Install LAMP on CentOS 5.2

1. Install CentOS 5.2 on the system.

2. Download http://packages.sw.be/packages/rpmforce-release/rpmforge-release-0.3.6-1.el5.rf.i386.rpm. From a terminal window run "rpm -ivh rpmforge-release-0.3.6-1.el5.rf.i386.rpm".

3. From terminal terminal window, run "yum install httpd php php-mysql php-gd php-mbstring php-mcrypt mysql mysql-server phpmyadmin" as root.

4.To setup Apache server, System-> Administration -> Server Settings -> HTTP, Fill in the server name for the Apache server cwsuch as "localhost" for testing.

5. To setup mysql server System-> Administration -> Server Settings -> Services. Select mysqld, then reboot.

6. To make sure Apache server is up and running, start up Firefox, entre "http://localhost" as URL, the Apache 2 Test Page should be displayed.

7. Modify the line "$cfg['blowfish_secret'] = ''; /* YOU MUST FILL IN THIS FOR COOKIE AUTH! */" in
/usr/share/phpmyadmin/config.inc.php to "$cfg['blowfish_secret'] = 'secret'; /* YOU MUST FILL IN THIS FOR COOKIE AUTH! */".

8. Create a new file phpinfo.php at /var/www/html with following:
<?php phpinfo(); ?>.

9. From the Firefox, check http://localhost/phpinfo.php. The PHP information page should be displayed if the installation is correct.

10. TO assign the password for root, from the terminal window, run "mysqladmin -u root password "new password".

11. To check phpmyadmin installation, from Firefox, check http://localhost/phpmyadmin. From Welcome to phpMyAdmin page, type in the password for root
login to make sure the phpMyAdmin is installed without problem.

12. Done. LAMP server is up and running.