web server for ubuntu desktop

[Junin Toiro]

On Mon, Jun 2, 2008 at 11:30 PM, martin fricke <camelgrass at gmail.com> wrote:
> Hi all,
>
> I am looking for recommendations for a web server (AMP) for Ubuntu Desktop
> to be used locally for development only. Would you recommend using Apache,
> MySQL and PHP from the Ubuntu repos or using a package like XAMPP? Are
> there other good alternatives that I should consider?
>
> Thank you for your help!
>
> Marty
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Hiya Marty.

Your best bet for a development server in my opinion is LAMP
(Linux-Apache-MySQL-PHP) unless you need something else specifically.

This way you'll have the best documentation at your disposal.

Quick easy way to install it would be:

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

OR

sudo tasksel install lamp-server (Feisty or above)

Loads of info here https://help.ubuntu.com/community/ApacheMySQLPHP

Best of luck.

Sam Jackson