Update list of available packages: sudo apt-get update To install apache2 server: sudo apt-get install apache2 To start apache server for testing: sudo /etc/init.d/apache2 restart Go to http://localhost/ You should see a It Works! page To install PHP: sudo apt-get install php5 To install MySQL: sudo apt-get install mysql-server Set a password when prompted To check installation, issue the command mysqladmin To install phpmyadmin: sudo apt-get install phpmyadmin select apache when prompted for web-server configuration when prompted for phpmyadmin configuration, select no after installation, run the following command sudo cp /etc/phpmyadmin/apache.conf /etc/apache2/conf.d restart apache and goto localhost/phpmyadmin to test the installation