Setting up PHP/JS Development Environment Ubuntu 20.04 based distros

Prepare your development environment for PHP and Javascript development in Ubuntu 20.04 based distros.

Prerequesites

sudo apt-get install software-properties-common curl

Install Git

sudo apt-get install git

Install Vim

sudo apt-get install vim

Install Maria DB

sudo apt-get install mariadb-server mariadb-client

Install apache and php and PhpMyAdmin

sudo apt-get install apache2 apache2-doc apache2-utils libapache2-mod-php php7.4 php7.4-common php7.4-gd php7.4-mysql php7.4-imap phpmyadmin php7.4-cli php7.4-cgi libapache2-mod-fcgid apache2-suexec-pristine php-pear mcrypt  imagemagick php7.4-curl php7.4-intl php7.4-pspell php7.4-sqlite3 php7.4-tidy php7.4-xmlrpc php7.4-xsl memcached php-memcache php-imagick  php7.4-zip php7.4-mbstring php-soap php7.4-soap

Select the following as answers:

Web server to reconfigure automatically: <– apache2
Configure database for phpmyadmin with dbconfig-common? <– Yes
MySQL application password for phpmyadmin: <– Press enter

Create DB User

sudo mysql
CREATE USER 'dbuser'@'localhost' IDENTIFIED BY 'password';
GRANT ALL PRIVILEGES ON * . * TO 'dbuser'@'localhost' WITH GRANT OPTION;
FLUSH PRIVILEGES;
exit

Check whether the db user is logging fine. Open browser and go to http://localhost/phpmyadmin/. Login using the credentials dbuser and password

Install Mail Hog

Install the Go programming language

cd ~
sudo apt-get install golang-go
mkdir gocode
echo "export GOPATH=$HOME/gocode" >> ~/.profile
source ~/.profile

Download and configure MailHog

go get github.com/mailhog/MailHog
go get github.com/mailhog/mhsendmail
sudo cp ~/gocode/bin/MailHog /usr/local/bin/mailhog
sudo cp ~/gocode/bin/mhsendmail /usr/local/bin/mhsendmail

Let’s connect PHP with MailHog at php.ini. Find the sendmail_path setting and set it in the following way:

sendmail_path = /usr/local/bin/mhsendmail

The php.ini for both CLI and Apache should be configured. It can be found in the folder /etc/php/7.4/apache2 and /etc/php/7.4/cli. The location may change based on the distro.

Start MailHog when the system boots

  1. Create the file /etc/systemd/system/mailhog.service.
sudo vim /etc/systemd/system/mailhog.service
  1. Paste the following into it:
[Unit]
Description=MailHog service

[Service]
ExecStart=/usr/local/bin/mailhog \
  -api-bind-addr 127.0.0.1:8025 \
  -ui-bind-addr 127.0.0.1:8025 \
  -smtp-bind-addr 127.0.0.1:1025

[Install]
WantedBy=multi-user.target
  1. Start the service : sudo systemctl start mailhog. Verify it is working by accessing the URL – http://127.0.0.1:8025
  2. Enable the service so it runs on bootup sudo systemctl enable mailhog
  3. Restart your system
  4. After restarting, mail hog can be accessed in the URL – http://127.0.0.1:8025

Install Composer

cd ~
curl -sS https://getcomposer.org/installer -o composer-setup.php
sudo php composer-setup.php --install-dir=/usr/local/bin --filename=composer

#To switch composer 1
sudo composer self-update --1

Install Node Js using NVM

cd ~
wget -qO- https://raw.githubusercontent.com/nvm-sh/nvm/v0.37.2/install.sh | bash
#install Node v10

Close the terminal and reopen it again. Run the command

nvm install v10.24.0

Install Sublime Text

Install the GPG key:

wget -qO - https://download.sublimetext.com/sublimehq-pub.gpg | sudo apt-key add -

Ensure apt is set up to work with https sources:

sudo apt-get install apt-transport-https

Set the channel:

echo "deb https://download.sublimetext.com/ apt/stable/" | sudo tee /etc/apt/sources.list.d/sublime-text.list

Update apt sources and install Sublime Text :

sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install sublime-text

Enable Apache Mod Rewrite

Run the following command to enable mod-rewrite

sudo a2enmod rewrite

Then change AllowOverride None to AllowOverride All for directory /var/www/ in the file /etc/apache2/apache2.conf

Install VisualStudio Code

Download visual studio code from https://code.visualstudio.com/Download and download the .deb file. Install the deb file.

Install Wine

If your system is 64 bit, enable 32 bit architecture 

sudo dpkg --add-architecture i386

Now run the commands

wget -nc https://dl.winehq.org/wine-builds/winehq.key
sudo apt-key add winehq.key
sudo add-apt-repository 'deb https://dl.winehq.org/wine-builds/ubuntu/ focal main'
sudo apt update
sudo apt install --install-recommends winehq-stable

Install DBeaver

sudo add-apt-repository ppa:serge-rider/dbeaver-ce
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install dbeaver-ce

Install Docker

Run the following commands

sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install -y apt-transport-https ca-certificates curl software-properties-common
curl -fsSL https://download.docker.com/linux/ubuntu/gpg | sudo apt-key add -
sudo add-apt-repository "deb [arch=amd64] https://download.docker.com/linux/ubuntu focal stable"

Then run the following command

sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install -y docker-ce docker-ce-cli containerd.io 
sudo usermod -aG docker $USER

Install Docker Compose

Install the needed Docker composer version v1.27 is the latest stable version as of Sep 10, 2020.

Run

sudo curl -L "https://github.com/docker/compose/releases/download/1.27.0/docker-compose-$(uname -s)-$(uname -m)" -o /usr/local/bin/docker-compose
sudo chmod +x /usr/local/bin/docker-compose