1. Install Ubuntu
2. sudo apt-get install apache2
3. sudo apt-get install php5 libapache2-mod-php5
4. sudo /etc/init.d/apache2 restart
5. sudo apt-get install mysql-server
6. sudo vim /etc/mysql/my.cnf
   comment out “bind-address = 127.0.0.1”
7. sudo apt-get install libapache2-mod-auth-mysql php5-mysql phpmyadmin
8. sudo vim /etc/php5/apache2/php.ini
   uncomment “extension=mysql.so”
9. sudo /etc/init.d/apache2 restart

Hat Tip: http://www.supriyadisw.net/2006/12/lamp-installation-on-ubuntu