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Installing Tools
sudo apt install zip unzip software-properties-common
PHP installation
Installing PHP's versions and libraries are pretty easy with the Ondrej Sury's personal package archive (PPA). I will install PHP 8.4 for this guide, but you can check which PHP version you want to install from the following page: https://launchpad.net/~ondrej/+archive/ubuntu/php
Adding Repository
sudo add-apt-repository ppa:ondrej/php
After adding the repository successfully, we can update the system.
sudo apt update
Installing PHP
sudo apt install -y php8.4 php8.4-gd php8.4-mbstring php8.4-xml php8.4-zip php8.4-intl
MySQL or MariaDB
sudo apt install mariadb-server
Then we can start the installation by:
sudo mysql_secure_installation
Installation script will ask some questions: 1- Enter current password for root (enter for none): JUST PRESS ENTER RESPONSE: OK, successfully used password, moving on…
2- You already have your root account protected, so you can safely answer 'n'. Switch to unix_socket authentication [Y/n] n Type 'n' RESPONSE: … skipping.
3- You already have your root account protected, so you can safely answer 'n'.
Change the root password? [Y/n] Y TYPE 'Y' AND CHANGE THE ROOT ACCOUNT PASSWORD RESPONSE 1: New password: <ENTER YOU PASS> Re-enter new password: <REENTER YOU PASS> RESPONSE 2: Password updated successfully! Reloading privilege tables.. … Success!
4- Remove anonymous users? [Y/n] y … Success!
5- Disallow root login remotely? [Y/n] n THIS IS TOTALLY PERSONAL DECISION RESPOSNE: … skipping.
6 - Remove test database and access to it? [Y/n] Y
RESPONSE: - Dropping test database… … Success! - Removing privileges on test database… … Success!
7 - Reload privilege tables now? [Y/n] Y … Success! RESPONSE: Cleaning up…