XAMPP

Abhi

I thought I will XAMPP this time on a spare machine.

sudo /opt/lampp/lampp start

will start XAMPP and the directory would be /opt/lampp
sudo /opt/lampp/lampp stop

can be used to stop XAMPP

XAMPP comes with Apache, MariaDB, PHP and Perl

http://localhost/dashboard/

will take you to the XAMPP page on your browser

Abhi

This error came up while trying to use it

/opt/lampp/share/xampp/xampplib: line 22: netstat: command not found

A possible solution

https://community.apachefriends.org/f/viewtopic.php?t=79352&p=268485

Abhi

Put your files in

/opt/lampp/htdocs

Abhi

If you face permission issues, use chown command as listed here

https://www.computernetworkingnotes.com/linux-tutorials/xampp-htdocs-permission-issue-and-fix-in-ubuntu.html

admin

Nice that you have added it here. I will remember to take a look if I get stuck. Thanks.

Abhi

No problem. I was trying to make it useful while installing and using XAMPP.

admin

I am thinking of try XAMPP on Windows. WAMP is so normal 😆

Abhi

Download XAMPP from here

https://www.apachefriends.org/index.html

Right click the xampp-linux-x64-8.0.3-0-installer.run file > Properties > Permissions > Allow executing file as a program - tick it

Now while inside the folder where the .run file resides, right click and Open Terminal

Use

sudo ./xampp-linux-x64-8.0.3-0-installer.run

That is all. Make sure to visit

/opt/lampp/htdocs to put your application files. You might need to set permissions to folders inside htdocs otherwise localhost might give a white blank page as output

Abhi

For permission issues, try these commands

$ whoami
abhi
$ id -gn
abhi

Now use

sudo chown –R abhi:abhi /opt/lampp/htdocs

But before that, use

sudo chmod -R 775 /opt/lampp/htdocs

PS : Consider these as my personal notes. I am happy if this helped, but use it on your own risk. Don't blame me. All of these worked great for me.