Setting up Debian or Ubuntu

Ubuntu is derived from Debian, so the process is the same for both Ubuntu and Debian. We will use Debian 8 Jessie and Ubuntu 14.04 Server LTS. The same process can be applied to desktop versions for both.

First, add the repositories for both Debian and Ubuntu.

Debian

As of the time we're writing this book, Debian does not provide an official repository for PHP 7. So, for Debian, we will use dotdeb repositories to install NGINX and PHP 7. Perform the following steps:

  1. Open the /etc/apt/sources.list file and add the following two lines at the end of the file:
    deb http://packages.dotdeb.org jessie all
deb-src http://packages.dotdeb.org jessie all
  2. Now, execute the following commands in the terminal:
    wget https://www.dotdeb.org/dotdeb.gpg ...

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