How to install and configure Apache,PHP,MySql and phpMyadmin (LAMP) on ubuntu

LAMP is a web development platform that uses Linux, Apache, MySQL and PHP (LAMP). In LAMP each letter stands for one of its four open-source blocks like Linux – OS, Apache HTTP Server – Web Server, MySQL – Database, PHP – Scripting Language. In this tutorial we will going to install Apache, MySQL , PHP and phpMyadmin on Ubuntu Linux system one by one.

Note: Tested with Ubuntu 24.04 Noble Numbat

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Step 1:

Install Apache HTTP Server on Ubuntu Linux

Open the terminal command-line app (ctrl+alt+t) and run below Apache Server installation command. It will install the latest version of Apache Server on your Ubuntu Linux system. It needed type y and hit enter to confirm apache installation during installation

sudo apt install apache2

After the successful installation of Apache, open your favorite web browser and type the below address and hit the enter key.

http://localhost/

Apache HTTP Server on Ubuntu Linux

If you will see ‘It works!’ in the Apache2 Ubuntu Default Page, then your Apache server works fine.

Step 2:

Install PHP on Ubuntu Linux

Open the terminal app using the ctrl+alt+t keys or via the show application menu and run below command. It will install the latest version of PHP on your system.

sudo apt install libapache2-mod-php -y

After the successful installation restart Apache server using the below command.

sudo /etc/init.d/apache2 restart

[OR] use the below code to restart

sudo systemctl restart apache2

Test PHP installation:

To test PHP is installed, Type below command and hit the enter key.

sudo gedit /var/www/html/phpinfo.php

and type your Ubuntu password if needed. It will open the phpinfo.php file in gedit test editor. Type below code in the phpinfo.php file, save and exit it..

<?php phpinfo() ?>

Now open your favorite we browser and go to the below address.

http://localhost/phpinfo.php

in the address bar and press enter. If you will see the below page , then your PHP works fine.

php on ubuntu linux

You can also check the installed PHP version using this command.

php -v

php version

Note: Now go to the Step 3 directly if you don’t need any other version of PHP. If you need any specific version of PHP then follow below step also.

Install php 5.6 and PHP 8 in the same system:

You can also install other versions of PHP on your system. For that you need to add ondrej php PPA in your system.

In the terminal add below PPA and install any Php Version. Run below commands one by one.

sudo apt install software-properties-common ca-certificates lsb-release apt-transport-https
sudo LC_ALL=C.UTF-8 add-apt-repository ppa:ondrej/php
sudo apt update

Install PHP 5.6 on Ubuntu Linux

sudo apt install php5.6

If you want to install some other php extensions use the below code to install them.

sudo apt-get install php5.6-mysql php-gettext php5.6-mbstring php-xdebug libapache2-mod-php5.6 php5.6-cgi php5.6-cli php5.6-curl php5.6-gd php5.6-intl php-imagick php5.6-imap php5.6-mcrypt php-memcache php5.6-pspell php5.6-recode php5.6-sqlite3 php5.6-tidy php5.6-xmlrpc php5.6-xsl php-xcache php5.6-fpm

Note: Replace version 5.6 with the required PHP version to install on Ubuntu. Even you can install multiple PHP versions on a single Ubuntu system.

You can switch the PHP version easily with the below code.

Example: To switch from php7.0 to php5.6:

Type the below command in terminal and press enter key

sudo a2dismod php7.0 ; sudo a2enmod php5.6 ; sudo service apache2 restart

then

sudo ln -sfn /usr/bin/php5.6 /etc/alternatives/php

To switch from php5.6 to php7.0:

Type the below command in terminal

sudo a2dismod php5.6 ; sudo a2enmod php7.0 ; sudo service apache2 restart
sudo ln -sfn /usr/bin/php7.0 /etc/alternatives/php

Step 3:

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Install MySql on Ubuntu Linux

Run the below command in the terminal application to install the latest version of MySql server on Ubuntu system.

sudo apt install mysql-server

Type your Ubuntu user password and also y and hit enter to confirm MySql installation if needed.


During the installation you will be prompted for a password.Choose something secure and type the password and hit enter .

Repeat the password and press enter.

Then install mysql client using the below command.

sudo apt install mysql-client

After that run below commands one by one to install the latest php mysql and php curl modules. My php version is 8.1. just replace 8.1 with your version in below command.

sudo apt-get install php8.1-mysql
sudo apt-get install php8.1-curl

You can check the installed php version with below command.

php -v

To check the MySQL server status, use the below command

sudo systemctl status mysql

mysql server status

Step 4:

Install phpMyadmin on Ubuntu Linux:

phpMyAdmin is a free software tool written in PHP intended to handle the administration of MySQL over the World Wide Web.

Open Terminall. And type the below code in terminal and hit enter.

sudo apt install phpmyadmin

Type your Ubuntu password if needed. Type y and hit enter to confirm the phpMyadmin installation.

Then Enter password of the database’s administrative user.

and select OK and press enter.

phpmyadmin config 2

Then enter your MySQL application password for phpmyadmin:

and select OK and press enter.

phpmyadmin config 3

During the installation you will be prompted for a Web server configuration. Select apache2

(already selected) press enter.

phpmyadmin apache config

During the installation you will be prompted for a configure database for phpmyadmin wjth dbconfig-common.

Select ‘Yes’ to configure database for phpmyadmin wjth dbconfig-common.

phpmyadmin config

 

After the successful installation and configuration, restart Apache using the below command.

sudo systemctl restart apache2

Then open your browser and type

http://localhost/phpmyadmin/

in the address bar and press enter. It will open the phpmyadmin admin login page.

Type your username and password to login.

phpMyAdmin on ubuntu

Note: In case phpMyAdmin is not working or you get an empty phpmyadmin page, then please do the following steps.

Open terminal, and type the below command :

sudo gedit /etc/apache2/apache2.conf

it will open the apache2.conf file in gedit with root permission.

Add the below line at the end of the file and  save and the exit it.

Include /etc/phpmyadmin/apache.conf

Restart apache service using the below command.

sudo systemctl restart apache2

Then restart mysql using the below command.

sudo /etc/init.d/mysql restart

Then open your browser and type

http://localhost/phpmyadmin/

in the address bar and press enter. It will open the Phpmyadmin admin login page.

Type your username and password to login.

phpmyadmin

If you forget your username and password, just type the below command in terminal

sudo gedit /etc/phpmyadmin/config-db.php

Note down the username and password.

phpmyadmin username and password on ubunut

You’re now ready to start building your local website. just put all of your files into

/var/www/html/

That’s it.

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This Post Has 57 Comments

  1. Robert February 7, 2019 Reply

    FIrst, thank you for spending the time to create this awesome guide.
    Second, I’ve come to a stand still, when logging into phpmyadmin I’ve entered the correct user and pass but I’m still unable to log in. here are my errors I’m receiving.
    #1045 – Access denied for user ‘beartoe’@’localhost’ (using password: YES)
    mysqli_real_connect(): (HY000/1045): Access denied for user ‘beartoe’@’localhost’ (using password: YES)
    Connection for controluser as defined in your configuration failed.
    mysqli_real_connect(): (HY000/1045): Access denied for user ‘beartoe’@’localhost’ (using password: YES)

    Any suggestions into what could be going on?

  2. Ricardo Calheiros November 21, 2018 Reply

    Your tip was writing in 2016 but until today it works simple and perfect.

  3. Ayeah Godlove March 28, 2018 Reply

    Gracias Muchas

  4. Abdellah Ramadan December 18, 2017 Reply

    Thank you very much. After several days, I finally got phpmyadmin working. Your explanation is very detailed and helpful.

  5. Boby January 10, 2015 Reply

    Thanks for this post. But to install in ubuntu server this tutorial helps me

  6. kalidasan June 1, 2013 Reply

    Very nice post. Thanks 🙂

  7. somenody May 29, 2013 Reply

    hi… this tutorial helped a lot ! But when we entered password i have just pressed ENTER now i can not access(log in) to phpMyAdmin. What i should do ? Please help me! i typed root, SPACE but i doesn’t works !

    1. Manikandan May 29, 2013 Reply

      try with your mysql password

  8. bdbahman May 23, 2013 Reply

    ubuntu 13.04

    well done…

    tanx

  9. Coding-Romy April 12, 2013 Reply

    Wow.. it works!!! Wonderfull!!

  10. siddhartha February 5, 2013 Reply

    it was really helpful for me thank you very much.

  11. Renee December 10, 2012 Reply

    Thanks this was very helpful

  12. Adrian October 13, 2012 Reply

    Thanks, i have been trying to do this for days!! u really saved me from a lot of headaches

    Thanks once again

  13. shanoj September 6, 2012 Reply

    works fine.really helpfull.thanks alot….

  14. ahmed ali July 17, 2012 Reply

    Thanks man … i was stuck

  15. Nagendra July 3, 2012 Reply

    thanks alot yaar..it was very useful post…:)

  16. puppypark June 30, 2012 Reply

    I use 11.4 …I am too lazy to upgrade

  17. basil2style June 15, 2012 Reply

    really wasome i like it..plz say what is the main use of phmyadmin? Did every1 use it?

  18. Ladi Oluwa June 13, 2012 Reply

    thanks!

  19. Contact June 12, 2012 Reply

    Works great! Highly recommended!

  20. Iulian Peride May 31, 2012 Reply

    Thank you 

  21. Kalicharan Sikarwar April 28, 2012 Reply

    you are really simple and great

  22. Matheus April 24, 2012 Reply

    hey all worked for meee!!! thankssss is my first expirience!!!!! sucess!!!!

  23. Bichnm April 22, 2012 Reply

    You are simply the best !

  24. Ifmartins April 22, 2012 Reply

    It works very well! Thank you

  25. Eric_grego April 20, 2012 Reply

    Very good tutorial!

  26. Rmoorthyk March 30, 2012 Reply

    Thanks

  27. Harishk March 22, 2012 Reply

    Thank you for tutorial

  28. Sam March 16, 2012 Reply

    Thanks for the great tutorial. Thumbs up!..

  29. DrK February 11, 2012 Reply

    I followed the steps blindly but I’m at the last step. What’s my mysql user name and password?

    1. admin February 12, 2012 Reply

      root

  30. ALTAiR February 9, 2012 Reply

    Thanx a lot buddies. Very helpgul.
    We did this inside window with the help of Virtualbox on an ubuntu desktop 11.

  31. Rami February 7, 2012 Reply

    you can just include this in apache.conf

    include /etc/phpmyadmin/apache.conf

  32. GoldenBeast January 6, 2012 Reply

    Thanks Alot !!#23

  33. happyfreak January 5, 2012 Reply

    tnx alot – newbie here and this was the thing i’m looking for.. tnx much

  34. Mad December 29, 2011 Reply

    This tutorial was complete in all respects, the installation finished like a sweetheart ! Thanks 🙂

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  36. babour November 2, 2011 Reply

    Best tutorial on the subject and I have seen a lot of them!

    Thank a lot and great job!

  37. Hamza Waqas September 26, 2011 Reply

    Thanks mate.. Its works. You made it easy for me to work on LAMP now. 🙂

  38. seafury September 19, 2011 Reply

    Hi Thanks for very helpfull post.

    A question what theme are you using on your ubuntu?

    Thanks.

    1. admin September 20, 2011 Reply

      Bisigi themes

  39. German September 14, 2011 Reply

    very usefull, tnx

  40. sak September 11, 2011 Reply

    Thanks for this man!

  41. CaptHeggie September 1, 2011 Reply

    Hey thanx a lot .. It was really Helpful

  42. Hardy HP June 12, 2011 Reply

    Once more please,

    I’m still have problems how to configure mysql connected and can be updated fom my php scripts? cause likely mysql still no connected yet. my friend who using other distro recommended to edit httpd.conf in etc/httpd/ but the folder no found in my ubuntu 11.04.

    please help

    Thank

    1. admin June 12, 2011 Reply

      /etc/apache2/

  43. Hardy HP June 5, 2011 Reply

    Phpmyadmin installed ok, making directories my_site in var/www ok, but why no text/images displayed when I try to open http://localhost/my_site ?
    Please help.

    Best Regard.

      1. admin June 6, 2011 Reply

        fine

        1. Mdviky87 March 10, 2012 Reply

          i cant save file www folder
          it says there is no permission

          1. connectwww March 11, 2012

             change folder permission to 777

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