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How to install Apache, MySQL, PHP

& PhpmyAdmin on Windows 10 WSL
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H2S Media Team /
 Last Updated: April 19, 2020 /
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If you are into web development, then I know you already familiar with LAMP
stack that contains Apache, MySQL, PHP and PhpMyAdmin (optional) on a
Linux platform. Yes, there are a couple of applications that provide LAMP in
single install package to test various kinds of web applications on Windows
10/8/7 such as XAMPP and WAMP. However, if you are on Windows 10 then
you don’t need them, you can get the native performance of Linux with
command line interface to download, install and manage LAMP packages.
And here in this tutorial, we let you know how to install MySQL, PHP and
phpMyAdmin on Windows 10 using Windows Subsystem for Linux.

The Windows Subsystem of Linux which is basically Linux compatibility layer

on Windows 10 to run various kind of minimal Linux distro images with
command line interface. Such as Debian, Ubuntu, Kali, Arch Linux,
OpenSUSE, CentOS and more… Some of them are officially available on the 
Windows 10 Microsoft Store such as Ubuntu. Here first, we will download
Windows 10 WSL Ubuntu and in further steps, we will understand how to set
up Apache, MySQL, PHP and phpMyAdmin (LAMP stack) on it. Thus, let’s
start the tutorial.
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Step 1: Enable Windows 10 WSL for

LAMP installation
Installing Windows Subsystem for Linux is not a big deal, we don’t have to
download some third-party packages at all. Just search for “Turns Windows
features on or off” in the search box of Windows 10. Then find an option
Windows subsystem for Linux, select and click the OK button.

On this topic, you can see our step by step article on how to activate Windows
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When it appears, click on the Get button to install it.
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Step 5: Install Apache on WSL

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The first thing in a Linux based LAMP  stack is Linux OS itself which already
have setup above, now what we need is Apache web server. It is a light open
source web server to run different web apps and websites. To install it on LINUX
Windows 10 subsystem for Linux use the below command: 
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Step 4: Installing MySQL on Windows 10

WSL
To install MySQL on Ubuntu Windows 10 WSL, here is the command:
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sudo apt-get install mysql-server mysql-client

sudo service mysql start

Create a root user to use with phpMyAdmin later

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sudo mysql -u root

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CREATE USER 'h2s'@'localhost' IDENTIFIED BY 'password';

GRANT ALL PRIVILEGES ON *.* TO 'h2s'@'localhost';

FLUSH PRIVILEGES;

Note: Change the green colour text i.e Username and password with
whatever you want to assign.

Step 5: PHP installation in Ubuntu

Windows 10 WSL
Here we are installing PHP along with some important PHP extensions that 
you might need for your web projects.

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sudo apt-get install php libapache2-mod-php php-mysql php-gd p