Moodle installation in ubuntu

Moodle Installation

( https://docs.moodle.org/26/en/Step-by-step_Installation_Guide_for_Ubuntu )

Install Apache/MySQL/PHP

sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install apache2 mysql-client mysql-server php5

'It will prompt you to set the root password for mysql - take note of it, you will need it in step 6.

Install Additional Software

sudo apt-get install graphviz aspell php5-pspell php5-curl php5-gd php5-intl php5-mysql php5-xmlrpc php5-ldap

Restart Apache so that the modules are loaded correctly

sudo service apache2 restart

sudo apt-get install git-core

Download Moodle

cd /opt

sudo git clone git://git.moodle.org/moodle.git

cd moodle

sudo git branch -a

sudo git branch --track MOODLE_26_STABLE origin/MOODLE_26_STABLE

sudo git checkout MOODLE_26_STABLE

OR

Download zip from https://github.com/moodle/moodle

cp '/home/user/Downloads/moodle-master.zip' /opt/

cd /opt

unzip moodle-master.zip

mv moodle-master moodle

Copy local repository to /var/www/html/

sudo cp -R /opt/moodle /var/www/html/

sudo mkdir /var/moodledata

sudo chown -R www-data /var/moodledata

sudo chmod -R 777 /var/moodledata

sudo chmod -R 0755 /var/www/html/moodle

Step 6: Setup MySQL Server

sudo vi /etc/mysql/my.cnf

Scroll down to the [mysqld] section and under Basic Settings add the following line under the last statement 

default-storage-engine = innodb

In order to save my.cnf using the editor, press the Esc (Escape) key, type the following in sequence which will save :w then close the editor :q

sudo service mysql restart

mysql -u root -p

CREATE DATABASE moodle DEFAULT CHARACTER SET utf8 COLLATE utf8_unicode_ci;

GRANT SELECT,INSERT,UPDATE,DELETE,CREATE,CREATE TEMPORARY TABLES,DROP,INDEX,ALTER ON moodle.* TO moodledude@localhost IDENTIFIED BY 'passwordformoodledude';

quit;

make the webroot writable by doing the following:

sudo chmod -R 777 /var/www/moodle

no longer writable using the below command.

sudo chmod -R 0755 /var/www/moodle

goto localhost/moodle

Follow the prompts selecting:

Database Type

Choose: mysqli

Database Settings

Host server: localhost
Database: moodle
User: moodledude (the user you created when setting up the database)
Password: passwordformoodledude (the password for the user you created)
Tables Prefix: mdl_

Environment Checks

This will indicate if any elements required to run moodle haven't been installed.

Next next next...

follow prompts and confirm installation

Create a Site Administrator Account

Create your moodle user account which will have site administrator permissions.
The password you select has to meet certain security requirements.

Installation Complete

Congrats! You can now start using Moodle!

Don't Forget

If you made the webroot writable, revert permissions

sudo chmod -R 0755 /var/www/moodle

System Paths After Install

After installing Moodle you should set the system paths.
Navigate to Site Administration > Server > System Paths
Input the following;
Path to Du: /usr/bin/du
Path to Apsell: /usr/bin/aspell
Path to dot: /usr/bin/dot

Save Changes

To remove lamp

(http://tuxtweaks.com/2010/10/remove-lamp-in-ubuntu/)

sudo apt-get remove --purge apache2 php5 mysql-server-5.0 phpmyadmin

or



sudo apt-get purge mysql-server apache2 php5

to remove php completely 
sudo apt-get -y purge php.*

To remove git-core

sudo apt-get remove –purge git-core.* 

To remove a folder
sudo rm -r folderName

How do I change the root directory of an apache server?

/etc/apache2/sites-available/default000