How to install XAMPP 5.6.30 on Ubuntu 17.04
How to install XAMPP 5.6.30 on Ubuntu 17.04
XAMPP is a free and open source cross platform web server solution stack which contains PHP, Apache web server, MySQL database, and Perl. It is simple and lightweight Apache distribution that makes it extremely easy for developers to create a local web server for testing and deployment purposes. This tutorial explains the installation procedure of XAMPP on Ubuntu 17.04.
Features
- Regularly updated to the latest versions of Apache, MariaDB, PHP and Perl.
- Supports other modules like OpenSSL, phpMyAdmin, MediaWiki, Joomla, WordPress etc.,
- Tests the website designers and programmers work without Internet.
- Allows creation and manipulation of databases in MariaDB and SQLite.
Installation procedure
To start the installation process, download the XAMPP package by executing the below wget command.
root@linuxhelp1:/home/user1# wget https://www.apachefriends.org/xampp-files/5.6.30/xampp-linux-x64-5.6.30-0-installer.run
--2017-05-25 06:27:19-- https://www.apachefriends.org/xampp-files/5.6.30/xampp-linux-x64-5.6.30-0-installer.run
Resolving www.apachefriends.org (www.apachefriends.org)... 107.22.247.161
Connecting to www.apachefriends.org (www.apachefriends.org)|107.22.247.161|:443... connected.
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Saving to: ‘ xampp-linux-x64-5.6.30-0-installer.run’
xampp-linux-x64-5.6.30- 100%[===============================> ] 129.99M 787KB/s in 3m 5s
2017-05-25 06:30:27 (718 KB/s) - ‘ xampp-linux-x64-5.6.30-0-installer.run’ saved [136305173/136305173]
The package is downloaded in the target system. Give the execution permission for downloaded xampp file by running the following command.
root@linuxhelp1:/home/user1# chmod +x xampp-linux-x64-5.6.30-0-installer.run
The permission has been granted to the downloaded package. Now start and execute XAMPP installation process by executing the following command.
root@linuxhelp1:/home/user1# ./xampp-linux-x64-5.6.30-0-installer.run
The installation setup is started. Click Next button to go for next window.
The user can select the XAMPP developer files in the list of components and click Next to move to next window in setup wizard.
The default installation directory of xampp will be shown to the user and click next.
The Bitnami for XAMPP is shown. The Bitnami provides free installers or packages that can install drupal, joomla and wordpress along with XAMPP.
The installation process is started. This may take some time and the user needs to wait until the installation is completed.
Click Finish button to end the installation setup.
The XAMPP is installed successfully in the target system.
To check the active servers in the running XAMPP service, go to the manage server tab in the XAMPP work area.
To check the servers log of the running server, click the Application log tab in the work area of XAMPP.
The XAMPP can be accessed from browser by entering the target system' s IP address.
Wasn' t that an easy installation process? XAMPP requires only one zip, tar, 7z or exe files to be downloaded on run on any target system.
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