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Step 1 – Install LAMP
To start with Laravel, we first need to set up a running LAMP server. If you have already running LAMP stack skip this step else use followings commands to set up lamp on Ubuntu system.
Install PHP 5.6
$ sudo apt-get install python-software-properties $ sudo add-apt-repository ppa:ondrej/php $ sudo apt-get update $ sudo apt-get install -y php5.6 php5.6-mcrypt php5.6-gd