Linux is always very much developer friendly. Here you dont have to install anything from outside the repository. You also dont need to do any extra tweaking to make your environment workable.
When someone needs to work on php/python/perl/apache/mysql he installs lamp server. The name LAMP came from Linux Apache Mysql PHP/Python/Perl This is an unofficial name. Means there is no software or name like LAMP. But developer call it lamp. WAMP was created by apache. And later they changed it to XAMPP. WAMP, XAMPP, MAMP all the concepts/software created from LAMP concept. You want to develop. Just install lamp server. sudo apt-get install lamp-server^ The meta package lamp-server^ is some sort of unofficial. But works nicely. Without this package or any tasksel command installing lamp means installing all php/perl/python, mysql, apache and configure them manually. -- Shiplu Mokadd.im My talks, http://talk.cmyweb.net Follow me, http://twitter.com/shiplu Innovation distinguishes between follower and leader -- Ubuntu Bangladesh https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bd
