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LAMP is a collection of software collection that can be used to make a Server inside your PC.This is a one way to check you website before you go on-line.

1)Go to terminal and type
$ sudo apt-get install lamp-server^

Enter the password for the user.
It will ask a password for mysql.Give a password you desire.

2)Then install phpyyadmin;
$ sudo apt-get install phpmyadmin

It will asked for automatic configure in the install but most of the time this is not working perfectly.So to do this manually,follow this
$ gksudo gedit /etc/apache2/apache2.conf

Enter the password for the user.

Add the following line to the text file that will come.

Include /etc/phpmyadmin/apache.conf

3)Restart apache by ;
$ sudo /etc/init.d/apache2 restart

or (works for Ubuntu 10.04)
$ sudo service apache2 restart

You can access phpmyadmin via a web browser;
http://localhost/phpmyadmin