This article will serve as the root for a lot of other tutorials that I will post. Many important linux programs such as MediaWiki, Request Tracker, Nagios etc. require either a webserver, database, or/and PHP. This tutorial will cover how to install Apache2.2, MySQL5, and PHP5 on a debain based operating system such as Ubuntu. The screenshots used are taken from Ubuntu 8.04 (Long Term Support). Read more »
Debian
A package management system is used in order to organize, track, and maintain the thousands of packages or software that exist in an operating system. It contains tools that are used to install, upgrade, remove, configure and create software packages on a computer. Read more »



