I Have Kubuntu.

[boxxertrumps]

Now i need to install some server software to it.

And Instructions on how to do it, Apperently im a complete noob at installing stuff...

So, what the best linux server program out there?

[thetestingsite]

Look up LAMP in google.

[Twey]

Don't do that.

$ sudo apt-get install apache php mysql

... or use Synaptic (especially since I'm not entirely sure those are the correct package names for Kubuntu).

[boxxertrumps]

Thetestingsite, That link leads to a genetics program...
and i went to wikipedia. found lamp. ran the appget commands.
im having problems copying the files to /var/www
access denied.

...

i burned the contents of my site to a cd. except my music.
im running at a megadeath deficit right now...

[thetestingsite]

Make sure you are in super user (or logged in as root).

That link leads to a genetics program...

Yea, sorry about that. Just did a google search and found that as the first result. Was kinda busy earlier so didn't really look at what it was.

[boxxertrumps]

I Dont know how to login as root...

[Twey]

boxxertrumps:

$ su -
<enter root password>
# apt-get install apache php mysql

Don't bother with that LAMP thing.

[boxxertrumps]

apache, php &mysql is installed, but i dont know how to change the permisions of the var/www/ folder so that i can change the contents without logging in as root.

[thetestingsite]

you could probably do something like

sudo chmod 777 /var/www

[Twey]

Don't do that either. You don't want to change the contents of the whole /var/www folder, just the htdocs section. su to root, then:

# chmod -R youruser:users /var/www/htdocs

(may also be /var/www/localhost/htdocs, depending on the server's setup).