How To Install Laravel On Ubuntu 16.04 With Phpmyadmin and Mysql

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Step #01: At first your machine ready for update and upgrade.

root@Ubuntu-Serv16:~# apt-get update && apt-get update -y

Step #02: Install python software

root@Ubuntu-Serv16:~# apt-get install python-software-properties

Step #03: Add PHP repository for correctly installation PHP packages.

root@Ubuntu-Serv16:~# add-apt-repository ppa:ondrej/php

Check update your package

root@Ubuntu-Serv16:~# apt-get update

Step #04: Now install php packages. All package in one line.

root@Ubuntu-Serv16:~# apt install php7.1 php7.1-xml php7.1-mbstring php7.1-mysql php7.1-json php7.1-curl php7.1-cli php7.1-common php7.1-mcrypt php7.1-gd libapache2-mod-php7.1 php7.1-zip

Check apache2 server if don’t install.

root@Ubuntu-Serv16:~# apt-get install apache2

Step #05: Install mysql database server

root@Ubuntu-Serv16:~# apt-get install mysql-server

Laravel used as composer must be run standard user. So at first create one user with password.

Step #06: Create new User for run composer.

root@Ubuntu-Serv16:~# adduser techrss

Add your user info or not.

Download composer command below.

root@Ubuntu-Serv16$ curl -sS https://getcomposer.org/installer | php

Move composer on the local bin folder. So must be using as root user for move composer.

root@Ubuntu-Serv16:# mv composer.phar /usr/local/bin/composer

Complete full permission for run composer file.

root@Ubuntu-Serv16:~# chmod +x /usr/local/bin/composer

Step #07: Goto www directory cd /var/www/ then download Laravel full file from git repo.

root@Ubuntu-Serv16:/var/www# git clone https://github.com/laravel/laravel.git

Then create permission www directory

root@Ubuntu-Serv16:/var/www# chmod -R 777 /var/www/

root@Ubuntu-Serv16:/var/www# chown -R www-data:www-data /var/www/

Switch create user for run composer.

root@Ubuntu-Serv16:/var/www/laravel# su techrss

Now installing composer

techrss@Ubuntu-Serv16:/var/www/laravel$ composer install

If you can see error

Failed to decode response: zlib_decode(): data error
Retrying with degraded mode, check https://getcomposer.org/doc/articles/troubleshooting.md#degraded-mode for more info

techrss@Ubuntu-Serv16:/var/www/laravel$ su root

Then fix this error. Run below command for disable ipv6.

root@Ubuntu-Serv16:/var/www/laravel# sh -c “echo ‘precedence ::ffff:0:0/96 100’ >> /etc/gai.conf”

techrss@Ubuntu-Serv16:/var/www/laravel$ su root

techrss@Ubuntu-Serv16:/var/www/laravel$ composer install

Wait for at least 30 minutes see below image.

Step #08: Change sample env file and generate artisan key command below.

techrss@Ubuntu-Serv16:/var/www/laravel$ su root

root@Ubuntu-Serv16:/var/www/laravel# mv .env.example .env

root@Ubuntu-Serv16:/var/www/laravel# php artisan key:generate

Application key [base64:U8N2p37022gFviYEp/A1CLXXocXg9DfiW99JXv1KG2I=] set successfully.

Insert generated key into app.php file.

'key' => env('APP_KEY', 'U8N2p37022gFviYEp/A1CLXXocXg9DfiW99JXv1KG2I='),
'cipher' => 'AES-256-CBC',

root@Ubuntu-Serv16:/var/www/laravel# vi /config/app.php

root@Ubuntu-Serv16:/var/www/laravel# cd /etc/apache2/sites-available

Create laravel.conf file or open laravel.conf file then save it.

touch laravel.conf

root@Ubuntu-Serv16:/etc/apache2/sites-available# vi laravel.conf

<VirtualHost *:80>
  ServerName http://10.66.50.20
  DocumentRoot /var/www/laravel/public
  ErrorLog ${APACHE_LOG_DIR}/error.log
  CustomLog ${APACHE_LOG_DIR}/access.log combined
  Options Includes
  <Directory "/var/www/laravel/public">
  AllowOverride All
  </Directory>
</VirtualHost>

Reload new conf file and apache2 web server.

root@Ubuntu-Serv16:/etc/apache2/sites-available# a2ensite laravel.conf

root@Ubuntu-Serv16:/etc/apache2/sites-available# service apache2 reload

Got root home directory goto root home directory

root@Ubuntu-Serv16:/etc/apache2/sites-available# cd

Install phpmyadmin for manage mysql database from web gui

Step #09: Run phpmyadmin command from terminal.

root@Ubuntu-Serv16:# apt install phpmyadmin   -y

Please choose the web server that should be automatically configured to run phpmyadmin.
Web server to reconfigure automatically:

[*] apache2
[] lighttpd

Then select package configuration Yes

Once after few times then create mysql root password.

Please provide a password for phpmyadmin to register with the database server. If left blank, a random password will be generated.
Mysql application password for phpmyadmin:

Again confirm mysql root password.

Reload phpmod command below.

root@Ubuntu-Serv16:~# phpenmod mcrypt

root@Ubuntu-Serv16:~# phpenmod mbstring

Reload apache2 web server

root@Ubuntu-Serv16:~# systemctl reload apache2

Successfully installation process completed.

Now goto your using browser and type your server IP address then show as like below:

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