Installing a LAMP Server on Ubuntu 11.10
One of the main reasons that I have been working so hard to learn Linux is so that I can begin to learn how to effectively develop websites with Drupal. On top of Linux, all I need is Apache, MySQL, and PHP installed, and voila! A LAMP Stack that functions as a normal web server, allowing me to test web programming from the comfort and privacy of my own computer.
I have been using The Definitive Guide to Drupal 7 to facilitate learning and understanding Drupal, and the book suggests that Drubuntu is the easiest way to setup the LAMP Stack (see truncated chapter online here. Yet, after trying to bootstrap Drubuntu at least five times on two computers, I still don't have the foggiest idea how to actually accomplish what the book assures is very easy. (The book is otherwise quite excellent, so I'm assuming that I simply lack a critical piece of information that the author assumes I would have.)
So, I just deleted everything that Drubuntu was able to install and started over.
Instead, I found this tutorial on Ubuntu's Community documentation page that made the process incredibly simple through two commands at the command line in Linux:
- Type: "sudo apt-get install tasksel"
- Then, type: "sudo tasksel install lamp-server"
That's it! My LAMP Stack is installed, and now I can play with Drupal installations at will!