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May 15th, 2007

LAMP On Ubuntu 7.04 (Feisty Fawn) Server Edition

Posted by Adrian Kingsley-Hughes @ 4:33 am

Categories: Linux, My Linux Experience

Tags: Ubuntu, Linux, IM, Server, Adrian Kingsley-Hughes

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The other day I decided that I needed a Linux install with the full LAMP (Linux, Apache, MySQL & PHP) setup on it.  After a fair bit of digging about and reading a lot of websites I discovered that one of the easiest and least fuss ways to achieve this goal was to download and install Ubuntu 7.04 (Feisty Fawn) Server Edition.

  
  Photo Gallery: Check out the full install/setup gallery for Ubuntu 7.04 Server.  
 

I'm already getting pretty familiar with Ubuntu 7.04.  Of the Linux distros that I've tried, this one is the distro that I keep on being drawn back to.  I'm not sure why, but when swimming in a sea of choices, it's good to have one thing to cling onto.

With Ubuntu 7.04 Server Edition I decided to take a different approach and install this one using the text-based installer rather than downloading the easier to use (yet much bigger) Live CD.  I did this partly because I wanted to experience the text-based installation process but also because I wasn't sure if it was possible to install LAMP via the Live CD (I'd only seen it mentioned in instructions using the text-based installation routine).  I'm sure that it is possible to install LAMP via the Live CD (and if someone can confirm this, fire away) but I thought that the text-based route would be good for the soul.

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not currently advertised...
currently the 'buntu sites only show the Long-Term Support, and the most recent versions... so, 3 versions from now, we'll see both replaced on the downloads page, and within 6 months, 7.04 will be replaced with 7.10...... (Read the rest)
Posted by: shryko Posted on: 06/12/07 You are currently: a Guest | | Terms of Use
Via the LiveCD  tombalablomba | 05/15/07
Forward planning!  bportlock | 05/15/07
Well yes of course  tombalablomba | 05/15/07
De Gustibus Non Disputandum  Yagotta B. Kidding | 05/15/07
Haven't done Text based since DOS...  fr0thy2. | 05/16/07
What next?  pingu@... | 05/16/07
GUI install  30otsix | 05/15/07
tRu dat  ruped24 | 05/15/07
Learning to love the command line.  enduser_z | 05/15/07
Nicely done  Chad_z | 05/15/07
Pardon my asking...  No_Ax_to_Grind | 05/15/07
not worked, painless!  ruped24 | 05/15/07
It certainly does underscore Linux's intimidation factor  Michael Kelly | 05/15/07
History is the problem....  bportlock | 05/15/07
My luck with Red Hat and Suse have been nightmares  fr0thy2. | 05/16/07
Red Hat 6 Unleashed  Too Old For IT | 06/01/07
Most people can't even install Windows.  B.O.F.H. | 05/15/07
Post W95, not sure I agree with that. Windows is still easier...  fr0thy2. | 05/16/07
Driver hunting  macoafi | 05/18/07
ubiquity is worlds ahead.  shryko | 05/16/07
Yeah, amazed because it was so simple...  jasonp@... | 05/15/07
LAMP is pretty easy, and XAMPP makes it even easier  CobraA1 | 05/15/07
Just to let you know  daniel.valdes@... | 05/16/07
Edubuntu sets up the same way...  mrdatahsZDNet Moderator | 05/15/07
NO  Teran | 05/15/07
LAMP? How about WAIS...  Mike Cox | 05/15/07
WAIS?  ruped24 | 05/15/07
WAI$   | 05/16/07
M$$$  zbotzman | 05/16/07
WAMP?  aulax@... | 05/16/07
support contract.  shryko | 05/16/07
$3 a month is almost free  davidtristan@... | 05/19/07
More on via the LiveCD  Azriphale | 05/16/07
Is LAMP a recognized acronym?  pingu@... | 05/16/07
yes, it's a recognized acronym... has been for years (nt)  shryko | 05/16/07
Thanks  pingu@... | 05/17/07
And.. Feisty Fawn follows Dapper Drake!  pingu@... | 05/17/07
What about 6.10?  macoafi | 05/18/07
not currently advertised...  shryko | 06/12/07
LAMP acronym  lwvirden | 05/21/07
Uh, No  Onideus_Mad_Hatter | 05/22/07
Hey, That's Mine!  Onideus_Mad_Hatter | 05/22/07
How did you capture the screen prints?  CortnyCox | 05/16/07
vmware  ruped24 | 05/16/07
Install Ubuntu Feisty Fawn  rayyzorr@... | 05/16/07
mepis for KDE, as opposed to ubuntu... try Kubuntu...  shryko | 05/16/07
And no multi-boot for it  macoafi | 05/18/07
Gnome matter  pingu@... | 05/17/07
Almost as easy on Ubuntu workstation.....  ConfusedOne | 05/25/07
Giving it a go .. and waiting  Too Old For IT | 06/01/07

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