This is a how-to to on installing and setting up lighttpd and PHP on Maverick.
[[http://www.lighttpd.net/|Lighttpd]] or "lighty" is a webserver with a very low use of resources.


Install the packages we need: (this may not be all, but these two will automatically download the rest as dependencies)
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sudo apt-get install lighttpd php5-cgi
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Enable the fastcgi module and the php configuration with
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sudo lighty-enable-mod fastcgi 
sudo lighty-enable-mod fastcgi-php
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Reload the lighttpd daemon
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sudo service lighttpd force-reload
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To test if it's working create the file `/var/www/index.php` with the following contents:
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<?php phpinfo(); ?>
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and check out [[http://localhost/index.php]] in your browser.

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