Installing Elgg on Ubuntu Linux

• Install the dependencies:

  sudo apt-get install apache2
  sudo apt-get install mysql-server
  sudo apt-get install php5 libapache2-mod-php5 php5-mysqlnd
  sudo apt-get install phpmyadmin
  sudo a2enmod rewrite
  

• Edit /etc/apache2/sites_available/default to enable .htaccess processing (set AllowOverride to All)

• Restart Apache: sudo /etc/init.d/apache2 restart

• Follow the standard installation instructions