Install XAMPP Stack On Ubuntu
Download the latest version from the official
download page. As of writing this article, the latest version was
5.6.8.
After downloading the XAMPP package, make it
executable as shown below.
sudo chmod +x xampp-linux-x64-5.6.8-0-installer.run
Now, install XAMPP stack as shown below.
sudo ./xampp-linux-x64-5.6.8-0-installer.run
You’ll be asked to answer a couple questions. Here. I will go with
defaults.
Press Y to accept the defaults.
---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Welcome to the XAMPP Setup Wizard. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Select the components you want to install; clear the components you do not want to install. Click Next when you are ready to continue. XAMPP Core Files : Y (Cannot be edited) XAMPP Developer Files [Y/n] :y Is the selection above correct? [Y/n]: y ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Installation Directory XAMPP will be installed to /opt/lampp Press [Enter] to continue: ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Setup is now ready to begin installing XAMPP on your computer. Do you want to continue? [Y/n]: y ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Please wait while Setup installs XAMPP on your computer. Installing 0% ______________ 50% ______________ 100% ######################################### ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Setup has finished installing XAMPP on your computer.
Starting/Stopping XAMPP Server
XAMPP will be installed in /opt/lampp
directory. After installing XAMPP, you can start it using the
following command.
sudo /opt/lampp/lampp start
Sample output:
Starting XAMPP for Linux 5.6.8-0... XAMPP: Starting Apache...already running. XAMPP: Starting MySQL...ok. XAMPP: Starting ProFTPD...ok.
Like wise, you can stop the service using command:
sudo /opt/lampp/lampp stop
Sample output:
Stopping XAMPP for Linux 5.6.8-0... XAMPP: Stopping Apache...ok. XAMPP: Stopping MySQL...ok. XAMPP: Stopping ProFTPD...ok.
Test XAMPP
To check if everything is OK, open up your web
browser, and navigate to http://ip-address/xampp.
You may get the following error. This is because,
the XAMPP test page will not be accessible from the remote clients
using IP address.
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