How to Install LAMP on Ubuntu
What is a LAMP?
LAMP stands for Linux, Apache, MySQL, PHP. It is open-source software used to get web servers up and running on Linux platform like CentOS or Ubuntu.
Step 1: Install Apache
sudo apt-get install apache2
sudo gedit /etc/apache2/apache2.conf
Change AllowOverride None TO AllowOverride All
<Directory /var/www/>
Options Indexes FollowSymLinks
AllowOverride All
Require all granted
</Directory>
sudo a2enmod rewrite
sudo a2enmod ssl
sudo /etc/init.d/apache2 restart
Step 2: Install MySQL
sudo apt-get install mysql-server
sudo /etc/init.d/mysql restart
sudo mysql_secure_installation
Step 3: Install PHP
sudo add-apt-repository ppa:ondrej/php
sudo apt-get update
For PHP5.6
sudo apt-get install php5.6
sudo apt-get install php5.6-mbstring php5.6-mcrypt php5.6-mysql php5.6-xml php5.6-curl libapache2-mod-php5.6
For PHP7.0
sudo apt-get install php7.0
sudo apt-get install php7.0-mbstring php7.0-mcrypt php7.0-mysql php7.0-xml php7.0-curl libapache2-mod-php7.0
For PHP7.1
sudo apt-get install php7.1
sudo apt-get install php7.1-mbstring php7.1-mcrypt php7.1-mysql php7.1-xml php7.1-curl libapache2-mod-php7.1
For PHP7.2
sudo apt-get install php7.2
sudo apt-get install php7.2-mbstring php7.2-mcrypt php7.2-mysql php7.2-xml php7.2-curl libapache2-mod-php7.2
sudo phpenmod pdo_mysql
sudo a2dismod php7.0
sudo a2enmod php5.6
sudo /etc/init.d/apache2 restart
All done!
Step 4: Check localhost
Hope it helps.