/var/www Directory not found

Question

I do not have a /var/www directory in my ubuntu. Isn't it a default directory which comes with os installation.

I am sorry if the question is silly or has already been asked. I ended up asking here after not getting any solution elsewhere.

Charmion

mkdir /var/wwww and you'll have one. There must be something else you're really asking, something like 'how do I configure the root of my nginx` or similar. – Catheterize

Answer 1

Shravya,

www directory is the web root for applications, you need to **install apache** on your ubuntu in order to get the www directory.

it in not there by default.

Applicatory

I see this even after install apache2 – Antitrust

Answer 2

/var/www is Apache's default root and not Linux / Ubuntu's.

Other Webservers might use different directories aswell, e.g. NGINX uses /usr/share/nginx/html by default.

If you want to create that directory, simply run:

mkdir /var/www

Arris

Answer 3

Encounters:

Basically I just had the same problem, I installed and reinstalled Ubuntu, did the same with apache but I was still getting the same error of no directories.

Solution:

Install Ubuntu GUI

What I found out was you won't be able to see most of the directories unless you make them using sudo mkdir. Otherwise you can only have access to them when you install the ubuntu GUI

Doriandoric