Title: Problem on installing WordPress
Last modified: August 20, 2016

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# Problem on installing WordPress

 *  [satimis](https://wordpress.org/support/users/satimis/)
 * (@satimis)
 * [13 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/problem-on-installing-wordpress/)
 * Hi all,
 * Ubuntu 12.04 desktop 64bit
    Wordpress 3.3.1
 * I was following;
    How to Install WordPress on Ubuntu 12.04 LTS [http://linuxmoz.com/how-to-install-wordpress-on-ubuntu-12-04-lts/](http://linuxmoz.com/how-to-install-wordpress-on-ubuntu-12-04-lts/)
 * to install WordPress. Installation went through without much problem except on
   browser running;
    [http://localhost/wordpress](http://localhost/wordpress) unable
   to ope PHTML file.
 * Then I followed
    Cannot open php PHTML file [http://www.unixmen.com/cannot-open-php-phtml-file/](http://www.unixmen.com/cannot-open-php-phtml-file/)
 * install libapache2-mod-php5
 * Now on browser running;
    [http://localhost/wordpress/](http://localhost/wordpress/)[
   code] Error establishing a database connection [/code]
 * mysql is running;
    $ sudo netstat -tap | grep mysql[code] tcp 0 0 localhost:mysql*:*
   LISTEN 1097/mysqld [/code]
 * Pls help. TIA
 * B.R.
    satimis

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 *  [David Choi](https://wordpress.org/support/users/wpthemes777/)
 * (@wpthemes777)
 * [13 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/problem-on-installing-wordpress/#post-3423410)
 * Well, that has nothing to do with WordPress, it’s Ubuntu. Although it’s possible
   to install Apache, MySQL, and PHP separately, if you are inexperienced with linux,
   it’s easier to install LAMP instead:
 * [https://help.ubuntu.com/community/ApacheMySQLPHP](https://help.ubuntu.com/community/ApacheMySQLPHP)
 * for any problems, should ask the Ubuntu.com community.

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 * Last activity: [13 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/problem-on-installing-wordpress/#post-3423410)
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