How to Install xampp

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  1. Choose your flavor for your linux OS, the 32-bit or 64-bit version. Download xampp
  2. Open a Terminal in the downloaded directory.
  3. Change the permissions to the installer:
    chmod 755 xampp-linux-*-installer.run
  4. Run the installer:
    sudo ./xampp-linux-*-installer.run

That's all. XAMPP is now installed in the /opt/lampp directory along with htdocs

How do I start XAMPP?

To start XAMPP simply call this command:
sudo /opt/lampp/lampp start

For the xampp GUI:

64bit GUI:
cd /opt/lampp
sudo ./manager-linux-x64.run
OR
32bit GUI:
cd /opt/lampp
sudo ./manager-linux.run

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What is xampp and how do you configure it?

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Hi v3,

xampp acts like a local web server, to configure it? depends what you want to do, for me a create & test wordpress sites before uploading to a web server. But you can use it just like you would a webserver online.

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