How to install LAMP, phpMyAdmin and VsFTP on CentOS 5.3 Using Yum

We will now look at the wonderful and exciting way to install LAMP, phpMyAdmin and VsFTP on CentOS 5.3 utilizing Yum! Hoorray! =)

#Update Your Package
yum update

# Install Mysql Packages
yum install mysql-server mysql mysql-devel
/etc/init.d/mysqld start

# By default mysql has the no passward. To change the password in command shell write the following commands
mysql
mysql> USE mysql;
mysql> UPDATE user SET Password=PASSWORD(’your_password’) WHERE user=’root’;
mysql> FLUSH PRIVILEGES;

# Install php and common packages
yum install php php-gd php-imap php-mysql php-pear php-xml phpxmlrpc curl libxml2 php-mbstring php-mcrypt

# Install VSFTP
yum install vsftpd
# Modify the conf files it depends on you.
vi /etc/vsftpd/vsftpd.conf
vi /etc/vsftpd/user_list
vi /etc/vsftpd/ftpusers
/etc/init.d/vsftpd start

# Install phpMyAdmin
cd /usr/share/
wget http://nchc.dl.sourceforge.net/sourceforge/phpmyadmin/phpMyAdmin-2.11.9.5-all-languages.tar.gz
tar xvfz phpMyAdmin-2.11.9.5-all-languages.tar.gz
mv phpMyAdmin-2.11.9.5-all-languages phpmyadmin
rm phpMyAdmin-2.11.9.5-all-languages.tar.gz
cd phpmyadmin/
cp config.sample.inc.php config.inc.php
vi config.inc.php
>> $cfg['blowfish_secret'] = ‘TypeAnything_for_Secure’;
vi /etc/httpd/conf.d/phpmyadmin.conf
>> Alias /phpMyAdmin /usr/share/phpmyadmin
service httpd restart

# Check your web-site
cd /var/www/html/
ls
cat > index.php
<?
phpinfo();
?>
http://localhost

# Setup Auto Start
setup
Select Service -> httpd, mysqld, vsftp

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