Possible?  Yes!  Practical?  Probably not.  The default packages will probably want to install under /usr/local, so you will either need to rebuild Apache, MySQL & PHP to live in a different location or play some serious games with symbolic links.

I recommend just installing everything in the internal flash with possibly the MySQL storage on the SD card.

Or you could look at Ruby on Rails for web development....

here is a forum post from someone who installed a LAMP on the eee...
http://forum.eeeuser.com/viewtopic.php?pid=16176#p16176

I've been interested in setting up a LAMP development environment on my Eee. The Ubuntu Wiki has a nice article on setting up LAMP. With the Xandros repositories setup I found the process was very similar, so I adapted the guide for the Eee PC and saved it in the wiki here. I'd be grateful of testing and feedback, particularly with PHP5 which I've not tested myself.

One of the issues I've had with setting up LAMP was installing the package libapache2-mod-auth-mysql, which the Ubuntu Wiki guide suggests. I get a dependency when I install it:

libapache2-mod-auth-mysql: Depends: libc6 (>= 2.5-5) but 2.3.6.ds1-13 is to be installed

With some digging around I may be able to figure out how to install a version of libapache2-mod-auth-mysql (looks like it's something to do with pinning). I've left it out of the guide for now as, so far, I've not noticed anything failing, although I also don't know if I've tested the set up sufficiently. Any feedback on this is welcome!

I followed the directions on greenhughes.com about how to set up the lamp.
http://www.greenhughes.com/content/sett … t-asus-eee

I even did the F9 move to wipe my eee pc clean beforehand to start fresh and reduce problems.

As per the instructions after installing the software I went to
http://localhost/phpmyadmin
and it asked me to sign in.  The installation, let alone the entire computer was virginized minutes before.  There is no way anyone could have already passed theu this way and set up some sort of password.

I am supposed to be editing the root properties under priveleges, and creating a password, but I am not allowed inside.  Any Ideas?

Last edited by gmc2drrwd (2008-01-29 7:58:35 pm)

When I set up apache it asks my domain and server name IE: myserver.com and www.myserver.com.  I am only setting this lamp up to learn about databases and their creation.  I won't be running a real webserver.  What should I enter as the domain names / do? Thanks alot!

You might also take a look at the selection of Bitnami stacks.

BitNami stacks make it incredibly easy to install your favorite open source software. Application stacks include an open source application and all the dependencies necessary to run it, such as Apache, MySQL and PHP or Ruby. All you need to do is download the Stack, provide a few pieces of information when prompted by the installation wizard, and that's it. By the time you click 'finish', your new application will be ready to run. All stacks have been packaged using BitRock's multiplatform installer.

If you're not interested in a stack with an included application (WordPress, Joomla, MediaWiki, etc.), you can grab one of the so-called "Infrastructure Stacks": LAMPStack (Apache, MySQL, PHP for Liniux), MAMPStack  (Apache, MySQL, PHP for Mac), SAMPStack (Apache, MySQL, PHP for Solaris), WAMPStack (Apache, MySQL, PHP for Windows), or the RubyStack (Ruby, Rails, MySQL and Subversion prepackaged for  Windows, Linux, or the Mac).

I got XAMPP up and running on my 4Gb in no time. Installation was simple, and it works like a champ!

http://www.apachefriends.org/en/xampp-linux.html

Aaah! A space between cd and /tmp helps!

Moved into /tmp and ran sudo tar xvfz xampp-linux-1.6.6.tar.gz -C /opt

It ran.. ;-)

Played with cd, moving round the filesystem all seems ok with that. I'd still like to know what the default su password is though.

Now to try and start apache..

If you need a quick and dirty, and temporary web server you can always use the POW (Plain Old Webserver) extension for FireFox.  Then you have a web server running entirely within FireFox.  It even allows scripting (server side) of pages using embedded JavaScript.

Use cases (eg, why this would be useful...)

Alex needs to share some files with Bob.  Alex can run the PoW extension in firefox and put some files into the web server folder.  Bob can then surf to Alex's IP address and retrieve the files.

Bill wants to show Tom his web page design.  Bill can run PoW in firefox.  Tom can connect and see what the page looks like when rendered in a browser.

Don needs to trick a nearby IE user into visiting a page of exploit code so that he can . . . . . .

I have just bought a eee PC 900, the battery debacle aside (something so portable needs decent battery life, hopefully they will sort out something eventually for us...), I'm very happy with it. I’m also new to Linux, having been a windows user to date.

I would like to install XAMPP. I have read the posts above and tried installing as per instructions on-

http://www.apachefriends.org/en/xampp-linux.html#385

But have been unsuccessful.

When I selected the file on the website it asked to ‘open?’ or ‘save to disk?’. I saved to disk in the ‘My Documents’ folder.

When I enter ‘su’ as instructed it asks for a password…..and I cannot do anything else. Does anyone know if this part is ok to ignore?

I notice that posters have tried to just change the directory in order to run the extraction command. I attempted to change to ‘My Documents’ using cd /My Documents it but didnt work….

Can someone from this great forum help me please?

Thanks

Done it!

I have started and stopped it but havent used it yet though...

Thanks IAmAI sudo bash did let me in 'as root' (some of the text turn red. Apparently have to be v careful...) which I suppose means some sort of linux admin mode...

Heres what I did-

In order to extract the file, you need to be able to access it in root mode, in the same directory. I deleted my original download to my documents, as I couldnt change directory to 'my documents' for some reason...

I tried to save the file in the /opt folder but it didnt work...

I noticed that when I opened a window with ctrl alt T it was in the home/user directory. So I saved the file from the website 'to disk' in the 'user' folder (that was quoted) which in file manager is called 'my home' (bit confusing...).

Then I entered the extract command-

sudo tar xvfz xampp-linux-1.6.6.tar.gz -C /opt

I suddenly saw a long list of code as the file was extracted. Success!

Some of the above may be obvious to seasoned linux users, but for us linux novices its all new and so we need stuff spelt out....

Need to find a way of switching xampp on and off without typing a command via ctrl alt T, root mode etc, seems a bit long winded to me...Does anyone have any tips?

Thanks