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Can I install desktop edition and amp as virtual server?

Asked by Cesar Balderrama

Excuse me, I'm a novice and want to install LAMP in any way I can do it, in order to run PHP and MySQL.
I would like to work in local, I mean work in the same machine just to make tests before uploading my scripts to a web server in the internet.

Can I install the Ubuntu desktop edition and then install AMP as a virtual server? or
If I install the Ubuntu server edition will I be able to browse my web pages in the same pc or will I need to work from another machine over my network?

I would prefer to install the desktop edition, in order to get the advantages of this fantastic OS.
Can this be done?

Help, please...

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Unknown (sw-deactivatedaccount) said : 		#1

You can either use Ubuntu Desktop Edition with a LAMP installed locally or use Ubuntu Desktop Edition with Ubuntu Server Edition installed within a virtual machine.

If you're developing locally and you want to test your code then there's really no reason to use Ubuntu Server Edition within a virtual machine, as you can just install a LAMP within Ubuntu Desktop Edition.

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Cesar Balderrama (chinoman74-deactivatedaccount) said : 		#2

I installed the desktop edition in a partition of my hard disk and when start the machine and choose the ubuntu OS to load it asks me to select:

Ubuntu, with Linux 3.0.0-12-generic
Ubuntu, with Linux 3.0.0-12-generic (recuperation or something like that)

If I choose the first option a message like this appears:

error: file not found
error: you need to load the kernel first

How can I download the kernel?

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Cesar Balderrama (chinoman74-deactivatedaccount) said : 		#3

Thanks a lot for your help.
I already solved my problems with LAMP instalation.