Arch Linux LAMPP Installation (PHP7x + MariaDB + MySQL + PhpMyAdmin)

Hello! A long time ago, I switched to Arch Linux. However, I never had the opportunity to transfer my notes to my blog. My future articles will be about Arch Linux. If there are questions, I will occasionally share articles for distributions like Ubuntu and Linux Mint.

Apache Installation#

You can use the following commands for Apache installation:

sudo pacman -S apache
sudo nano /etc/httpd/conf/httpd.conf

• Here, we put a # sign at the beginning of the line LoadModule unique_id_module modules/mod_unique_id.so. Then we save and exit.
• If you are using Nano, you can save with F3 and exit with F2. You can also use other text editors like gedit, Sublime, or mousepad instead of Nano.

MySQL & MariaDB Installation#

Follow these steps for MySQL and MariaDB installation:

sudo systemctl enable httpd
sudo systemctl restart httpd
sudo pacman -S mysql
sudo mysql_install_db --user=mysql --basedir=/usr --datadir=/var/lib/mysql
sudo systemctl enable mysqld
sudo systemctl start mysqld
mysql_secure_installation

• After running the mysql_secure_installation command, press y to "change the root password" and set your password. It is important to enter a password you will not forget. You can say Y to all other options. If your system language is Turkish, you can press E to continue. If you see "Thanks for using MariaDB", the installation is complete.

PHP Installation#

You can use the following commands for PHP installation:

sudo pacman -S php php-apache
sudo nano /etc/httpd/conf/httpd.conf

• Here, we put a # sign at the beginning of the line LoadModule mpm_event_module modules/mod_mpm_event.so.
• We add the following lines to the end of the file.

Apache Configuration#

LoadModule mpm_prefork_module modules/mod_mpm_prefork.so
LoadModule php7_module modules/libphp7.so
AddHandler php7-script php
Include conf/extra/php7_module.conf

# phpMyAdmin configuration
Include conf/extra/phpmyadmin.conf

PHPMyAdmin Installation#

Follow these steps for PHPMyAdmin installation:

• We save by pressing F3 then F2.

sudo pacman -S phpmyadmin
sudo nano /etc/php/php.ini

PHP.ini Configuration#

• In the php.ini file, activate the following lines:

extension=mysqli.so
extension=curl
extension=mysqli
extension=pdo_dblib
extension=pdo_mysql
extension=pdo_odbc
extension=pdo_pgsql
extension=pdo_sqlite
extension=zip

We remove the ; at the beginning. If you want to activate another extension, you can do the same. Also, to see PHP error messages, we need to make the following setting:

Displaying Errors#

display_errors = On

This setting is normally Off. By setting it to On, you can see error messages during local development.

PHPMyAdmin Configuration#

sudo nano /etc/httpd/conf/extra/phpmyadmin.conf

• Add the following lines to this file:

Alias /phpmyadmin "/usr/share/webapps/phpMyAdmin"
<Directory "/usr/share/webapps/phpMyAdmin">
DirectoryIndex index.php
AllowOverride All
Options FollowSymlinks
Require all granted
</Directory>

Then restart Apache:

sudo systemctl restart httpd

Extra Extensions#

We will need to install some additional extensions for PHP to work properly:

sudo pacman -S php-dblib
sudo pacman -S php-pgsql php-sqlite php-gd php-odbc
sudo pacman -Syu

You can use the following command to check the PHP version:

php -v

If you do not see an error message, your installation is complete.

PHP 7.2.2 (cli) (built: Jan 30 2018 19:18:38) ( NTS )

Additional Information#

The directory where you will save your projects: /srv/http/

You can use the following commands to avoid problems with file write permissions:

sudo chmod o+w /srv/http/ # or
sudo chown -R friday13:friday13 /srv/http/

These two methods generally solve file access problems. However, sometimes a problem may occur with the folder where the uploaded file will go. In this case, you can grant write permission to the folder by applying the first method.

Video Narration#