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== Target system ==
This guide is inteded to use with Ubuntu and may use Ubuntu only commands. It can be adapted to other distros however. If you want to help adding support for other distributions please feel free to edit this page.

== Install distribution packages ==
===Ubuntu:===
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sudo apt-get install libapache2-mod-php5 mysql-server php5-mysql phpmyadmin
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== Enable URL rewriting ==
Ubuntu:
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sudo a2enmod rewrite
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Now open your server configuration file with your preferred text editor:
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sudo nano /etc/apache2/apache2.conf
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Now change those line of code when Directory is / or /var/www:
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AllowOverride None 
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with:
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AllowOverride All 
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And restart your web server:
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sudo service apache2 restart
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== Final result ==
Now you can check your server is now working at [http://localhost/ | http://localhost/]. You are ready to follow the next tutorial.