Wordpress setup Ubuntu 12.10

.htaccess

#This goes in your #server-config

<VirtualHost *:80>
 ServerName bobswordpress.dev
 ServerAdmin [email protected]
 DocumentRoot /var/www/bobswordpress.dev/
 ServerAlias www.bobswordpress.dev
 DirectoryIndex index.html index.php
 <Directory /var/www/bobswordpress.dev/>
 Options FollowSymLinks
 AllowOverride All
 Order allow,deny
 Allow from all
 </Directory>

 ErrorLog /var/log/apache2/bobswordpress-error.log
 CustomLog /var/log/apache2/bobswordpress-access.log common
</VirtualHost>

wp-setup.sh

# Step 1: Get all the software you’ll need
sudo apt-get install lamp-server^
sudo apt-get install subversion git git-svn vim vim-common vim-doc filezilla

# I prefer git for version control and also prefer vim to nano for general sys 
# admin stuff although don’t use it as my main code  editor of choice.  I do use vim in this guide 
# but feel free to swap it out for nano or gedit or whatever you use.  
# I also personally like Filezilla for S/FTP – many other options are available.

#Step 2: Get WordPress

# You have two options here, you can use the SVN version or just use the latest.  
# I prefer to use the latest stock WordPress as #it’s what our clients use.

# At this point you want to be root.  Linux die-hards will slate me for this, but having to do ‘sudo !!‘ 
# every time you forget to prefix your commands with sudo gets old. Fast!
sudo -i

#This elevates you to the root and you can now destroy your system if you’re not careful…

cd /var/www
wget http://wordpress.org/latest.tar.gz

# That will download the latest WordPress.

tar xf latest.tar.gz
mv wordpress bobswordpress.dev

# Step 3: Setup a virtual host

cd /etc/apache2/sites-available

# Create the virtual host file

vim bobswordpress.dev

# Add in the code in the conf file (on the gist)


# This will setup the virtual host for apache as well as providing custom logs.  
# This is useful if you’re like me and like to keep #everything nice and organized. 
# I also now and again like to try out different CMS systems so you can just 
# copy and paste this #for each new virtual host you need.

# Next add an entry to your hosts file (this is basically a local dns – you can ‘hijack’ any domain 
# for example you can redirect #all requests going to google.com and point them to your 
# local computer if you so wished, but that’s just a bit silly)…

vim /etc/hosts

# add this line just below localhost:
# 127.0.0.1 bobswordpress.dev

# Enable the site in apache:
a2ensite bobswordpress.dev

# Reload Apache for our new virtual host to take effect
service apache2 releoad

# Step4: Configure your wordpress
# Now you need to make a database:


mysql -uroot -p

# at the prompt enter these commands
# CREATE DATABASE wp_bobswp;
# GRANT ALL ON wp_bobswp.* to 'wp'@'localhost' IDENTIFIED BY 'pass';

# Again, hardened DB admins will not like the fact I’ve given all permissions to this database, 
# but again, this guide is only for # development machines.  
# It’s up to you to secure your production sites!

# Now configure your wordpress install.
cd /var/www/bobswordpress.dev/
mv wp-config-sample.php wp-config.php
vim wp-config.php

# Alter the DB_NAME, DB_USER and DB_PASSWORD fields to suit.  While your here set WP_DEBUG to true.
# You can now go to http://bobswordpress.dev/ in your browser and install WordPress as normal.

# Step 5: Fix the permissions
# Permissions and Linux are one of these things that can trip up anyone, even people who have been 
# using it for years.  If anyone #has a better solution for this, I’d love to know!! 
# Quite often I find myself redoing these commands after doing a plugin #update…

cd /var/www

#These are the commands you’ll need to alter the users.  Swap out <your username> for the correct value.

chown -R www-data:<your username> bobswordpress.dev
chmod -R g+rw bobswordpress.dev

#Step 6: Take over the world
#You’ve now got everything installed (including subversion) so you can go start creating plugins and themes, 
# and if you’re feeling particularly adventurous, go and get the SVN version of WordPress and start hacking
# on the core!   The steps are exactly #the same apart from the ‘wget’ which will be

mkdir /var/www/wordpresssvn.dev/
cd /var/www/wordpresssvn.dev/
svn co http://core.svn.wordpress.org/trunk/ .

#Enjoy!! :)