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Set Up Your LAMP Stack on Fedora 42 🔥 Complete Guide to MySQL, Apache, PHP & phpMyAdmin 🚀

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Here’s a quick guide to set up a full LAMP stack (Linux, Apache, MySQL, PHP) on Fedora. Let’s get started! 💻✨

1. Install MySQL Server 🛢️ 

sudo dnf install mysql-server -y
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Installs the MySQL server package using Fedora’s package manager (dnf). The -y flag automatically confirms the installation.

sudo systemctl start mysqld
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Starts the MySQL service so it can begin running in the background.

sudo systemctl enable mysqld
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Enables MySQL to start automatically on system boot.

sudo mysql_secure_installation
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Launches a security setup script to configure root password, remove test databases, and secure your MySQL installation.

Access MySQL 🔐 

sudo mysql -u root -p
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Opens the MySQL command-line client as the root user. You’ll be prompted to enter the root password set during the secure installation step.
Official Guide from Fedora

2. Install Apache and PHP ⚙️ 

sudo dnf install httpd php php-mysqlnd php-json php-mbstring php-zip php-gd php-fpm -y
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Installs Apache (httpd) 🌐 and PHP along with common PHP extensions used by web apps, such as:

  • php-mysqlnd: for connecting PHP to MySQL
  • php-json: for working with JSON data
  • php-mbstring: for multibyte string processing
  • php-zip, php-gd: for file compression and image handling
  • php-fpm: for managing PHP processes efficiently 
sudo systemctl start httpd
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Starts the Apache web server service.

sudo systemctl enable httpd
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Ensures Apache automatically starts on boot.

Access Apache 🌍

👉http://127.0.0.1

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If you see a Fedora test page, Apache is running successfully!
Official Guide from Fedora
Official Guide from PHP

3. Install phpMyAdmin 🧰 

sudo dnf install https://rpms.remirepo.net/fedora/remi-release-$(rpm -E %fedora).rpm -y
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Adds the Remi repository, which provides the latest PHP and phpMyAdmin packages for Fedora.

sudo dnf config-manager setopt remi.enabled=1
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Enables the Remi repository you just installed.

sudo dnf install phpMyAdmin -y
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Installs phpMyAdmin, a web-based interface for managing MySQL databases.

sudo systemctl restart httpd
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Restarts Apache to apply configuration changes and load phpMyAdmin.

Access phpMyAdmin 📊

👉http://127.0.0.1/phpmyadmin

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Login using your MySQL username and password.
Official Guide from Remi's RPM repository

🎉 You're All Set!

You now have:

✅ MySQL
✅ Apache
✅ PHP + Extensions
✅ phpMyAdmin

All running smoothly on Fedora. Perfect for local development, testing, or learning web technologies 🐧💻✨

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