By the way this software was called LAMPP but to avoid misreading we renamed it to <<XAMPP for Linux>>. So if you are seeking for LAMPP you’re on the right track.
You can install it in 4 Steps.
Step 1:
Download xampp-linux-1.6.4.tar.gz
Step 2:
After downloading simply type in the following commands:
- Go to a Linux shell and login as the system administrator root: su
- Extract the downloaded archive file to /opt: tar xvfz xampp-linux-1.6.4.tar.gz -C /optWarning: Please use only this command to install XAMPP. DON’T use any Microsoft Windows tools to extract the archive, it won’t work.Warning 2: already installed XAMPP versions get overwritten by this command.
That’s all. XAMPP is now installed below the /opt/lampp directory.
Step 3:
To start XAMPP simply call this command:
/opt/lampp/lampp start
You should now see something like this on your screen:
Starting XAMPP 1.6.4...
LAMPP: Starting Apache...
LAMPP: Starting MySQL...
LAMPP started.
Ready. Apache and MySQL are running.
Step4 :
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.
The Instant Art example: A small PHP/GD program (since 0.9.6pre1 also a flashy PHP/Ming example, see screenshot).
Stop XAMPP
To stop XAMPP simply call this command:
/opt/lampp/lampp stop
You should now see:
Stopping LAMPP 1.6.4...
LAMPP: Stopping Apache...
LAMPP: Stopping MySQL...
LAMPP stopped.
And XAMPP for Linux is stopped.
Unistall
To uninstall XAMPP just type in this command:
rm -rf /opt/lampp
The end.