Install MySQL, Apache and PHP from source on Linux
How to configure and compile LAMP on Slackware Linux
I've always wanted to have somewhere written down all the exact commands that will install a functional LAMP (Linux Apache MySQL PHP) server.
I wrote them in a text file an year ago, i found them couple of days ago and decided to try them on a fresh Slackware server.
bash-3.1# uname -a Linux slackware 2.6.29.6-smp #2 SMP Mon Aug 17 00:52:54 CDT 2009 i686 Pentium III (Katmai) GenuineIntel GNU/Linux
I thought there are other people like me who need these command so check them out. If you have anything to add please comment.
In your home root create a folder /kits/. Mine is /home/serban/kits.
1. Install MySQL
groupadd mysql useradd -g mysql -c "MySQL Server" mysql
If you get any message like: groupadd: cannot lock /etc/group; try again later. this means you are not logged as root. Try 'su' and enter password, or 'sudo su' if you are at the console.
Browse to http://www.mysql.com/downloads/mysql/ scroll and choose 'Generic Linux (Architecture Independent), Compressed TAR Archive' (around 22Mb) and download it.
tar -zxvf mysql-5.1.45.tar.gz cd mysql-5.1.45 ./configure --prefix=/usr/local/mysql --localstatedir=/usr/local/mysql/data --with-mysqld-user=mysql --with-unix-socket-path=/tmp/mysql.sock --with-charset=utf8
If somewhere during config you get 'checking for termcap functions library... configure: error: No curses/termcap library found', try this: locate libncurses , look for a path like /lib/libncursesw.so.5, the add the line '--with-named-curses-libs=/lib/libncursesw.so.5' to your config and run again.
If you get '/bin/rm: cannot remove `libtoolT': No such file or directory' at the end of the configure, this is actually not a MySQL bug, read: http://bugs.mysql.com/bug.php?id=47411 ; If you can't fix it don't worry about it.
make && make install root@slack:/home/kit/mysql-5.1.22-rc# ./scripts/mysql_install_db chown -R root:mysql /usr/local/mysql chown -R mysql:mysql /usr/local/mysql/data cp support-files/my-medium.cnf /etc/my.cnf chown root:sys /etc/my.cnf chmod 644 /etc/my.cnf cp ./support-files/mysql.server /etc/rc.d/mysql chmod +x /etc/rc.d/mysql
Test the MySQL server:
root@slackware:~/kits/mysql-5.1.45# /etc/rc.d/mysql start Starting MySQL SUCCESS! root@slackware:~/kits/mysql-5.1.45# /etc/rc.d/mysql stop Shutting down MySQL SUCCESS!
2. Installing Apache
Browse to http://httpd.apache.org/download.cgi#apache22 and download the Unix Source .tar.gz file
tar -zxvf httpd-2.2.6.tar.gz cd httpd-2.2.6 ./configure --prefix=/usr/local/apache2 --enable-shared=max --enable-rewrite --enable-module=so --enable-ssl --enable-deflate --enable-vhost-alias make && make install
3. Installing PHP
tar -zxvf php-5.2.4.tar.gz cd php-5.2.4 ./configure --prefix=/usr/local/php --with-apxs2=/usr/local/apache2/bin/apxs --with-mysql=/usr/local/mysql --with-curl --with-mysqli=/usr/local/mysql/bin/mysql_config --enable-exif --with-zlib --with-gd make && make install cp php.ini-dist /usr/local/php/lib/php.ini pico /usr/local/php/lib/php.ini
Notice that we have added cURL library to the PHP configuration. If that is not already installed on your Linux distro do this (the following applies to any additional module you need to PHP):
Browse to: http://www.php.net/curl ; http://curl.haxx.se/download.html
cd /home/kit/ tar -zxvf curl-7.17.0.tar.gz cd curl-7.17.0 ./configure make && make install
4. Configuring Apache to work with PHP
pico httpd.conf
Find the 'DirectoryIndex' line and modify it like this:
<IfModule dir_module>
DirectoryIndex index.html index.htm index.php
</IfModule>Find lines with 'AddType' (might be commented), add the following:
AddType application/x-httpd-php .php AddType application/x-httpd-php-source .phps
Save the conf and let's run a test:
/usr/local/apache2/bin/apachectl configtest
Should give you something like:
httpd: Could not reliably determine the server's fully qualified domain name, using 127.0.0.1 for ServerName Syntax OK
Now create a shortcut for apache daemon
ln -s /usr/local/apache2/bin/apachectl /etc/rc.d/apache
Comments
Good work. Saves many hours of searching and headaches.
how do you add phpmyadmin?
Just download from http://www.phpmyadmin.net/home_page/downloads.php and put it in your /htdocs/
Where is the httpd.conf file located ?
why do i get cant find index.php ?
Very good ! Under Fedora Core 14 the only tutorial that worked for me, since I had to stay with PHP 5.2.x
(it should be: --enable-module-so under the installing apache section)
very useful tips for a newbie like me... thanks for guide!
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