Here are my notes for setting up a brand new Linux/Ubuntu server for Drupal development. If you are cool with the command line, then you might find this handy.

1. Install Apache/MySQL/PHP via tasksel

Reference: https://help.ubuntu.com/community/ApacheMySQLPHP<br>&gt; sudo apt-get update<br>&gt; sudo apt-get install tasksel<br>&gt; sudo tasksel install lamp-server<br>

You will be asked to provide a mysql root password.

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