Installing Xampp (aka Lampp )

Xampp installation in Ubuntu is pretty easy.
First of all, download Xampp from their official website.

If you have not installed Xampp before, download the whole file (its name is something like XAMPP
Linux 1.7.3a )

once it is downloaded keep it in a folder, go to its directory using terminal, and give the following command.

Code:


sudo tar xvfz xampp-linux-1.7.3a.tar.gz -C /opt


It will extract and copy all the necessary files in your /opt/lampp directory.

Starting Xampp (Lampp):

You can start Lampp by entering the following command

Code:


sudo /opt/lampp/lampp start


You can also create a short cut icon in the panel or wherever in the following method:

Right click on panel. Click on add to panel.

Select custom application launcher.

Make the following changes:

Type: Application in terminal

Name: Lampp start

Command: sudo /opt/lampp/lampp start

Comment: Starts Lampp

it will now look like this:



If you did everything properly, you will be able to access Xampp page at http://localhost

Stopping Xampp:

You can stop Xampp by entering the following command in terminal:

sudo /opt/lampp/lampp stop

You can also make launchers in the same method used in Xampp start title.