How to install Lamp in ArchLinux

By
Roy s

LAMP (Linux, Apache, MySQL and PHP) is an open source Web development platform that uses Linux as operating system, Apache as the web store , MySQL as the ArchlinuxLogo2relational database management system and PHP as the object-oriented scripting language. 
In this Simple tutorial we will explain you how to install LAMP SERVER on your ArchLinux.

Install Apache, PHP, y MySQL

The  installation  of  Lamp  on Archlinux  needs  some  manual configurations . please   follow  steps bellow:

Install Packages

# pacman -S apache php php-apache mysql

1- Configure Apache

  • Add  if not exist to

    /etc/hosts
127.0.0.1  localhost.localdomain   localhost
  • Edite
    /etc/rc.conf

    .  and  define the hostname 

#
# Networking
#
HOSTNAME="localhost"
  • Comment out the  below  lines 
# nano /etc/httpd/conf/httpd.conf

LoadModule unique_id_module        modules/mod_unique_id.so

en

#LoadModule unique_id_module        modules/mod_unique_id.so
  • Now restart apache, As root enter the following command:
# /etc/rc.d/httpd start
  • Edit
    /etc/rc.conf

    to run apache on start. 

DAEMONS=(... varios daemons ... httpd

or add this line to

rc.local

:

/etc/rc.d/httpd start

 

open the  browser  and  check   http://ip  or  http://hostname

 

2- Configure PHP

Check php module configuration

Add the following lines to /etc/httpd/conf/httpd.conf:

# Use for PHP 5.x:
LoadModule php5_module       modules/libphp5.so
AddHandler php5-script php
Include conf/extra/php5_module.conf

Add index.php after “DirectoryIndex index.html”

# DirectoryIndex: sets the file that Apache will serve if a directory
# is requested.
#
<IfModule dir_module>
    DirectoryIndex index.html index.php
</IfModule>

DirectoryIndex index.php index.phtml index.html

Now test php page, Add and edit file test.php under /srv/http/ add

<?

php phpinfo();

?>

Now test the page http://ip/test.php ot http://hostname/test.php

  •  If you want the libGD module, install php-gd package and uncomment in /etc/php/php.ini:

 ;extension=gd.so

to

 extension=gd.so

Pay attention to which extension you uncomment, as this  extension is sometimes mentioned in an explanatory comment before the  actual line you want to uncomment.







  •  If you want the mcrypt module, install php-mcrypt package and uncomment in /etc/php/php.ini: 
    • 


 ;extension=mcrypt.so


to 


extension=mcrypt.so




change this line of /etc/php/php.ini


;date.timezone =



to


date.timezone = Europe/Amsterdam



nano /etc/httpd/conf/httpd.conf



 


    

  • 

    Restart Apacheto  take  teh  new   change
    

    • 



# /etc/rc.d/httpd restart





3- Configure MySQL


    

  •  Configure MySQL as described in MySQL. 
    • 



    

  •  Edit /etc/php/php.ini 
    • 



 ;extension=mysqli.so
 ;extension=mysql.so






Caution:Some users have reported typos on this line. Please make sure that it reads ;extension=mysql.so and not ;extension=msql.so. 




    

  •  You can add minor privileged users for your web scripts by editing the tables found in the mysql database. You have to restart MySQL for changes to take effect. Do not forget to check the mysql/users table. If there is a second entry for root and your hostname is left  with no password set, everybody from your host probably could gain full  access. Perhaps see next section for these jobs. 
    • 



    

  •  Run in terminal: 
    • 



 # /etc/rc.d/mysqld start



    

  •  You may also need to restart Apache. Run in terminal: 
    • 



 # /etc/rc.d/httpd restart



    

  •  MySQL should now be running. Set the root password and test it by running: 
    • 



 # mysqladmin -u root password password
 # mysql -u root -p





Type exit to exit from the CLI MySQL client 




    

  •  Edit /etc/rc.conf (to start MySQL at boot): 
    • 



 DAEMONS=(... mysqld ...)



Or add this line to rc.local:


 /etc/rc.d/mysqld start



 







4- Configurar PHPMyAdmin


Install ph[pmyadmin


pacman -S phpmyadmin php-mcrypt



Copy the example configuration file to your httpd configuration directory.


cp /etc/webapps/phpmyadmin/apache.example.conf /etc/httpd/conf/extra/httpd-phpmyadmin.conf



Add the following lines to /etc/httpd/conf/httpd.conf:


# phpMyAdmin configuration
Include conf/extra/httpd-phpmyadmin.conf





 Adjust access rights 


In /etc/webapps/phpmyadmin/.htaccess, comment out deny from all. The line should look like this:


#deny from all

Change it  to Allow  from all  or  to allow  from specified  Ip

This  file  (/etc/httpd/conf/extra/httpd-phpmyadmin.conf) will  make  the  lias  to the  phpmyadmin directory


Now  restart apache  and  check  the  phpmyadmin page under  http://ip/phpmyadmin