Setting Up A Development Machine

    So I just finished setting up my PC to be a development machine. I need some more RAM for it to be truly what I need, but it will have to do for now. I though I would post a quick tutorial to how I set up my machine.

    First, I should list my specifications.

• CPU: AMD 64 3400+
• RAM: 512MB PC4000
• Storage: 500 GB SATA
• Operating Systems: Windows XP x64 Edition, Kubuntu 7.10 AMD64
• Video Card: Nvidia GeForce 4 Ti 4600

I have 80 GB dedicated to Windows, just for testing and using the few applications that I have not been able to replace in Linux. My development system has been setup on my primary partition, which contains the Kubuntu install.

Installing MySQL, Apache, and PHP:
Open up a command prompt, I use Konsole. After the first sudo command, you will be prompted for your password

Locate DirectoryIndex in your Apache Config by typing /DirectoryIndex into vim. If it does not exist, you can add it. It should look something like this (Note, to start editing in vim, press "Insert" or "I":
DirectoryIndex index.html index.htm index.shtml index.php
Now save and exit the Apache config file by pressing "Esc" followed by "Ctrl"+"X". If you have not modified the file you can just quit using "Ctrl"+"Q".

$ sudo vim /etc/apache2/ports.conf

Your Apache ports config should contain 443 if you want to enable SSL. It may look something like this:

If you modified your Apache ports config, make sure you save it before closing.

Now you're good to go. Your default server root is /var/www, but you can change this in the Apache config.