1. Update the system packages:
$ sudo apt-get update 2. Install Apache web server:
$ sudo apt-get install apache2 3. Install MySQL database server:
$ sudo apt-get install mysql-server 4. Install PHP:
$ sudo apt-get install php libapache2-mod-php php-mcrypt php-mysql 5. Enable the mod_rewrite module:
$ sudo a2enmod rewrite 6. Restart Apache:
$ sudo systemctl restart apache2 7. Download the WordPress package:
$ wget http://wordpress.org/latest.tar.gz 8. Extract the downloaded package:
$ tar -xzvf latest.tar.gz 9. Create a new MySQL database for WordPress:
$ sudo mysql -u root -p 10. Create a new MySQL user and password:
CREATE USER 'wordpressuser'@'localhost' IDENTIFIED BY 'password'; 11. Grant privileges to the new user for the WordPress database:
GRANT ALL PRIVILEGES ON *.* TO 'wordpressuser'@'localhost'; 12. Flush privileges:
FLUSH PRIVILEGES; 13. Exit the MySQL console:
EXIT; 14. Copy the WordPress files to the document root directory:
$ sudo cp -r wordpress/* /var/www/html/ 15. Create a WordPress configuration file:
$ sudo cp /var/www/html/wp-config-sample.php /var/www/html/wp-config.php 16. Set the proper permissions for WordPress:
$ sudo chown -R www-data:www-data /var/www/html/ 17. Configure the WordPress configuration file with the correct database information:
$ sudo nano /var/www/html/wp-config.php 18. Restart Apache web server:
$ sudo systemctl restart apache2 19. Access the WordPress installation wizard in a web browser:
http://your_server_IP_address/wp-admin/install.php
