Super-fast LAMP + 5.5 install script.

install.sh

sudo apt-get update

sudo debconf-set-selections <<< 'mysql-server mysql-server/root_password password root'
sudo debconf-set-selections <<< 'mysql-server mysql-server/root_password_again password root'

sudo apt-get install -y vim curl python-software-properties
sudo add-apt-repository -y ppa:ondrej/php5
sudo apt-get update

sudo apt-get install -y php5 apache2 libapache2-mod-php5 php5-curl php5-gd php5-mcrypt php5-readline mysql-server-5.5 php5-mysql git-core php5-xdebug

cat << EOF | sudo tee -a /etc/php5/mods-available/xdebug.ini
xdebug.scream=1
xdebug.cli_color=1
xdebug.show_local_vars=1
EOF

sudo a2enmod rewrite

sed -i "s/error_reporting = .*/error_reporting = E_ALL/" /etc/php5/apache2/php.ini
sed -i "s/display_errors = .*/display_errors = On/" /etc/php5/apache2/php.ini
sed -i "s/disable_functions = .*/disable_functions = /" /etc/php5/cli/php.ini

sudo service apache2 restart

curl -sS https://getcomposer.org/installer | php
sudo mv composer.phar /usr/local/bin/composer

Hey Jeffery,
This is not my wheelhouse so some of this may not sound correct. When running this script as directed from https://premium.wpmudev.org/blog/wordpress-development-beginners-php/
The script errors out. On inspecting the errors I see that there is a 404 for accessing a directory from Ondřej Surý on https://launchpad.net/~ondrej
404 errors:
Failed to fetch http://ppa.launchpad.net/ondrej/php5/ubuntu/dists/precise/main/source/Sources 404 Not Found
Failed to fetch http://ppa.launchpad.net/ondrej/php5/ubuntu/dists/precise/main/binary-amd64/Packages 404 Not Found
Failed to fetch http://ppa.launchpad.net/ondrej/php5/ubuntu/dists/precise/main/binary-i386/Packages 404 Not Found

On checking these links I see that there is no php5/ubuntu/ folder.

As I said this is not my type of thing. I am just learning to read some of this. Hope what I posted helps.

Have a good one.
-David