using this command:

sudo nautilus /var/www/