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  1. Arch Linux
  2. Apache
  3. MariaDB
  4. PHP

0. Intro

Hi all, in this video i will show how to install LAMP Server on Arch Linux.

I hope you enjoy!

1. Install Apache

$ sudo pacman -S apache

Save an close the file.

$ sudo systemctl enable --now httpd
$ sudo systemctl status httpd

Edit /srv/http/index.html and put following lines:

<html>
 <title>Welcome</title>
  <body>
   <h2>Welcome to Apache test page!</h2>
  </body>
</html>

Point your browser to http://localhost

2. Install PHP

$ sudo pacman -S php php-gd php-imagick imagemagick

Comment out the following lines in file /etc/php/php.ini:

extension=gd
extension=pdo_mysql
extension=mysqli

$ sudo pacman -S php-apache

In /etc/httpd/conf/httpd.conf, comment the line:

#LoadModule mpm_event_module modules/mod_mpm_event.so

and uncomment the line:

LoadModule mpm_prefork_module modules/mod_mpm_prefork.so

To enable PHP, add these lines to /etc/httpd/conf/httpd.conf: Place this at the end of the LoadModule list:

LoadModule php_module modules/libphp.so
AddHandler php-script .php

Place this at the end of the Include list:

Include conf/extra/php_module.conf

Create the file /srv/http/info.php with following content:

<?php phpinfo(); ?>

Save the file.

Restart apache:

$ sudo systemctl restart httpd

Point your browser to http://localhost/info.php

3. Install MariaDB

$ sudo pacman -S mariadb
$ sudo mariadb-install-db --user=mysql \
--basedir=/usr \
--datadir=/var/lib/mysql
$ sudo systemctl enable --now mariadb
$ sudo mysql_secure_installation
$ sudo systemctl restart --now mariadb
$ mysql -u root -p
$ show databases;
$ quit

4. Finish