Installing LAMP (Linux, Apache, MySQL and PHP) On Linux

I'm running XLinux on my laptop and need to install webserver with php and MySQL, LAMP. (Linux, Apache, MySQL, PHP). Really thats a simple task, and I'm going do demostrate how

Step one, Install Apache

Open your terminal CTRL+ALT+T and enter following line.

sudo apt-get install apache2

Test Apache using this address in browser http://localhost/ and you will see a message saying:

It works!
This is the default web page for this server.
The web server software is running but no content has been added, yet.

Step two, install PHP

sudo apt-get install php5 libapache2-mod-php5

Restart Apache

sudo /etc/init.d/apache2 restart

Now we can test php by adding to the terminal

sudo gedit /var/www/test.php

This will open up a file called test.php
Add following line

<?php
phpinfo();
?>

Open http://localhost/test.php in browser, you should see info about your php

Step three, install MySQL

Open the Terminal and then copy/paste or type this line

sudo apt-get install mysql-server

And it's done. You can now access your MySQL server like this

mysql -u root -p

--cheers