def install():
	apps= [
		# internet
		"firefox",
		"google-chrome-stable",

		# development
		"sublime-text",
		"acl apache2 apache2-mpm-prefork curl git-core php-apc php5 php5-cli php5-mcrypt php5-intl php5-sqlite php5-xdebug php5-xsl mysql-server"
	]

	for app in apps:
		os.system("sudo apt-get -y install " + app)

	# fix this apache2 error
	# Could not determine the server's fully qualified domain name, using 127.0.0.1 for ServerName
	os.system('echo "ServerName localhost" | sudo tee /etc/apache2/conf.d/fqdn')

	# enable development php.ini
	os.system("sudo mv /etc/php5/apache2/php.ini /etc/php5/apache2/php.ini.bak")
	os.system("sudo cp -s /usr/share/php5/php.ini-development /etc/php5/apache2/php.ini")

	# enable mod_rewrite
	os.system("sudo a2enmod rewrite")

	# enable mod_userdir
	os.system("sudo a2enmod userdir")
	# make and set permission public_html folder to 0755
	os.system("mkdir ~/public_html && chmod 0755 ~/public_html")
	# comment out a line php_admin_value engine Off
	# can be automated but I must learn python before... ^^'
	os.system("sudo nano /etc/apache2/mods-available/php5.conf")

	# restart apache2
	os.system("sudo /etc/init.d/apache2 restart")

## launching
install()