LAMP

• LAMP is an acronym for Linux, Apache, MySQL, PHP /  Perl / Python
• In a more general sense, can be referred to as a FOSS stack (a set of free and open-source software)
• The term "FOSS stack" suggests an emphasis on combining a variety of FOSS software, rather than on the incidental first letter in the name of each piece of software
• In general, the terms "LAMP" and "FOSS stack" refer to a web server that relies on software created and owned by the developer community at large

Packages

• httpd - Apache web server
• mysql - MySQL database server
• postgres - PostgreSQL database server
• php - PHP programming language

• DBI - Perl database abstraction layer
• DBD-mysql - Perl DBI driver for MySQL
• DBD-pq - Perl DBI driver for PostgreSQL

• MySQL-python - MySQL support for Python
• Psycopg - PostgreSQL support for Python

• Ruby/DBI - Ruby database abstraction layer
• Ruby/MySQL - Ruby API for MySQL

Manual installation

Sample directories

• /usr/local/apache
• /usr/local/apache/modules   (DSO modules)

• /usr/local/mysql
• /usr/local/mysql/data   (databases)
• /usr/local/mysql/lib/mysql   (libraries)
• /usr/local/mysql/lib/mysql-static   (static libraries: *.a)
• /usr/local/mysql/include/mysql
• /usr/local/mysql/socket   (socket)

• /usr/local/php

Configuration files

• /usr/local/apache/conf/httpd.conf (Apache)
• /etc/my.cnf (MySQL)
• /usr/local/php/php.ini (PHP)