CentOS

CentOS (abbreviated from Community Enterprise Operating System) is a Linux distribution that attempts to provide a free, enterprise class, community-supported computing platform which aims to be 100% binary compatible with its upstream source, Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL).

LAMP on CentOS

The following CLI one-liner will install and configure everything you need for a basic LAMP stack setup (including the firewall):

sudo sh -c "yum install httpd httpd-devel mysql mysql-server mysql-devel php \
  php-mysql php-common php-gd php-mbstring php-mcrypt php-devel php-xml -y; \
  service mysqld start && mysql_secure_installation && service mysqld restart \
  && service httpd start && chkconfig httpd on && chkconfig mysqld on && \
  iptables -I INPUT -p tcp -m tcp --dport 80 -j ACCEPT && /etc/init.d/iptables save"

Packages to install

• Install the "Development Tools":

yum groupinstall 'Development Tools' -y

These core development tools are required to compile software and build new rpms and including the following packages:

autoconf

bison

gdb

flex

gcc (c/c++ compiler)

gcc-c++ compiler

redhat-rpm-config

strace

strace64

rpm-build

make

automake

pkgconfig

gettext

libtool

binutils (and all dependencies)

External links

• Official website