A QUICK AND EASY "APACHE
WEB SERVER"
STEP 1:
Install "Ubuntu
(Linux) Desktop 10.04" into a real computer or a "VMware"
virtual machine
STEP 2:
Click on
"Applications":
STEP 3:
Click on
"
STEP 4:
Type
"Apache" (without the quotation marks) into the search box.
STEP 5:
Then, press
the <Enter> key of your keyboard once:
STEP 6:
Scroll
vertically downward through the search "hits":
STEP 7:
Click on "Apache
HTTP Server Common Files":
Click on
its "Install" button.
STEP 8:
Type in the
password for your Ubuntu user account.
STEP 9:
Click on
the "Authenticate" button.
STEP 10:
Click the
"Install" button again if the installation does not start.
STEP 11:
Wait for a
green check mark to show up next to "Apache HTTP Server common binary
files".
STEP 12:
Scroll
downward further and click on "Apache HTTP Server -- high speed threaded
model":
STEP 13:
Click on
its "Install" button.
STEP 14:
Wait for a
green check mark to show up next to "Apache HTTP Server common binary
files".
STEP 15:
Close the
"
STEP 16:
Click on "Places":
STEP 17:
Click on
"Computer".
STEP 18:
Double-click
on "File System":
STEP 19:
Double-click
on the "Home" folder:
STEP 20:
Double-click
on your <username> folder:
STEP 21:
Use a right
mouse click to make a directory/folder called "my-web-content" in
/home/<your user name>/:
STEP 22
Open a
terminal window.
STEP 23:
Make a symbolic link inside the "www" folder that points to
"my-web-content". See
http://joycetipping.com/techblog/2010/08/install-apache-on-ubuntu/
for
details.
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STEP 24:
Open a
"Terminal Window" if you need one.
STEP 25:
Type
"ifconfig" (without the quotation marks).
STEP 26:
Press the
<Enter> key once.
STEP 27:
Press once
the <Enter> key of your keyboard.
STEP 28:
Write down
the IP address of the Apache/Ubuntu server.
In our
example, it is 192.161.253.131
STEP 29
Close the
"Terminal Window".
STEP 30:
Go to any
computer in your immediate real or virtual local area network:
STEP 31:
From the
computer in "Step 30", start a
Web browser.
STEP 32:
Go to
http://<IP address of your Apache/Web server>
Congratulations!