linux and microcontroller

Install PHP and Mysql in ubuntu linux is very easy

First You have to install Apache Webserver
After that you can Install PHP and Mysql

Open a Terminal using Applications--> Accessories --> Terminal

Then You will get $ prompt
Do the following

$ sudo apt-get install apache2 ( If you have already installed apache Omit this line)
$ sudo apt-get install php5
$ sudo apt-get install libapache2-mod-php5
$ sudo apt-get install mysql-server
$ sudo apt-get install php5-mysql
$ sudo /etc/init.d/apache2 restart

Now You can write your php scripts and put it into the folder /var/www

Now you can install PHPMYADMIN a very useful front end utility for managing Mysql

$ sudo apt-get install phpmyadmin