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[kjb]

does anyone have experience or knowledge of installing ubuntu - and wether it includes an option to install apache, php mysql, etc from within the ubuntu distribution. like, i'm a noobie, and i doubt i would be able to confiogure and maintain everything without some easy way to do it.

thanks for sharing any thoughts.

[caker]

apt-get update <-- pulls in the latest list of packages from the remote repo

apt-get upgrade <-- upgrades all installed packages to their most current version

apt-cache search <somepackagename> <-- keyword searches the repo for package names

apt-get install <packagename> <-- installs package

For example:

apt-get install apache2 mysql-server php5 <-- to install AMP

-Chris

[kjb]

thnx chris. that looks ez.
i will get in trouble tryiing it though, watch me....
linode jsut looks too durn good - i gotta attempt it.



anyone wanna help me with a little bit of sysadmin in exchange for uh, advertising on a web news/zine ???
that would be my best solution. then i could do what i do instead of try to be a sysadmin.

[Xan]

The great thing about Linode is how easy it is to experiment. Try some stuff, break it, start all over again until you like what you see. In fact, it's only $20/month to have a completely experimental node on which you can try stuff before rolling it out to your production node. That can really help you get started, even if you don't need it long-term.

Just keep good notes on the commands you used!

[zunzun]

http://www.howtoforge.com/lamp_installation_ubuntu6.06

looks like a good start.

James