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Install all simple thing Apache PHP MySQL Mono Eclipse NetBean to work with Ubuntu for beginner

Some developer install Ubuntu to give it a try, but they do not know how to go further step, they will be bored and quit Ubuntu. I don’t like it (I like Ubuntu) so I make some simple steps that beginner (of Ubuntu) should do to play more (programming) with it:

Open your console (by opening menu Application/Accessories/Terminal), type some command:

Apache, good HTTP Web Server (it will take the lastest version of series 2)

sudo apt-get install apache2

(after installed, open http://localhost with your firefox , if some text display, it’s work)

(the webroot folder is at /var/www by default)

MySQL, good DBMS

sudo apt-get install mysql-server

(when installing, it will ask you to make the root password of MySQL)
(after installed, type this command in the terminal: mysql
if the console become mysql> , it’s work)

PHP, good “script” web language

sudo apt-get install php5

PHPMyAdmin, good web management tool to control your MySQL Server

sudo apt-get install phpmyadmin

(after installed, you use it by going to http://localhost/phpmyadmin)

Mono runtime (CIL) is installed (by default) on Ubuntu, you only need to install MonoDevelop (IDE for coding) to work with C# on Ubuntu

sudo apt-get install monodevelop

(after installed, you open IDE by opening menu: Application/Programming/MonoDevelop)
Truetype font (because someone told me text look bad on Ubuntu)
sudo apt-get install msttcorefonts

SSH Server on Ubuntu, it will give you OS console remotely

Sudo apt-get install openssh-server
/etc/init.d/ssh stop/start/restart

FTP Server, it will help you upload/download file to your OS remotely. I recommend using vsftpd. It is simple and quite secure FTP server. According to vsftpd man page:

vsftpd is the Very Secure File Transfer Protocol Daemon. The server can be launched via a super-server such as inetd or xinetd. Alternatively, vsftpd can be launched in standalone mode, in which case vsftpd itself will listen on the network.