Installation of Linux version of XAMPP


Step 1: Download

you can download Linux version of XAMPP from the give link
A complete list of downloads (older versions) is available

Step 2: Installation

After downloading simply type in the following commands:
  1. Go to a Linux shell and login as the system administrator root:su
  2. Extract the downloaded archive file to /opt:tar xvfz xampp-linux-1.7.tar.gz -C /opt
    Note:Please use only this command to install XAMPP. DON'T use any Microsoft Windows tools to extract the archive, it won't work.
    Note : already installed XAMPP versions get overwritten by this command.
That's all. XAMPP is now installed below the /opt/lampp directory.


Step 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...
LAMPP: Starting Apache...
LAMPP: Starting MySQL...
LAMPP started.
Ready. Apache and MySQL are running.
If you get any error messages please take a look at the

Step 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.

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