Command help

[Smackie]

I want to install a LAMP and well do i run the commands on the terminal that is provided with ubuntu or do i gotta download a different program or what?

here is a link to the site that is helping me install LAMP http://www.howtoforge.com/ubuntu_debian_lamp_server

Thank you
Smackie

[smolloy]

You type those commands at the terminal.

Forgive me for mentioning this, but you seem extremely new to linux, and I was wondering how wise it is for a complete newbie to be installing a server, especially with powerful tools like MySQL/PhP/Perl that make it more likely for you to have your system cracked.

[Smackie]

yes i am new to linux.. im not sure how to explain why i want it. its more like setting up my own website and host a few clan sites that i make..

and btw when i run them commands i get this

E: Could not open lock file /var/lib/dpkg/lock - open (13 Permission denied)
E: Unable to lock the administration directory (/var/lib/dpkg/), are you root?

[smolloy]

Looks like you're trying to run those commands as a regular user. You need to be "root" to run certain commands.

It sounds to me like you need to spend a while reading up on linux basics (such as user permissions) before you commit to something as complicated as setting up a website. I don't want to discourage you, but I think you need to learn to walk before you can run!

[Smackie]

i been trying to get stuff that will help me on that stuff but i turn to google and try searching for Linux stuff and i get over 2 billion pages of junk that doesnt have anything to do what i was trying to search for

[smolloy]

I know what you mean! Luckily there are loads of tutorials on this site. First, it's recommended that all new users should read this one.

This one contains a whole list of tutorials, but I think the important ones are here and here.

Good luck.

[Smackie]

I figured how to login as root which i am on right now i just wanted to ask a quick 2 questions when i put in


apt-get install update

here is what it says

Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done
E: Couldn't find package update

it says that on everything i tried do i have to download the update package and the other packages somewhere?

[smolloy]

This is a debian question, and I know nothing about Debian!

I think you should try to read a little about apt-get and how it works before you continue with this.

[Smackie]

well i found a way around it so if you find someone that go stuck like me tell him to try and use aptitude lol

[Smackie]

Ok everything installed fine and dandy except for 1 thing and thats phpMyAdmin

can someone help me why this didnt install...

here is what it says

Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done
Reading extended state information
Initializing package states... Done
Building tag database... Done
Couldn't find any package whose name or description matched "phpmyadmin"
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