Hey guys I've taken up a new interesst. I have been a webmaster for years (just using crummy shared hosting accounts) but just recently I purchased my own ded server running FC5 and Plesk 8 which I have migrated my sites to. When I bought my server they gave me my SSH root login which I was terrified to use lol. Anyways I've been reading hundreds of articles online because I eventually want to be able to manage my own server from the ground up (installing a complete Lamp Server via SSH command line) with ISP config/webmin/plesk/cpanel and run dedicated gaming server. Hey Sometimes you gotta have some fun. So anyways I build a whole new PC just as an experimental PC and so far i've installed FREEBSD Ubuntu 6.10 Desktop and Ubuntu 6.10 Server all at seperate times just so I can kinda figure out the big picture. I have learned virtually everying I know so far by google search but each time I type in say "Installing a Lamp Server On Ubuntu 6.10" I find literally thousands of tutorials that explain how to the same thing completely differently. It is so confusing I am pulling out my hair. I have yet to find a tutorial that was 100% accurate.

I follwed this tutorial here:

http://www.howtoforge.com/perfect_setup_ubuntu_6.10

But a lot of the steps don't work. For example after you install Ubuntu It tells you to run this command to Install Software:

apt-get install binutils cpp cpp-4.0 fetchmail flex gcc gcc-4.0 libarchive-zip-perl libc6-dev libcompress-zlib-perl libdb4.3-dev libpcre3 libpopt-dev linux-kernel-headers lynx m4 make ncftp nmap openssl perl perl-modules unzip zip zlib1g-dev autoconf automake1.9 libtool bison autotools-dev g++

This command gives an error aswell as several others in the tutorial. Likwise if you go here:

http://www.debianadmin.com/webmin-in...ntu-linux.html

It just tells you to install webmin as everything comes with webmin.

Then I read this tutural which is basically the same as howtoforge's but its way more simple

http://www.mysql-apache-php.com/

Perhaps Ubuntu 6.10 server is not as good as other dist's. Where is a good starting place, It just seems that so man articles are so incconsistent. -jeff

Jeff,

You need to take it a step at a time. A LAMP server is a pretty complex thing, when you think about all the parts that come together. It really isn't that hard though, and I think you're expecting a one-liner to do all the setup for you.

Now, hopefully I haven't offended you

What was the error that the apt-get command gave you? Usually HowToForge's docs are pretty good. I've used one to set up a few CentOS servers without issue.



-- Shade

Ive read hundreds of articles and each article has different steps to do the same thing. I installed Ubuntu 6.10 Server exactly following this tutorial:

http://www.howtoforge.com/perfect_setup_ubuntu_6.10_p4

On Stop 8 When it instructs to install some software: It gives me an error saying can't read packet and doesn't install

apt-get install binutils cpp cpp-4.0 fetchmail flex gcc gcc-4.0 libarchive-zip-perl libc6-dev libcompress-zlib-perl libdb4.3-dev libpcre3 libpopt-dev linux-kernel-headers lynx m4 make ncftp nmap openssl perl perl-modules unzip zip zlib1g-dev autoconf automake1.9 libtool bison autotools-dev g++

I was also unable to install Step 13 Gave me same error:

apt-get install courier-authdaemon courier-base courier-imap courier-imap-ssl courier-pop courier-pop-ssl courier-ssl gamin libgamin0 libglib2.0-0

Step 14 Also didn't work:

apt-get install autoconf automake1.4 autotools-dev libapache2-mod-php5 php5 php5-common php5-curl php5-dev php5-gd php-pear php5-ldap php5-mhash php5-mysql php5-mysqli php5-snmp php5-sqlite php5-xmlrpc php5-xsl php5-imap php5-mcrypt php5-pspell

And Step 15.. Couldn't "apt-get install proftpd proftpd-common ucf" gave me an error

Its just confusing seing tutorials like this NOT work? I wish I could just follow the instruction for EACH software packet and install it..

I am having a hard time understanding what all these MOD packets are? Like why is it that some tutorials ask to install apache by apt-get install apache and others ask for tons of lines of cope with a bunch of mods? Do I need them? Can I install mods later.

It seems easier to install the BARE minimum.

Perhaps I should try a different DIST.. They also have a tutorial Of the "Perfect Server for OpenSuse".. Which by the way? Is it better than Ubuntu Server?