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This tutorial is how to install WordPress on Ubuntu Linux Desktop using LAMP. Why ? One reason is that you can do a lot of developing (playing around) much quicker as there is no need to use ftp. If You like me, play around with WordPress as a developer (perhaps you create your own theme or plugin), you should install WordPress locally in your Ubuntu Linux Desktop. You do not need to convert your Ubuntu Desktop into Ubuntu Server. You only need install addition packages that you need to run WordPress on your Ubuntu Linux desktop. Get ready?! Let?s start to install WorPress on Ubuntu Linux desktop. Install LAMP You can view my previous post about LAMP Installation On Ubuntu, if you have not already done so. Download WordPress You can download WordPress from their official website into your Ubuntu desktop. Extract your WordPress archieve into your server directory sudo tar zxvf wordpress-x.x.x.tar.gz --directory=/var/www/ Prepare MySQL Database for WordPress Create a dat