How to Install Moodle v4.3 on Ubuntu 22.04

The latest stable version of Moodle when this tutorial was written is Moodle v4.3.3.

Requirements:

• Ubuntu Server 22.04 with 4GB RAM and 2 CPUs
• Non-root sudo user. Do not run from user root!

Install Apache, MySQL, and PHP

We first check the current installed PHP version.

php -v

If it shows Command 'php' not found, then follow the next steps. Press enter when asked to confirm add repo.

sudo add-apt-repository ppa:ondrej/php 
sudo apt-get update

sudo apt install apache2 mysql-client mysql-server php7.4 libapache2-mod-php

sudo apt install graphviz aspell ghostscript clamav php7.4-pspell php7.4-curl php7.4-gd php7.4-intl php7.4-mysql php7.4-xml php7.4-xmlrpc php7.4-ldap php7.4-zip php7.4-soap php7.4-mbstring

Download Moodle

cd /opt

sudo git clone git://git.moodle.org/moodle.git

cd moodle

sudo git branch -a

sudo git branch --track MOODLE_403_STABLE origin/MOODLE_403_STABLE

sudo git checkout MOODLE_403_STABLE

Branch 'MOODLE_400_STABLE' set up to track remote branch 'MOODLE_400_STABLE' from 'origin'.

Switched to a new branch 'MOODLE_400_STABLE'