Ubuntu 6.10 (Edgy Eft) LAMP Server Installation with Screenshots
Posted by Admin on November 8th, 2006
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The LAMP option saves the trouble of installing and integrating each of the four separate LAMP components, a process which can take hours and requires someone who is skilled in the installation and configuration of the individual applications. You get increased security, reduced time to install, and reduced risk of misconfiguration, all of which results in a lower cost of ownership.
Ubuntu LAMP server Install the following Versions
Ubuntu Edgy Eft 6.10
Apache 2.0.55
Mysql 5.0.24a
PHP 5.1.6
First you need to download server version of Ubuntu version from here after that you create a CD and start booting with the CD Once it starts booting you should see the following screen in this you need to select second option “Install to the Hard disk Option” and press enter
Choose you language and press enter you can see we have selected english in the follwoing screen
Choose your location and press enter you can see we have have selected United Kingdom in the follwoing screen
If you want to try to have your keyboard layout detected by pressing a series of keys you need to select yes option and if you don’t want that and you want to choose from a list click no in this example we have selected no and press enter
Select Origin of keyboard and press enter
Select keyboard layout and press enter
Detecting hardware to find CD-ROM Drivers in progress
Scanning CD-ROM in Progress
Loading additional components progress bar
Configures the network with DHCP if there is a DHCP server in the network
Enter the Hostname of the system so in this example i enter here as ubuntulamp
Detecting Disks and Hardware in progress
Startingup the partitioner in progress
you have to partition your hard disk in this i have selected manually edit the partition table and press enter
It will show you the hard disk space and press enter here i am using vmware with 10.7GB of space
Create a New partition table on the device select yes and press enter
Now you can see the freespace and press enter
How to use this freespace select create a new partition and press enter
Enter the new patition size and press continue i have entered 100mb in this example
Select the type of the partition and press enter in this example i have selected primary
Location for the new partition as begining and press enter
Now you need to select the mount point with the following screen and press enter to change mount point
Now you can see the available mount points and here i have selected /boot mount point and press enter
Now you should see the following screen and here you need to select “Done Setting Up the Partition” option and press enter This will create the /boot mount point with 100mb of space and you can create the / mount point in the same way with the existing space.
you can see this in the following screen here you need to select “Finish partitioning and write changes to disk” option and press enter
Write the changes to disk option here you need to select yes and press enter
Creating ext3 filesystem in progress
Configuring the clock option here if you want to leave UTC Select yes otherwise no and press enter
You need enter the Full name of the user you want to create for your server in this example i have created administrator user select continue and press enter
username for your account in this i have entered test select continue and press enter
Entered the password for test user select continue and press enter
Confirm the password for test user select continue and press enter
Installing the base system in progress
Configuring package mirror this will be related to your country option
Now it will start Installing software and here you need to select the server options if you want DNS or LAMP i have selected as LAMP for our LAMP server installation
Software Installation in Progress
Installing GRUB Boot loader in progress
Installation complete message here you need to remove your CD select continue and press enter it will reboot your server
After rebooting you can see the following screen prompt for username
This will complete the Ubuntu LAMP Server Installation and your server is ready for installing applications which supports apache,mysql and php.
Enable root Account in Ubuntu server (Not Recommended for security Reasons this is just Optional)
After the reboot you can login with your previously created username (test). Now we will enable the root account using the following command
sudo passwd root
and give root a password.
Now onwards we become root by running the following command
su
Configuring Static ip address in Ubuntu server
Ubuntu installer has configured our system to get its network settings via DHCP, Now we will change that to a static IP address for this you need to edit Edit /etc/network/interfaces and enter your ip address details (in this example setup I will use the IP address 172.19.0.10):
sudo vi /etc/network/interfaces
and enter the following save the file and exit
# The primary network interface
auto eth0
iface eth0 inet static
address 172.19.0.10
netmask 255.255.255.0
network 172.19.0.0
broadcast 172.19.0.255
gateway 172.19.0.1
Now you need to restart your network services using the following command
sudo /etc/init.d/networking restart
You need to setup manually DNS servers in resolv.conf file when you are not using DHCP.
sudo vi /etc/resolv.conf
You need to add look something like this
search domain.com
nameserver xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx
Install SSH Server
If you want to access your server remotely through SSH you need to install SSH server for this you need to run the following command
sudo apt-get install ssh openssh-server
You will be prompted to insert the installation CD again and this will complete SSH server in your edgy lamp server.
This is really simple and easy server installation for new users and who wants a quick server.
One small Observation i have noticed in edgy LAMP installation and dapper LAMP installation was choosing LAMP server option is available in dapper at the time of booting your server CD and in edgy you need to select LAMP server option at the time of software installation.
This might be useful for users who might think there is no LAMP server option at the time of start booting their Edgy server CD.
After completing your Edgy LAMP Server Installation some of users may not be comfortable with command prompt for those users they can install webmin for their server web interface to configure apache,mysql servers.You can check here for webmin tutorials
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November 9th, 2006 at 1:53 pm
Hello i need some help
What is the commando to copy a file from a cd into a new directory on my HD in Ubuntu LAMP
So I can install webmin from the CD.
Tonnie
November 9th, 2006 at 2:37 pm
try the following commsnd
sudo cp -r /devicename/* destinationfolder
where devicename should be your CDROM drive.
November 9th, 2006 at 6:44 pm
This is a great guide… pity more install guides don’t include screenshots.
November 11th, 2006 at 4:29 pm
Nice guide.
Just have a question: can *anyone* explain how I can all this but use LVM to use my 3 harddisks?
I have a 160, 40 and 60gb harddisk in my server.
I want to install a lamp server and have it use all three disks..
Nothing fancy: just all LVM with /
November 13th, 2006 at 4:47 pm
How about automated install of LAMP with PostgreSQL as an option instead of MySql?
More Robusto…
November 13th, 2006 at 8:29 pm
I miss explanation why you need root account. Why not just use “sudo -i” to change to root account when needed. Why do you create root account direct access? Is there any application installed on the LAMP server that needs login as root?
November 13th, 2006 at 8:37 pm
Why not just use “sudo -i” to change to root account when needed. Why do you create root account direct access?
you can use sudo -i and root account enable is only optional
Is there any application installed on the LAMP server that needs login as root?
no
November 19th, 2006 at 7:44 pm
nice guide indeed – however I already had setup the generic 6.10 when I noticed that server setup-feature.
- would there be a similarly cool way to get that LAMP running on the generic edgy?
thks
December 2nd, 2006 at 3:44 pm
…well, admittedly, just following the steps set out in the *excellent*. It didn’t take me even 20min to get everything up and running.
December 6th, 2006 at 5:00 pm
Great tutorial! I’m a newb and have what I’m sure is a silly question. After I enter the Static information as described, where do I enter the command ’sudo /etc/init.d/networking restart’ to restart the service?
jp
December 6th, 2006 at 6:49 pm
from the command prompt
$sudo /etc/init.d/networking restart
December 8th, 2006 at 3:16 am
How do you get back to the command prompt… i’m having the same problem.
December 8th, 2006 at 2:42 pm
Excellent Guide, Thank you, I am new also
but I really want to learn. Last night I followed the desktop guide from ubuntuguide.org and install the php and samba, but this guide is right for the server. Thank you
December 8th, 2006 at 2:47 pm
>>How do you get back to the command prompt… i’m having the same problem
Like I said I am very new but so far I can help with this one
Ctrl + Alt + F1 (you can access F1-F6 to text mode and F7 is the graphic interface)
December 10th, 2006 at 9:41 pm
Is it possible to add the preconfigured LAMP server after the ubuntu 6.10 server installation already is done?
I do not want to start over again…
December 10th, 2006 at 9:59 pm
if you have installed ubuntu 6.10 server you need to install apache,mysql and php separately check the following links you can install these things very easily
If you want to install apache2 with php support check here
If you want to install mysqlcheck here
December 13th, 2006 at 7:43 pm
How can I tell if apache, mysql and php have been installed and/or running correctly?
After following these steps, as far as I can tell (which isn’t that far, admittedly) I don’t have apache installed. (Other howtos have shown apache (or apache2) should be in /etc/init.d/, my /etc/init.d/ has neither apache nor apache2.
I would really appreciate any help. Thanks.
December 13th, 2006 at 9:11 pm
ok here are the possible solutions
1) you might forgot to select lamp option at the time of installation
2)you can check using ps -ef if apache,mysql are running for php you can check using php -v
December 15th, 2006 at 10:39 am
It’s more than perfect guide
December 15th, 2006 at 10:08 pm
Well, as much as I hate to admit it, I didn’t select the lamp installation. I guess I was simply highlighting it and not hitting the space bar to actually select it. I’ll concede that it’s not much but in my defence I did follow different instructions that didn’t have screenshots.
Anyways, thanks so much for your help I now have it up and running.
So a heads up to everyone else out there having troubles getting this running – make sure you hit the space bar!! I’m know (ok, I’m hoping) I’m not the only one!! Thanks again.
December 22nd, 2006 at 1:31 pm
Please, send me more information about installation of LAMP for Kubuntu Lunux plattform !(Commando list !)
With best regards
Prof. S. Dimov
December 22nd, 2006 at 2:29 pm
if you want to install LAMP server on kubuntu you need to download the kubuntu server version and following the same procedure
December 26th, 2006 at 6:19 am
Great guide however as a linux newb I am stuck at the network part. When I edit the file to put in the static IP how do I save it? Is there a command or swithc?
December 27th, 2006 at 1:57 am
I figured it out.
December 28th, 2006 at 12:49 pm
HELP … I cannot login and type anykey from my keyboard.
My ubuntu server is stoped in ****screen prompt**** What sould I do? Thanks in advance!!!
January 1st, 2007 at 4:51 pm
Ok, followed the guide and everything is setup now (this was the only guide that told me how to set up my network card correctly without a GUI! cool!). When I do a ps -ef I can see many apache2 start’s there “apache2 -k start -DSSL” x 9. But no mysql, or php. php -v gives a bash commman not found error.
In short, where do I go now to setup mysql and php? Are there any detailed tutorials (like this one) that shows me where to go for configuration files and turn on anything that might need to be?
January 1st, 2007 at 5:00 pm
update: I created the test.php file in /var/www and sure enough it is installed.
I have found that the apache conf file is no longer httpd.conf, and has a slightly different structure (ie separated web/dir info etc), but worked it out.
But could someone point me in the right direction for mysql admin side of things. I am so use to using myphpadmin and related tools, that non-gui I am finding it a bit of a problem. Thanks
January 7th, 2007 at 7:03 am
The link to the server version of Edgy doesn’t work!
January 7th, 2007 at 10:33 am
I have changed the download link now it should work without any problem.
January 7th, 2007 at 2:51 pm
thanks! Link works now.
January 11th, 2007 at 7:47 pm
Hi, I have installed 6.10 server. When I reached the network portion, it did not find my Intel Pro 100+ adapter. I thought this was strange since the desktop version does detect it. Any suggestions?
January 12th, 2007 at 5:50 pm
Hi I dont know about linux to much but I need to access to a Server with ubuntu installed it. Some body can tell me the command to start the interface, if any graphic interface is available. To login I have the administrator User Name and the password but then I get something like command prompt and I dont know what to do about it . thanks.
January 14th, 2007 at 2:36 pm
HI I am a newbie with this stuff, I am stuck at the networking part where you have to save your config file of the network, how do you save it, I tried ctrl+alt+f1 and nothing happens, I then at times get a message saying their is no help text available.
I really need some help, could anyone explain to me how they got their’s to save??
January 14th, 2007 at 8:46 pm
if you are using vi editor you need to use the following command
:wq
To save the changes and quit.
If you are not using vi editor let me know which one you are using
January 20th, 2007 at 5:13 pm
Heya!
Ive got a prob there!
“Configuring Static ip address in Ubuntu server”
I managed it to open the file end edit it, but i dont know how to save and/or enter the command to restart….
-help-
January 20th, 2007 at 5:14 pm
edit:
what is the complete command to open/save?
@Admin
(:wq ???)
January 20th, 2007 at 8:26 pm
Hey, I installed the DESKTOP (apt-get install ubuntu-desktop) and managed the IPs over the GUI. ^^
cya
February 6th, 2007 at 2:11 pm
Hi
Just installed it and then tried to switch to GUI via ctrl+alt+F7, but didnt work.
Then I asume that it isnt installed.
then I tried this to get it:
sudo -i to get root
apt-get install ubuntu-desktop
then it says
Reading package list… Done
building dependences list… Done
E: couldnt find package
Tried to insert install cd but didnt help.
It should be connected to the internet bud dont know if it is setup, though it is setup via install sequence.
Im new at this so plz be detailed.
thx in advandge
February 6th, 2007 at 5:10 pm
@thomas
First thing you need to check your machine is connected to internet or not.If your machine is part of office LAN and you have DHCP server this will install automatically.Other wise you need to check this first.
February 11th, 2007 at 4:28 pm
Good tutorial!
I am searching the kubuntu server version but i can’t find it. can you give me a download link?
thanks
Giorgio
February 12th, 2007 at 3:58 pm
@giorgio
As the Server install does not have any gui whatsoever there is no KDE (Kubuntu) version of the server disc so you just need to grab the Ubuntu server install cd
http://www.ubuntu.com/server
You can also install the server from the “alternate” text-based install disc for either Kubuntu or Ubuntu if you already have one.
February 13th, 2007 at 7:30 pm
thanks for the reply,
i’m going to install a kubuntu server from .deb … i want test this operating system on a server, but in my opinion is not the best…
February 17th, 2007 at 5:29 am
how can i transfer my file to /var/www with ssh secure file transfer? i can’t login by root account.
February 28th, 2007 at 1:47 pm
See the first reboot screenshot, what is that “pii_x4_smbus Host SMBus Controller Not Enabled” messages? I am also getting that message on Pentium III pc and how to resolve it? Thanks
March 3rd, 2007 at 4:00 pm
Hi
I have installed the LAMP server and everything but when the system reboot it said loading GRUB 2 times then it said pres ESC to enter mainmenu and then counts down then reboots. Also in the main menu, when I select the server it says starting up… then reboots.
Can anyone help?
March 18th, 2007 at 5:33 pm
when i enter the command “sudo vi /etc/network/interfaces” i get “auto eth0
iface eth0 inet static” but everything else is empty no adress no netmask ….. i’m using router do i have to open any ports or what is the problem?
March 25th, 2007 at 12:35 am
hi,
can someone hellp me with my old pc? i have old pc. amd k7 500mhz 512mb of ram and 10gb hdd. i need that this pc become small web and ftp server on this computer now runing ubuntu 6.06.
who can help me to do this with remote desktop help?
please be so kindly and help me.
best regards
Rimas
March 27th, 2007 at 5:05 am
hi i hav no experience in lynux but recently i installed one server by lynux its success after installation its asking for
administration commands to run how to do it plz tel me….tqqqq
April 8th, 2007 at 11:32 am
Hi there,
I’ve installed the server, but am trying to install the GUI with:
sudo apt-get install ubuntu-desktop
However, I am returned
Reading package list… Done
building dependences list… Done
E: couldnt find package
The CD is in the drive and I am connected to the internet via ADSL modem, not thru office LAN.
Is there a way to configure something to get this install going?
Please help, Im new to this.
Thank you
April 8th, 2007 at 3:45 pm
you need to make sure you have enabled universe and multiverse resposities in your source list file /etc/apt/sources.list i.e uncomment the following lines
deb http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu edgy multiverse
deb-src http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu edgy multiverse
deb http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu edgy universe
deb-src http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu edgy universe
once you enable save the file and exit
update the source list
sudo apt-get update
and run
sudo apt-get install ubuntu-desktop
April 11th, 2007 at 7:05 am
hi.
thank you for this great quick-entry-tut.
maybe you could drop a line about the missing ’swap’-partioion.
at least it’s something that comes up when finishing partitioning and may leave linux-novices such as me kind of unsettled – since i can imagine swapping is not wanted for server?
tnx!
April 11th, 2007 at 10:26 pm
Hello,
Please help me!
I’m new with ubuntu and i have a question to make.
I install ubuntu Edgy eft 6.10 server on my notebook, this version have graphic mode?
After the instalation i only have text mode.
Thanks!
April 12th, 2007 at 9:48 am
Magoo
If you want to install GUI follow these steps
you need to make sure you have enabled universe and multiverse resposities in your source list file /etc/apt/sources.list i.e uncomment the following lines
deb http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu edgy multiverse
deb-src http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu edgy multiverse
deb http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu edgy universe
deb-src http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu edgy universe
once you enable save the file and exit
update the source list
sudo apt-get update
and run
sudo apt-get install ubuntu-desktop
April 13th, 2007 at 1:23 am
Total newb here. Checked out the Ubuntu website… will this work on my 32bit AMD?
If so, once it’s installed, how about upgrading the php version – do we have to recompile with the current release (5.2) or is there a way to update over top?
April 13th, 2007 at 2:26 pm
I ran into two problems. First I think I fell into the ASCI graphics pitfall of not pressing spacebar on the LAMP
because I’m missing the AMP part of it. Second, when I try to run a locate command in edgy it gives an error
referencing a database (sorry had to leave my box and come to work so I can afford to play with it more). This is my
first time doing a server install, and I might of taken the locate command for granted…anyone encounted problems
with locate after attempting to do a edgy/server install?
April 18th, 2007 at 5:19 pm
Rick Burque Says:
November 13th, 2006 at 4:47 pm
How about automated install of LAMP with PostgreSQL as an option instead of MySql?
More Robusto…
Because then it would be a LAPP Server.
For everyone having problems with Vi, try Nano to edit your files. It’s a little easier to use.
April 24th, 2007 at 3:21 am
I installed Ubuntu server 6.10. If I want to browse on the web to download something from a web site, how do I do this? Since Ubuntu Server doesn’t have GUI, I don’t have a web browser to surf the Internet. Or, am I missing something?
April 24th, 2007 at 7:26 am
@geoff
if you want to install gui for your server you need follow this procedure
1) Make sure you have enabled universe,multiverse repositories enabled in /etc/apt/sources.list file
2)update the source list
sudo apt-get update
3)install gui
sudo apt-get install ubuntu-desktop
or
you can use wget to download the file
example
wget filelocation
wget http://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/test/test-1.10.2.tar.gz
April 25th, 2007 at 3:25 am
Thank you, Admin. It worked. It was a big download but it started beautifully with startx. Thank you so much!
April 25th, 2007 at 1:57 pm
A very thorough guide (and very much needed!) Bookmarked as I know I’ll keep coming back.
I suppose it’s not a major problem but a not expected phenomenon – my Ubuntu LAMP server installation is slow to log on from a Windows terminal. I have installed OpenSSH and removed the “bind-to-localhost-IP” line in the config. I use PuTTY on the Windows (XP) box to communicate with the Ubuntu server. It always takes about 20 seconds from opening the connection to the request for the password. From then on, commands seem to run in “real time”.
Likewise, when I use the Windows MySQL client to connect to the Ubuntu server, it takes about 20 seconds for the connection to establish.
Is such delay normal ? What’s going on during that 20 seconds ?
Any clues much appreciated.
April 30th, 2007 at 12:38 am
I am able to see the that mysql and Apache are running using ps -ef, but i cannot login using msql or mysqladmin. it say that i need to install client. I have done the Lamp installation, all the web pages are workng. but i can’t seem to login in mysql. Please help.
April 30th, 2007 at 2:37 pm
try to type the following command in the terminal
mysql
and let me know what error message you are getting
May 2nd, 2007 at 6:11 pm
When I used
sudo apt-get update
“temporary failure resolving” appears row by row
and in the end
“reading package list …..done”
“w: some index files failed to download, they have been ignored, or old ones uses instead”
Whats wrong, I checked connection with ping and success.
Help me please.
May 4th, 2007 at 9:39 am
My problem “temporary failure resolving” solved now.
I just edit nameserver in “etc/resolv.conf” from “xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx” to my ip gateway.
Now update on processing.
May 13th, 2007 at 5:09 am
Hey you know that if you have only 128mb ram and want to install the lamp ubuntu edgy 6.10, you can configure the boot option and where it says 168020 or something for ram, just edit the 6 into a 2. So then you can install it. =]
September 2nd, 2007 at 9:34 pm
Excellent tutorial! I got my Ubuntu to work thanks.
January 21st, 2008 at 1:55 am
hi i have ubuntu server 7.10 running on a vmware for testing propose.
I am trying to install gui on it.
I did the following steps:
1-Enable universe,multiverse repositories enabled in /etc/apt/sources.list file
remove #
deb http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu edgy multiverse
deb-src http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu edgy multiverse
deb http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu edgy universe
deb-src http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu edgy universe
2- sudo apt-get update
3- sudo apt-get install ubuntu-desktop
and give me the following error «E: impossible to find package ubuntu-desktop»
i have the ubuntu desktop insert on E:
Can some one help me
February 1st, 2008 at 10:26 am
Thanks
May 20th, 2008 at 12:31 pm
Ok so far the post have been helpful
however my situation is a little different I some how got the ubuntu server 7 to do the gui installation but its not giving me anything than a starting window and the a dark screen
is there anyway I can move beyond this
Note I am as new as they come
May 20th, 2008 at 4:14 pm
@read the comments you can install gui in your server
July 28th, 2008 at 8:10 pm
I’m having a partitioning problem. I’ve never installed a server version of Ubuntu, but have installed desktop versions before. When I manually partion it into a 50 GB partion and follow the onscreen instructions. I make the mount point /boot. But it gives me an error message saying, “No root file system is defined. Please correct this from the partitioning menu.”
I then looked at the images and noticed that the “Mount options” was set to relatime. My option list however does not say default. Could this be the problem? Or is it something else?
Any help would be appreciated.
July 29th, 2008 at 12:59 am
Never mind, I just made 3 partions. One with ext3 on mount point /boot, the other is a swap file. And the last is just free space. Now I’m stuck at the internet config part. I’m pretty newbish at linux bash commands, but it says the first two lines like the image. “auto etho0 and ip static or whatever.” Then it has blue “~”?! How do I drop down a line and then what is the command to save it? Sorry for being such a newb?
July 29th, 2008 at 1:00 am
Also, should for the ip should I use the one I use to connect to my router, or another.
July 29th, 2008 at 1:23 am
Ok, I fixed the text editor problem. For those of you using the vi text editor, which if you follow this guide exactly your are hence the vi command. This is a nice site that explains its command. “http://www.cs.rit.edu/~cslab/vi.html#A1.1″ It tells you how to everything you need for this nice tutorial. Now I’m still on the problem of what IP address I should use. Should I use the one that I use to connect to my router or what? All help appreciated.
October 22nd, 2008 at 5:00 pm
If you are still trying to use Ubuntu 6.10 Edgy, and are trying to get updates from Ubuntu Repositiories, you must use this URL in the /etc/apt/sources.lst:
http://old-releases.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ edgy
I hope this helps those of us trying to use old Ubuntu versions today.
December 18th, 2008 at 10:45 am
how can i install ubuntu dekstop from CD