Installing a Linux, Apache, MySQL and PHP Server (LAMP) on openSUSE 11.1

You can get openSUSE at http://software.opensuse.org/

After installing, do not forget to add your Software Repositories in Yast2.

I would add the following repositories to openSUSE:

You can find them here http://en.opensuse.org/Package_Repositories

Installing the LAMP or Linux, Apache, MySQL and PHP Server

Two options exist:

Option 1

Open Yast2 (From any command line, you can just type Yast2)

After opening Yast, you will need to open the Software Management tool.

Here you will need to filter by Patterns. In this list, you can select the LAMP server pattern.

Now, here is the way I prefer:

Open a console as the root user and type:

Some people like to use zypper instead of Yast2. Only do this if you do not want to use the "Yast2 --install" command.

Configuring the LAMP Server on openSUSE 11.1

Next command will start MySQL.Type the following in a console:

The following command will set the root password. When you see rootpassword, replace it with the password you want. In a console type:

In order to start MySQL at boot, use the following command:

In order to connect to MySQL on the command line, type the command below:

The -u stands for username and the -p stands for password. I would not type my password after the -p. Hit enter and wait until you are promoted to type the password.

To show all your databases, you need to type the commend below in MySQL:

To create a database you need to type the following:

Configuration for Apache 2

Start the server by typing the following command:

In order to starting Apache2 at boot.

• run yast "type yast2" on the command line
• click system
• click runlevel editor
• click find apache2 in the list
• click enable

Configuration file for your default site should go into /srv/www/htdocs.