Installation XAMPP in Linux

Installation XAMPP in Linux

By the way: In the past this software was called LAMPP but to avoid misconceptions we renamed it to » XAMPP for Linux «. So if you are seeking for LAMPP you're on the right track. ;)

If you encounter any problems with XAMPP please feel free to get in touch with us. This will help us to improve XAMPP and make it more useful for everybody.

Installation in 4 steps

1. Donwload xampp for linux, you can download in here

2. Installation 

After downloading simply type in the following commands:

         1. Go to a Linux shell and login as the system administrator root:

                type su 

         2. Extract the downloaded archive file to /opt:

             tar xvfz xampp-linux-1.7.7.tar.gz -C /opt

That's all. XAMPP is now installed below the /opt/lampp directory.

3. Start

To start XAMPP simply call this command:

/opt/lampp/lampp start

You should now see something like this on your screen:

Starting XAMPP 1.7.7...
LAMPP: Starting Apache...
LAMPP: Starting MySQL...
LAMPP started. 

Ready. Apache and MySQL are running.

4. Test

OK, that was easy but how can you check that everything really works? Just type in the following URL at your favourite web browser:

http://localhost


Now you should see the start page of XAMPP containing some links to check the status of the installed software and some small programming examples.

STOPPING XAMPP

To stop XAMPP simply call this command:

/opt/lampp/lampp stop

You should now see:

Stopping LAMPP 1.7.7...
LAMPP: Stopping Apache...
LAMPP: Stopping MySQL...
LAMPP stopped.

And XAMPP for Linux is stopped.

UNINSTALL XAMPP 

 To uninstall XAMPP just type in this command:

rm -rf /opt/lampp


The end.