Step-by-step Install Guide for Ubuntu
Step 1: Install Ubuntu 13.10
http://www.ubuntu.com/download
Step 2: Install LAMP stack and the additional PHP extensions
Open the Terminal and install Apache MySQL and PHP
sudo aptitude install git apache2 mysql mysql-server php5 php5-mysql php5-curl php5-gd php5-intl php5-xmlrpc php5-json
'It will prompt you to set the root password for mysql - take note of it, you will need it in step 5.
Step 3: Download Moodle
cd /var/www sudo /bin/bash git clone git://git.moodle.org/moodle.git moodle cd moodle git branch --track MOODLE_25_STABLE origin/MOODLE_25_STABLE git checkout MOODLE_25_STABLE mkdir /var/moodledata chmod 777 /var/moodledata chmod 777 /var/www/moodle
Step 5: Create Moodle database
mysql -u root -p
You will be prompted for the mysql root password you have created in step 2
create database moodledb charset=utf8; create user 'mdluser'@'localhost' identified by 'password'; grant all privileges on moodledb.* to 'mdluser'@'localhost'; \q
Step 6: Setup Moodle server
Open your browser and go to http://localhost/moodle
Follow the prompts selecting:
database type
Choose: mysqli
database settings
Host server: localhost
Database: moodledb
User: mdluser
Password: password
Tables Prefix: mdl_
environment checks
This will indicate if any elements required to run moodle haven't been installed.
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follow prompts and confirm installation
create a site administrator account
Create your moodle user account which will have site administrator permissions.
The password you select has to meet certain security requirements.
Installation Complete
Bravo! You can now start playing with moodle!