Usually LAMP tutorials guide you to install one by one all the applications, that looks something like this:

sudo apt-get install apache2
sudo apt-get install php5
sudo apt-get install mysql-server

There is one more easy solution, and the only difference is that it installs all + some other packages for LAMP.

sudo apt-get install lamp-server^

When installation of new packages finishes you have you own LAMP setup! Test it entering http://localhost in your browser it should say It works!

Tip #1

For adding PhpMyAdmin execute the following command in console:

sudo apt-get install phpmyadmin

It is possible when you type in your browser http://localhost/phpmyadmin/ that phpmyadmin don’t runs. Then you have to create a link in your www directory:

sudo ln -s /usr/share/phpmyadmin /var/www/phpmyadmin

After doing this http://localhost/phpmyadmin/ should work now!

Tip #2

To have permissions to your www directory do following:

sudo chown username:username /var/www

Tip #3

Enable Apache mod_rewrite module and restart Apache for taking effects:

sudo a2enmod rewrite
sudo /etc/init.d/apache2 restart

You can enable or disable some other modules like this.

Now you have your LAMP up and the work can start :)