23 June 2014

This tutorial shows how to set up Apache, PHP and MariaDB (drop-in replacement for MySQL). You can use pacman instead of yaourt on installing the server, since yaourt doesn't come with Arch in default. Although I suggest yaourt, it includes packages from user repository. I have found every single piece of software that I need from there(xmind, drush, netbeans), also it will keep them up to date.

Apache


Open up your terminal and install Apache by these commands. 
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  1. # Log in as root.
  2. su -
  3. # Run update and upgrade.
  4. yaourt -Syua
  5. # Install apache.
  6. yaourt -S apache
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Uncomment and change ServerName. After you have restarted httpd then you can create an index.html and write something in it to test if it works on localhost. 
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  1. vim /etc/httpd/conf/httpd.conf
  2. # Change  "#ServerName www.example.com:80" to "ServerName localhost:80".
  3. systemctl restart httpd
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PHP


Continue with PHP installation by using these commands. 
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  1. # Install PHP.
  2. yaourt -S php
  3. # Install Apache SAPI for PHP.
  4. yaourt -S php-apache
  5.  
  6. vim /etc/httpd/conf/httpd.conf
  7. # Uncomment "LoadModule rewrite_module modules/mod_rewrite.so".
  8. # Place this in the end of LoadModules: "LoadModule php5_module modules/libphp5.so".
  9. # Place this in the end of Includes: "Include conf/extra/php5_module.conf".
  10. # Place this in the top of  "Include conf/extra/php5_module.conf": "AddHandler php5-script php".
  11. # Comment out "LoadModule mpm_event_module modules/mod_mpm_event.so".
  12. # Add "LoadModule mpm_prefork_module modules/mod_mpm_prefork.so" after the commented line.
  13. systemctl restart httpd
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MariaDB


Continue with MariaDB installation by using these commands. 
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  1. # Install MySQL or an alternative.
  2. yaourt -S mysql
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  1. vim /etc/php/php.ini
  2. # Uncomment "extension=pdo_mysql.so" and "extension=mysqli.so".
  3. systemctl restart httpd
  4. systemctl restart mysqld
Programming Language: Bash