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Stephen Mariano Cabrera
5,932 PointsGetting LAMP working on linux
I have a question about using LAMP on linux. I'm running Ubuntu 13.04 and I used a tutorial I found here.
After installing PHP, it describes how I could create a test php file and view it in a browser using the following terminal commands:
sudo nano /var/www/test.php
And then editing the appropriate php file in nano to print some example text. I was successfully able to view this in the browser. So far so good.
The only problem with this has been that since then in order to view my PHP files in the browser I've had to write them in another folder and then move them using
cd home/stephen/treehouse/css
sudo cp * /var/www/treehouse
cd home/stephen/treehouse/img
sudo cp * /var/www/treehouse
...for every folder
Because apparently I need root permissions to do stuff in that folder. This has been really cumbersome when I've been working on an entire folder and had to move everything to the /var/www/treehouse folder. There has to be a better way right?
4 Answers
Jeff Busch
19,287 PointsHi Stephen,
If I understand your problem correctly it is that you don't want to have to sudo all day long in /var/www/. If that's the case then just change the permissions of /var/www. sudo chmod o+w /var/www
Jeff
Jeff Busch
19,287 PointsBy the way Stephen, "folder" is blasphemy. You are now working with directories.
James Barnett
39,199 Points> I didn't know how to do that, I'm pretty new at working with the console.
Check out the console foundations course here on Treehouse
Stephen Mariano Cabrera
5,932 PointsThanks! I just started on it and it's been really helpful. Some of the stuff I wish I'd known a while ago!
Jeff Busch
19,287 PointsHey Stephen,
If you are still interested in being able to keep your local websites in your home directory, as apposed to say /var/www, here is some information that may interest you. LAMP, Linux Apache MySQL PHP
Jeff
Stephen Mariano Cabrera
5,932 PointsStephen Mariano Cabrera
5,932 PointsI didn't know how to do that, I'm pretty new at working with the console. That should solve my problem and would be a good command to memorize too. Thanks Jeff!