# Installing LAMP (PHP 5.6, Apache 2.4, MySQL 5.6) on Elementary OS

> Source: https://www.sumonselim.com/installing-php-5-6-apache-2-4-mysql-5-6-elementary-freya
> Author: Muhammad Sumon Molla Selim
> Published: 2014-10-27
> Tag: PHP
> Summary: Install a LAMP stack on elementary OS Freya: Apache 2.4, PHP 5.6 and MySQL 5.6 from the ondrej PPAs, then verify with a phpinfo() page.

**TL;DR:** This guide installs a LAMP development stack on elementary OS Freya without `tasksel`. Add the `ppa:ondrej/apache2`, `ppa:ondrej/php5-5.6` and `ppa:ondrej/mysql-5.6` repositories, run `sudo apt-get update`, then install `apache2`, `php5` and `mysql-server`. Verify by opening `http://localhost` and by placing a file containing `<?php phpinfo();` in `/var/www/html`.

I’m a web and mobile application developer by profession and developing on **LAMP** (Linux, Apache, MySQL and PHP) stack for last couple of years. Now it’s time to get development environment ready on my newly installed **elementary OS “Freya”.** I will install everything separately instead of using the **tasksel** command.

At the time of writing this article, I’m installing the latest stable version of all the things I am going to need.

- **PHP 5.6**
- **Apache 2.4**
- **MySQL 5.6**

## Installing Apache 2.4

We will add the repository of the latest Apache version to our system by using the following command:

```bash
sudo add-apt-repository ppa:ondrej/apache2
```

Then run the following two commands to install **Apache 2.4**:

```bash
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install apache2
```

## Installing PHP 5.6

First, we will add the repository of the latest PHP version to our system by using the following command:

```bash
sudo add-apt-repository ppa:ondrej/php5-5.6
```

Then run the following two commands to install **PHP** **5.6**:

```bash
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install php5
```

This will install PHP on our system.

## Installing MySQL 5.6

We will add the repository of the latest MySQL version to our system by using the following command:

```bash
sudo add-apt-repository ppa:ondrej/mysql-5.6
```

Then run the following two commands to install **MySQL** **5.6**:

```bash
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install mysql-server
```

This will install MySQL on our system.

You will be asked to set password for the “root” user for the MySQL server during the process.

Voila! Our development environment is ready now 🙂

If you visit [http://localhost](http://localhost) now, you will see the Apache2 Ubuntu Default Page.

![Apache2 Ubuntu default page](https://www.sumonselim.com/images/articles/installing-php-5-6-apache-2-4-mysql-5-6-elementary-freya/apache-default-page.webp)

Now let’s write some PHP code to check if everything is working properly. Let’s create a PHP file named _**info.php**_ on the default document root folder of Apache web server which is**_/var/www/html_** and add the following code to the file:

```php
<?php
phpinfo();
```

Save the file. Then visit the file on your browser: [http://localhost/info.php](http://localhost/info.php)

You should get an output like this:

![PHP info page output](https://www.sumonselim.com/images/articles/installing-php-5-6-apache-2-4-mysql-5-6-elementary-freya/phpinfo.webp)

You may need to install some other PHP extensions and libraries according to your need manually. I will cover this in future. Feel free to comment if you have any queries.