How to Download and install xampp on Ubuntu | Linux Mint | Debian Based OS


What is xamp?

Xampp stands for Cross-platform(X), Apache(A), MariaDB(M), PHP(P) and Perl(P).Xampp is a free and open source cross platform web server solution stack package developed by apache friends, consisting mainly of the apache http server, maria db database and interpreters for scripts written in the php and perl programming languages.

 Download & Install XAMPP

First of all download xampp. Go to this Download page to download xampp.
After Downloading follow the following command below.

To Changing the permissions to the installer
chmod 755 xampp-linux-x64-7.3.2-1-installer.run
Run the installer
sudo ./xampp-linux-x65-7.3.2-1-installer.run

Thats all xampp is now installed the Directory /opt/lampp

 Starting Xampp

 To start xampp simply run this command

sudo /opt/lampp/lampp/start

There is also a graphical tool to manage your servers easily. You can starts this tools easily with the following command.

dc /opt/lampp

sudo ./manager-linux.run (or manager-linux-x64.run)

 Lets test now open your browser and type the following command

http://localhost

You should see the start page like below

Stopping Xampp

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