Install LAMP with tasksel

What is LAMP ?

 

 LAMP stands for Linux Apache MySQL PHP/Perl/Python. when it comes to web developing LAMP is the best way for Rapid Application Development using open source technolgies.

What is tasksel ?


tasksel is an installation system that comes with debian/ubuntu systems it groups software packages by tasks and offers an easy way to install all the packages needed for that task.

How tasksel works.

get the terminal and type 

sudo tasksel

you can see something similar to the above picture. scroll down to the package you need to install and press space bar then press tab and select ok button and press enter. then the tasksel will do the rest for you.

here i have chosen to install LAMP server.

Is this the only way to use tasksel?

no you can do the same thing with the terminal with this command :

sudo tasksel install lamp-server 

OR

sudo apt-get install lamp-server^

** DO NOT forget to add the caret ('^')**

hope you can configure LAMP on your Linux box ... i will come up with the conventional way of configuring LAMP in a future article.

cheers !!

Kesh,