Setting up C Programming in Linux for Ubuntu Linux 10.04 LTS

• Download and Install Ubuntu 10.04 LTS
• Install basic LAMP (Apache,MySQL,PHP) Web server and Tomcat server
  • install tasksel sudo apt-get install tasksel
  • in a terminal type type sudo tasksel to start the server installation utility
  • use space bar to select LAMP server
  • tab to Ok and hit return
  • when asked for mysql passwords do not enter anything, leave blank
  • open System/Administration/Synaptic Package Manager
• Select and install:
  • build-essential
  • gcc
  • libgd2-xpm
  • libgd2-xpm-dev
  • php5
  • php5-gd
  • php5-mysql
  • apache2-prefork-dev
  • libmysqlclient15-dev
• To configure Apache
  • make sure you have a public_html folder in your home area, if not, create one
  • create a cgi-bin folder inside this
  • in a terminal type sudo a2enmod php5 then sudo a2enmod userdir
  • edit apache config file: sudo gedit /etc/apache2/sites-enabled/000-default
  • change the ScriptAlias /cgi-bin/ entry to /home/your-user-name/public_html/cgi-bin/
  • change Directory to "/home/your-user-name/public_html/cgi-bin" my version loks like this:

    	ScriptAlias /cgi-bin/ /home/david/public_html/cgi-bin/
    	<Directory "/home/david/public_html/cgi-bin">
    		AllowOverride None
    		Options +ExecCGI -MultiViews +SymLinksIfOwnerMatch
    		Order allow,deny
    		Allow from all
    	</Directory>
    

  • edit apache config file: sudo gedit /etc/apache2/mods-available/php5.conf
  • comment out the user directory section according to the instructions
  • type sudo /etc/init.d/apache2 restart to restart the server
  • in a browser check that http://localhost is working
  • http://localhost/~yourubuntuusername is your home directory for web content
• To configure MySQL
  • MySQL root user has NOTHING to do with the the system root user you become when you use "sudo.."
  • if you have no MySQL root password set, in a terminal type "mysql -u root mysql" to enter the MySQL system prompt
  • with a password set, type "mysql -u root-p mysql" and enter the password.
  • now you can configure the mysql configuration database itself
  • type: create database test;and hit return
  • type: grant all privileges on test.* to ' '@'localhost'; and hit return
  • type: flush privileges; and hit return
  • type: quit; and hit return
  • note that mysql commands end with a semi-colon ;