Install LAMP or XAMPP and Wordpress - unable to install - help required [SOLVED]

[historygirllfc]

HI All,

So I have tried and failed to do this before but there must be people out there who have managed to do this.

I would like to install wordpress locally and just have a play with to try and learn how it works. However I am having issues... I first tried installing LAMP server a while ago think I then uninstalled it. Trying installing separately which but failed to get php to successfully install.

I attempted to remove this package with remove --purge and then autoremove to get rid and start again. I tried to install XAMPP again apache installed fine but when I try and access phpmyadmin it fails and just throws an error saying it doesn't exist. I have tried googling but most of what I found relates to ubuntu and/or remote server stuff nothing about installing it locally.

I have downloaded wordpress and looked at codex but had no luck... (I'm sure it wasn't this difficult on windows...)

So a couple of questions:

1. how do I remove everything and start again?
2. Should I use LAMP or XAMPP?
3. How do I get wordpress to work on linux? I tried changing the folder/file permissions on the folder containing XAMPP but just shows the plain file so php isn't installed correctly/configured properly.
4. I tried mysql server but as I have attempted to do this before there is a root password set but have no clue what it is can I reset it or do I need to delete and try again?

If anyone could me in the right direction I'd be most grateful because I'm clearly going wrong but I don't know enough to understand how and why.

So er.. help...

Thanks

[kukamuumuka]

1. how do I remove everything and start again?

https://puolanka.info/goto/apache-ja-ph ... int-18ssa/
To remove LAMP and PhpMyAdmin :

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sudo systemctl stop mysql
sudo systemctl stop apache2
sudo apt-get purge phpmyadmin mysql-server apache2
sudo apt-get autoremove
sudo apt-get clean

If mysql-server remove hangs, run

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sudo systemctl stop mysql
sudo dpkg -P mysql-server mysql-server-5.7
sudo apt-get autoremove

Installation:

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sudo apt-get install apache2
sudo apt-get install mysql-server
sudo apt-get install phpmyadmin

For privileges:

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sudo usermod -a -G www-data your_username_here
sudo chgrp -R www-data /var/www/html
sudo chmod -R g+w /var/www/html

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To remove XAMPP, delete its folder from /opt

[historygirllfc]

HI there,

Thanks for the reply. I think I managed to install everything correctly however there is now an issue with permissions. I set the privileges as you suggested above, however I am now unable to save files in /www or /html folders which is where I need to add them to be able to run local files. So which bit do I need to change to fix this?

[kukamuumuka]

HI there,

Thanks for the reply. I think I managed to install everything correctly however there is now an issue with permissions. I set the privileges as you suggested above, however I am now unable to save files in /www or /html folders which is where I need to add them to be able to run local files. So which bit do I need to change to fix this?

The easies way is to use symbolic links from your $HOME directory. An example mysite1:

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mkdir mysite1

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sudo ln -s $HOME/mysite1 /var/www/html

Now you should have all permissions for that site.

[historygirllfc]

Ah yeah duh symbolic links should have thought of that.

Sorted. Thanks!

[berndv]

Pahh, that was easy. I think for the first time ever things just worked as expected.
Could maybe someone update this tutorial https://community.linuxmint.com/tutorial/view/486
It's the first search engine hit with "Linux Mint LAMP" and seems to be very outdated.

[Moem]

Could maybe someone update this tutorial https://community.linuxmint.com/tutorial/view/486
It's the first search engine hit with "Linux Mint LAMP" and seems to be very outdated.

Maybe that will happen if someone contacts the person who wrote it.