PhpBB/Installation

Installation done on a VM running Ubuntu 14.04LTS

Download required pacakages

~$ sudo apt-get update && sudo apt-get -y install apache2 mysql-server mysql-client php5 php5-mysql php5-gd imagemagick

If you're going to install MediaWiki aswell, then add an extra pacakge

~$ sudo apt-get install -y  libapache2-mod-php5

Configure MySQL

login to db

~$ mysql -u root -p

Create mysql wiki user

~$ mysql> CREATE USER phpBB'@'localhost' IDENTIFIED BY 'THISpasswordSHOULDbeCHANGED';
~$ mysql> exit