This tutorial explains how to install the latest version of XAMPP in Ubuntu Linux step by step with practical examples. XAMPP stands for X (Cross platform), M (MySQL), P (PHP) and P (PERL). XAMPP allows us to run local web server for testing and development purpose. Learn how to install and run XAMPP in Ubuntu Linux.
Download the latest version of XAMPP from its official website.
https://www.apachefriends.org/index.html
Open the folder which contains downloaded XAMPP installer file.
Right click in empty space and click Open in Terminal option
Run following commands
$ls $chmod 755 xampp-linux-[version_number]-installer.run $ls -l
First command verifies that XAMPP installer file exists in current folder.
By default, XAMPP installer file is not executable. Before we install XAMPP from this file, we have to make it executable. Second command makes it executable. While executing this command, replace text [version_number] with the version number of XAMPP.
The chmod command is used to manage the security attributes in Linux. To learn how to manage file system security with chmod command in Linux see this tutorial
How to use chmod command in Linux Explained with Examples
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Third command confirms that installer file is now executable under the owner account.
Following figure shows above commands
Run following command to execute the installer file
sudo ./xampp-linux-[version_number]-installer.run
Authenticate access with sudo password.
Upon successful authentication, installer script starts installation process in graphical wizard.
Click Next on Welcome screen.
XAMPP offers additional components with regular installation. Unless you have very low disk space, there is no need to exclude these additional components from installation.
Keep default selection and click Next button
In next screen, wizard displays the location where it will install the XAMPP. Click Next button to continue the installation.
In next screen, wizard asks “do we want to learn and use Bitnami with XAMPP”. Bitnami is the sponsored application which can install open source CMS software (such as WordPress, Joomla, Drupal,etc.) in XAMPP.
This add-on feature is optional. If require, all these CMS applications can be installed manually. There is no need to install this feature with standard XAMPP installation. Remove the selection and click Next button.
That’s all information wizard needs before starting the installation. Click Next button to start the installation
Installation process may take several seconds (even few minutes).
Once installation process is finished, wizard will display the confirmation message.
On last screen, wizard has an option to launch XAMPP just after closing the wizard. By default this option is selected. You can keep this option selected or can remove it. Since we will learn how to start XAMPP manually in next step, remove this option and click Finish.
Once XAMPP is installed successfully, it can be started with following command
$sudo /opt/lamp/lamp start
You have to start XAMPP each time when system starts. If you occasionally use XAMPP, you can consider starting XAMPP manually. But if you regularly use XAMPP, check this tutorial.
How to start XAMPP automatically in Ubuntu
It explains how to create a script which starts XAMPP automatically when system starts.
Verifying XAMPP installation
To verify the XAMPP installation, open Firefox and access following URL
http://localhost
If XAMPP is successfully installed, we will see following webpage
Same way we can also verify the installation of phpMyAdmin by accessing following URL
http://localhost/phpmyadmin
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