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Ubuntu 8.10 (Intrepid Ibex) Apache-PHP-MySQL Server

Posted Wed, 12/17/2008 - 10:58pm by str

Simple installation of Apache, PHP and MySQL in Ubuntu 8.10 (Intrepid Ibex).

  1. Optionally, install SSH Client and Server (for remote access to this server)
    sudo apt-get install ssh
  2. Install Database Server
    sudo apt-get install mysql-server
  3. Install Apache2 web server
    sudo apt-get install apache2
  4. Install PHP5
    sudo apt-get install php5 libapache2-mod-php5
  5. Install PHP5-MySQL support
    sudo apt-get install php5-mysql
  6. Restart Apache
    sudo /etc/init.d/apache2 restart

How to install common multimedia codecs in Ubuntu

Posted Thu, 05/08/2008 - 11:08am by str

Sometimes you you want to play some music or video but it doesn't allow you because it asked for some strange codecs that you may not understand :)

Good news is, it relatively easy to download most of them all together.

Here's how:

  1. Switch to super user
    sudo -s -H
  2. Update and upgrade your present system by using these two separate commands
    apt-get update

    apt-get upgrade

  3. Here's now the magic; install the following common codecs

Ubuntu 8.04 LTS (Hardy Heron) Apache-PHP-MySQL Server

Posted Tue, 05/06/2008 - 5:52pm by str

Once again, here's my updated simple installation of Apache, PHP and MySQL in Ubuntu 8.04 LTS (Hardy Heron) Server.

  1. Install SSH Client and Server (for my remote access)
    sudo apt-get install ssh
  2. Install Database Server
    sudo apt-get install mysql-server-5.0
  3. Install Apache HTTP Server
    sudo apt-get install apache2
  4. Install PHP5 and Apache PHP5 module
    sudo apt-get install php5 libapache2-mod-php5
  5. Restart Apache
    sudo /etc/init.d/apache2 restart
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