Web Programming/Development Environment Setup

Setup a Ubuntu VM with LAMP

• Install VirtualBox
• Install latest Ubuntu server (no GUI) or desktop with Apache/MySQL/PHP
  • https://www.digitalocean.com/community/tutorials/how-to-install-linux-apache-mysql-php-lamp-stack-on-ubuntu-14-04
  • https://help.ubuntu.com/community/ApacheMySQLPHP
• Optional:
  • install guest additions to enable shared clipboard
    • download guest additions iso image: http://download.virtualbox.org/virtualbox/
    • install additions: http://virtualboxes.org/doc/installing-guest-additions-on-ubuntu/
  • screen resolution
• Activate user public_html directories: http://kimbriggs.com/computers/computer-notes/linux-notes/apache2-public_html-virtual-directories.file
• Intall and configure phpMyAdmin:
  • https://help.ubuntu.com/community/phpMyAdmin
  • http://www.liquidweb.com/kb/how-to-install-and-configure-phpmyadmin-on-ubuntu-14-04/