This is a step by step of what I did to set up a developer environment for my MSc. The reason for bogging this is two fold
- 1 it is a way for me to make notes of what I am doing
- 2 thought it would be nice to share my experience.

WARNING: This is a live step by step of what I am doing. So scroll to the bottom of this blog to find out if I was successful.

Step 1
A clean install of Ubuntu Deskop 9.04.
Update the system

Step 2
lets do the easy things first and install Ubuntu Server and LAMP

Click System --> Administration --> Synaptic Package Manager

This brings up the Synaptic Package Manager

Click Edit --> Mark Packages by Task

put a check mark or tick in Basic Ubuntu Server and LAMP
then click OK
then click Mark
then click Apply