How to install second local wordpress site on LAMP?

[SamLearnsLinux]

Hi. I installed LAMP stack and my first site on wordpress using this video and these instructions shown inside it.

Step 1: Update the System
#apt-get update

Step 2: Install LAMP Server
#apt-get install lamp-server^

Step 3: Wordpress Database Initialization
#mysql -u root -p

Commands
CREATE DATABASE wordpressdb;
CREATE USER wordpressuser@localhost IDENTIFIED BY 'wordpresspassword';
GRANT ALL PRIVILEGES ON wordpressdb.* TO wordpressuser@localhost;
FLUSH PRIVILEGES;
exit

Step 4: Installing Wordpress
#cd /tmp
#wget http://wordpress.org/latest.zip
#unzip -q latest.zip -d /var/www/html/
#chown -R www-data:www-data /var/www/html/wordpress
#chmod -R 755 /var/www/html/wordpress
#mkdir -p /var/www/html/wordpress/wp-content/uploads
#chown -R www-data:www-data /var/www/html/wordpress/wp-content/uploads

Open web browser
http://ipaddress/wordpress

I now want to install a second site on localhost wordpress. I started directly from step 3. Create new database and admin. But now I'm stuck at step 4 and would like to know how I should proceed because wordpress has already been installed once before. Thank you

[timbow]

A little confusion I think because the wordpress download once unzipped is all in a containing folder named 'wordpress'. Normally to make a new wp site once you have created the new database you would create a folder/directory in your localhost root, so in your case you would make the folder
/var/www/html/newsite
Then put all the contents of the wp download but not the containing folder into /newsite and do the wp install through the browser at
localhost/newsite/wp-admin/install.php

The method you describe puts the wp download including the containing folder into the localhost root giving you the site at
localhost/wordpress

The orthodox wordpress install is described here:
https://codex.wordpress.org/Installing_ ... stallation
I can't tell you anything about the chown and chmod stuff. Therein madness lies.

What video and instructions were you using?

[kukamuumuka]

Install PhpMyAdmin, and use symbolic links and install the site into you $HOME directory.
viewtopic.php?f=47&t=265925&p=1445406&h ... n#p1445406

[SamLearnsLinux]

A little confusion I think because the wordpress download once unzipped is all in a containing folder named 'wordpress'. Normally to make a new wp site once you have created the new database you would create a folder/directory in your localhost root, so in your case you would make the folder
/var/www/html/newsite
Then put all the contents of the wp download but not the containing folder into /newsite and do the wp install through the browser at
localhost/newsite/wp-admin/install.php

The method you describe puts the wp download including the containing folder into the localhost root giving you the site at
localhost/wordpress

The orthodox wordpress install is described here:
https://codex.wordpress.org/Installing_ ... stallation
I can't tell you anything about the chown and chmod stuff. Therein madness lies.

What video and instructions were you using?

Hello. I used https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oLsA2kj_bMU and the instructions I quoted above are the ones shown in the video and also available in the description box of the video. Let me know if I should uninstall everything and set everything up again. I currently have no data on wordpress and nothing to lose

[SamLearnsLinux]

Install PhpMyAdmin, and use symbolic links and install the site into you $HOME directory.
viewtopic.php?f=47&t=265925&p=1445406&h ... n#p1445406

If I set up phpmyadmin as suggested on the page you linked, all i have to do to install a new site locally is

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

and lets say a second site

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mkdir mysite2
sudo ln -s $HOME/mysite2 /var/www/html

?

[kukamuumuka]

Install PhpMyAdmin, and use symbolic links and install the site into you $HOME directory.
viewtopic.php?f=47&t=265925&p=1445406&h ... n#p1445406

If I set up phpmyadmin as suggested on the page you linked, all i have to do to install a new site locally is

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

and lets say a second site

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mkdir mysite2
sudo ln -s $HOME/mysite2 /var/www/html

?

Correct.

[SamLearnsLinux]

Correct.

Thank you. Once last thing, lets say I don't want my /home to be cluttered, can I create a folder and install all sites in it as

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

[SamLearnsLinux]

Correct.

Thank you. Once last thing, lets say I don't want my /home to be cluttered, can I create a folder and install all sites in it as

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

Also, after the above, I would still have to create a new database for each site on mysql, admin, password, grant permission etc right?

[kukamuumuka]

Thank you. Once last thing, lets say I don't want my /home to be cluttered, can I create a folder and install all sites in it as

Also, after the above, I would still have to create a new database for each site on mysql, admin, password, grant permission etc right?

Yes.