ubuntu guide

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Install Ubuntu LAMP Server

Download ubuntu-server-9.10 of the correct architecture from http://www.ubuntu.com/getubuntu/download-server

Burn the image to disc (or prepare an alternative method of installation)

Install ubuntu-server-9.10 on your machine using your opted username(s) and password(s) being sure to select the LAMP option during the process.

Once fully installed remove disc and reboot into your command line interface

Static IP


Issue the command

sudo su
<enter password>
vi /etc/network/interfaces

You'll find the network configuration file

# This file describes the network interfaces available on your system
# and how to activate them. For more information, see interfaces(5).

# The loopback network interface
auto lo
iface lo inet loopback

# The primary network interface
auto eth0
iface eth0 inet dhcp

Fix it to read

# This file describes the network interfaces available on your system
# and how to activate them. For more information, see interfaces(5).

# The loopback network interface
auto lo
iface lo inet loopback

# The primary network interface
auto eth0
iface eth0 inet static
address 192.168.1.100
netmask 255.255.255.0
network 192.168.1.0
broadcast 192.168.1.255
gateway 192.168.1.1

[Roguish]

Install necessary packages

sudo apt-get install subversion gcc g++ cpp libmysqlclient15-dev libio-stringy-perl cvs cvsd

Add the eqemu user and switch to it

sudo adduser eqemu
<enter info>
<enter info>
<enter info>
y

su eqemu
<enter password>

Create directory and download source to it

cd ~
mkdir source server server/database

cd ~/source
svn co http://projecteqemu.googlecode.com/svn/trunk/EQEmuServer

At this point go ahead and compile it

cd EQEmuServer
make