[ubuntu-za] Superuser

Hannes Coetzee scorpking at scorpking.za.org
Thu Mar 4 09:07:42 GMT 2010


On 04/03/2010 10:40, Darrel wrote:
> On Thu, 2010-03-04 at 10:16 +0200, Raoul Snyman wrote:
>    
>> On Thu, 04 Mar 2010 10:07:36 +0200, Darrel wrote:
>>      
>>> I used Synaptic, before upgrading to Ubuntu I used Wamp running XP.I
>>> looked for a "complete" LAMP package to load but failing to find a
>>> package called "LAMP" I decided the next best thing was to load
>>> phpmyadmin.
>>>        
>> LAMP is a group of applications, not a package.
>>
>>      
>>> Although there is a glitch when I try to access phpmyadmin, Apache
>>> appears to be working as I recieve the default " ITS WORKING" message
>>> when pointing the browser at localhost.
>>>        
>> You want to install libapache2-mod-php5 and php5-mysql in order to get PHP
>> running in Apache, and MySQL support in PHP respectively.
>>
>> One you have these installed, you can access phpMyAdmin via
>> http://localhost/phpmyadmin
>>
>> -- 
>> Raoul Snyman, B.Tech IT (Software Engineering)
>> Saturn Laboratories
>> e: raoul.snyman at saturnlaboratories.co.za
>> w: http://www.saturnlaboratories.co.za/
>> b: http://blog.saturnlaboratories.co.za/
>>     http://raoulsnyman.co.za/
>>
>>      
> Ok Raoul a quick check on Synaptic shows that both libapache2-mod-php5
> and php5-mysql are installed.
> http://localhost/phpmyadmin brings up the pretty GUI requiering a
> username and password.
>
> After entering the password I get #2002 - The server is not responding
> (or the local MySQL server's socket is not correctly configured)
>
> http://localhost brings up "IT WORKS!" which is the default html file
> residing in /var/www
>
> My first priorty is to ensure that Apache is working and then to access
> the www file.
>
> Darrel
>
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To install a LAMP server run sudo tasksel in terminal or konsole, select 
LAMP (use <SPACEBAR> to select) and press OK (use <TAB> to get there).



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