Bash script to install Apache, MySQL and PHP as well as PHPMyAdmin and some tweaks. For Debian and Ubuntu. To run, copy the script to the server and run ``bash lamp.sh``

lamp.sh

#!/bin/sh

#######################################
# Bash script to install an AMP stack and PHPMyAdmin plus tweaks. For Debian based systems.
# Written by @AamnahAkram from http://aamnah.com

# In case of any errors (e.g. MySQL) just re-run the script. Nothing will be re-installed except for the packages with errors.
#######################################

#COLORS
# Reset
Color_Off='\033[0m'       # Text Reset

# Regular Colors
Red='\033[0;31m'          # Red
Green='\033[0;32m'        # Green
Yellow='\033[0;33m'       # Yellow
Purple='\033[0;35m'       # Purple
Cyan='\033[0;36m'         # Cyan

# Update packages and Upgrade system
echo -e "$Cyan \n Updating System.. $Color_Off"
apt-get update -y && sudo apt-get upgrade -y

## Install AMP
echo -e "$Cyan \n Installing Apache2 $Color_Off"
apt-get install apache2 apache2-doc apache2-mpm-prefork apache2-utils libexpat1 ssl-cert -y

echo -e "$Cyan \n Installing PHP & Requirements $Color_Off"
apt-get install libapache2-mod-php php php-common php-curl php-dev php-gd php-idn php-pear php-imagick php-mcrypt php-mysql php-ps php-pspell php-recode php-xsl -y

echo -e "$Cyan \n Installing MySQL $Color_Off"
apt-get install mysql-server mysql-client libmysqlclient15.dev -y

echo -e "$Cyan \n Installing phpMyAdmin $Color_Off"
apt-get install phpmyadmin -y

echo -e "$Cyan \n Verifying installs$Color_Off"
apt-get install apache2 libapache2-mod-php php mysql-server php-pear php-mysql mysql-client mysql-server php-mysql php-gd -y

## TWEAKS and Settings
# Permissions
echo -e "$Cyan \n Permissions for /var/www $Color_Off"
chown -R www-data:www-data /var/www
echo -e "$Green \n Permissions have been set $Color_Off"

# Enabling Mod Rewrite, required for WordPress permalinks and .htaccess files
echo -e "$Cyan \n Enabling Modules $Color_Off"
a2enmod rewrite
phpenmod mcrypt

# Restart Apache
echo -e "$Cyan \n Restarting Apache $Color_Off"
service apache2 restart

Update for Debian 9:

php5 -- > php

removed the sudo

Use "su" before running the script.