[LBo] Re: Installing and configuring a LAMP

[Jisao]

Dave Lerner wrote:
> effort as possible, I recommend XAMPP
> <http://www.apachefriends.org/en/xampp.html>. Installing it is simply a
> matter of extracting a tarball, and possibly doing a bit of configuration.
>
> But installing the Apache, PHP and MySQL components separately would be
> better if you want to learn how to do that.
>
>   
> If your objective is to get Apache, PHP and MySQL running with as little
I had installed XAMP on my windows box, but I did not know that it was 
available for Linux.

Installing Apache, PHP and mysql separately on Linux is indeed an 
experience. If only to practice editing files, creating symbolic links 
and navigating the more arcane places in my computer:  /var/lib/, 
var/www/ , /etc and /usr/share/.

I still have to figure out permissions.  When to edit as root, as my 
user, when to navigate as a user and as root.  Right now, I did go 
around the problem by lauching Konqueror with a root terminal, but I 
will have to eventually figure out who should do what and when.

An added bonus is that I now have the infrastructure to work with 
oscommerce.

Jisao