Step-by-step Install Guide for Ubuntu
Step 1: Install Ubuntu 10.04
http://www.ubuntu.com/download
Step 2: Install LAMP stack
Open the Terminal and install tasksel
sudo apt-get install tasksel
and then the LAMP stack:
sudo tasksel install lamp-server
This will run a gui install of the lamp stack. It will prompt you to set the root password for mysql - take note of it.
Step 3: Install the additional PHP extensions
sudo apt-get install php5-curl php5-gd php5-intl php5-xmlrpc
Step 4: Download Moodle
cd /var/www sudo wget http://download.moodle.org/stable23/moodle-latest-23.tgz sudo tar -zxf moodle-latest-23.tgz sudo mkdir /var/moodledata sudo chmod 777 /var/moodledata sudo chmod 777 /var/www/moodle
Step 5: Create Moodle database
mysql -u root -p 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
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!