How to install LAMP in Scientific Linux 6

Scientific Linux 6.0 was released a few days ago, it is a powerfull  Linux distribution that is produced by Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory and the European Organization for Nuclear Research (CERN). The distribution is opensource and It is based on Red hat Enterprise Linux.

SL has been built from the source code for Red Hat Enterprise Linux versions, under the terms and conditions of Red Hat Enterprise Linux’s EULA and the GNU General Public License.

In this post will show you how to install LAMP in Sientific Linux 6.0:

1- Install Apache:

As root type the following command:

yum install httpd  

Now make apache start with computer boot

chkconfig httpd on 

start   the apache  services

 /etc/init.d/httpd start

to check that Apache has been installed without problems, go to your browser and type

http://localhost

2- MySQL  installation:

To install  Mysql, as root type the command

yum  install mysql mysql-server

Start the mysqld and configure it to boot  with computer start

/etc/init.d/mysqld start

Make it  starting with the  computer

chkconfig  mysqld on

Now  create MySQL admin password

mysql -u root

mysql> SET PASSWORD FOR 'root'@'localhost' = PASSWORD('YOURPASSWORD');   

3- Install PHP5 and dependencies

You can install PHP and dependencies using the command

yum  install  php  php-mysql
 

Check if php is working by creating a php info page

vi  /var/www/html/test.php

Copy this code :

yum  install phpmyadmin 

 tar  -zxvf    phpMyAdmin-3.3.3-all-languages.tar.gz 

mv  phpMyAdmin-3.3.3-all-languages  phpmyadmin

cd  phpmyadmin

cp  config.sample.inc.php config.inc.php