Have spent many hours prepping for a platform move to LAMP on MINT. As a newbie to it all, I found this video from a Dre Wilson to be a stunningly simple-to-understand easy-to-follow set of video instructions to set up LAMP on MINT 18.2. Note, I'm using 18.1 but it also worked. See Dre's 4:58 how-to video here Link --> https://youtu.be/foI_G3XX2yc

PS I have no idea who Dre is {except that he appears to have a knack for making efficient effective demonstration videos}.

At the time of this posting it had 112 views; 2 thumbs up (one mine) I highly recommend it!