Lamp Installation on Arch

November 3rd, 2013



Linux, Apache, MySQL/MariaDB, PHP: In short LAMP, a complete Open Source solution for web-developer. Apache Web Server,Often referred to as simply Apache, a public-domain open source Web server developed by a loosely-knit group of programmers which runs roughly 50% of the servers in the world. Here i show you the simple steps to install LAMP on your Arch System:

Install php,php-apache,apache and mariadb: (note: use your favorite text editor, am using “gedit”)

$ sudo Pacman -S php-apache apache mariadb

Now configure apache:

$ sudo gedit /etc/httpd/conf/httpd.conf 

#> comment the line .i.e. put a # before it.

LoadModule unique_id_module modules/mod_unique_id.so

#> restart apache

$ sudo systemctl restart httpd

then configure mariadb:

$ sudo systemctl start mysqld
$ sudo mysql_secure_installation

#> press enter and then "yes" to all.

Lastly configure php and php-apache:

$ sudo gedit /etc/httpd/conf/httpd.conf

#> add the following lines at the end of the files

LoadModule php5_module modules/libphp5.so 
AddHandler php5-script php 
Include conf/extra/php5_module.conf

#> save and exit .

$ sudo gedit /srv/http/info.php

#> add this in your php file:

<?php phpinfo(); ?>

finally, restart apache and all is done.enjoy!

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