Introduction to PHP

How to install and start xampp in Linux(ubuntu/Fedora)

Download the Xampp Server.

To install XAMPP in Ubuntu/Fedora : go to ‘Applications->Accessories->Terminal’

then type pwd (or) cd ..(space is imp!)

To check the path and cd for to come out from the directory

then type dir (or) ls

To check the downloading file in the directory

For example

Desktop Document Download

then type cd Download(case senitive)

it show all the files in the Download

To install the xampp or wordpress file

chmod 777 -R /opt/lampp

sudo home /ckuser/Desktop

ckuser@ckuser-desktop:~/Download$ sudo tar -xvzf xampp-linux-1.7.2.tar.gz -C /opt

if the password is required then type it,you have to change the version what you have(Eg: 1.7.2a/ 1.7.3a)

To start the Xampp server

sudo /opt/lampp/lampp start

If some case permission problems after installing on 9.10, so ran

sudo chmod 777 -R /opt/lampp/htdocs/

and it worked fine. Ok to do on a testing server. Also created a link to htdocs and dropped files into a folder in home to reduce permission problems.

sudo ln -s /home/user/folder /opt/lampp/htdocs/$USER

same procedure for wordpress-2.8.6.tar.gz file

Thats it. Xampp is installed and running.

You can Check it by typing http://localhost on your browser.