The article An Introduction to the Linux Terminal can get you better oriented with the terminal. There are many terminal commands to learn that can enable you to do more powerful things. The command line, also known as a shell or terminal, can help you modify and automate many of the tasks you do on a computer every day and is an essential tool for software developers. That is, instead of clicking on buttons, you’ll be typing in text and receiving feedback from your computer through text as well. You’ll be completing your installation and setup on the command line, which is a non-graphical way to interact with your computer. You can download this operating system via the Ubuntu releases page. To complete this tutorial, you will need a local or virtual machine with Ubuntu 22.04 installed and have administrative access and an internet connection to that machine. You will also install a dependency manager, Composer, and test your installation by running a script. This tutorial will guide you through installing PHP 8.1 on Ubuntu and setting up a local programming environment via the command line. Getting up and running with your language of choice is the first step in learning to program. PHP is a popular server scripting language known for creating dynamic and interactive web pages.

A previous version of this tutorial was written by alenaholligan.

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