How to install xampp on ubuntu 12.04
Those who are working on php/achache/msql environment, I feel it is always easier to download and install xampp on your machine compared to separate installation of php/mysql/apache.I. Given below the steps for that.
Downloading xampp latest verion
- Download xampp-linux-1.8.1.tar.gz from apachefriends.
- Put the file on home/user.
- Open terminal.
- Give the command
sudo tar xzvf xampp-linux-1.8.1.tar.gz -C /opt/
xmapp will be installed on /opt/lampp directory.
2. Then to start xampp,
Give the command
sudo /opt/lampp/lampp start
You will be getting the below mentioned message on your terminal
Starting XAMPP for Linux 1.8.1...
XAMPP: Starting Apache with SSL (and PHP5)...
XAMPP: Starting MySQL...
XAMPP: Starting ProFTPD...
XAMPP for Linux started.
3. Stopping xampp
Give command
sudo /opt/lampp/lampp stop
4. Verification of xampp works
For that start xampp first.
sudo /opt/lampp/lampp start
Then open a browser and just give URL,
You will get xampp welcome screen as in the attached screenshot xmpp-welcome-screen.png
5. Security
To make the xampp secure, you have to set password for xampp pages, mysql/phpmyadmin and mysql root user.
Otherwise when you are trying to access xampp pages, you will get error as in the screenshot error-phpmydmin.png.
So to set password, give command on the terminal,
sudo /opt/lampp/lampp security
and set password accordingly to the instructions showing on the terminal.
Now you can start using xampp
Reference link: http://www.apachefriends.org/en/xampp-linux.html