How to Install XAMPP on Linux

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• Installing XAMPP
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This How.com.vn teaches you how to install and run XAMPP on a Linux computer.

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Part 1

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Installing XAMPP

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   Open the XAMPP download page. Go to https://www.apachefriends.org/index.html in your computer's web browser. This is the official download site for XAMPP.
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   Click XAMPP for Linux. It's in the middle of the page. This will prompt the XAMPP setup file to begin downloading onto your computer.

   • You may have to click Save File or select the "Downloads" folder as your save location before proceeding.
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   Allow the download to complete. Once XAMPP's installation file finishes downloading onto your computer, you can proceed.
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   Open Terminal. Click the Terminal app icon, which resembles a black box with a white ">_" inside of it.

   • You can also just press Alt+Ctrl+T to open a new Terminal window.
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   Change over to the "Downloads" directory. Type in cd Downloads and press ↵ Enter.

   • Make sure you capitalize "Downloads".
   • If your default downloads location is in a different folder, you'll have to change the directory to that folder.
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   Make the downloaded file executable. Type in chmod +x xampp-linux-x64-7.2.9-0-installer.run and press ↵ Enter.

   • If you download a different version of XAMPP (e.g., version 5.9.3), you'll replace "7.2.9" with your XAMPP version's number.
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   Enter the installation command. Type in sudo ./xampp-linux-x64-7.2.9-0-installer.run and press ↵ Enter.
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   Enter your password when prompted. Type in the password you use to log into your computer, then press ↵ Enter. The installation window will pop up.

   • You won't see the characters appear in Terminal when you type.
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   Follow the installation prompts. Once the installation window appears, do the following:

   • Click Next three times.
   • Uncheck the "Learn more about Bitnami for XAMPP" box.
   • Click Next, then click Next again to begin installing XAMPP.
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    Uncheck the "Launch XAMPP" box. It's in the middle of the final installation window.

    • Since XAMPP needs a few extra steps to actually run on Linux, you'll need to finish the installation without automatically running XAMPP.
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    Click Finish. This option is at the bottom of the window. Doing so will close the installation window. At this point, you're ready to run XAMPP.
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Part 2

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Running XAMPP

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   Re-open Terminal if necessary. If you closed the Terminal window that you used to install XAMPP, re-open Terminal.

   • XAMPP doesn't have any desktop files, so you'll need to launch it from within its installation directory via Terminal each time you want to run it.
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   Switch to the XAMPP installation directory. Type in cd /opt/lampp and press ↵ Enter.
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   Enter the "Open" command. Type in sudo ./manager-linux-x64.run and press ↵ Enter.
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   Enter your password when prompted. Type in the password you usually use to log into your computer, then press ↵ Enter.
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   Click the Manage Servers tab. This option is at the top of the window.
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   Click Start All. It's at the bottom of the window. Doing so prompts any active components of XAMPP to begin running.
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   Open your computer's localhost page. Go to 127.0.0.1 in your computer's web browser. You should see the XAMPP dashboard here; at this point, you're able to begin using XAMPP as you please.
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  After I install XAMPP on Linux OS, where should I put all PHP script files to execute them?

  

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  By default you should put it on /opt/lampp/htdocs/. You can create a folder inside it and execute php files via localhost/{folder_name}/{file_name}

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  What do I do if I installed XAMPP but I can't access phpmyadmin?

  

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  Make sure Apache is running first in the dashboard, then you should be able to access phpmyadmin.

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  After I install this according to the given instructions, how can I access it from another computer in my local area network?

  

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  You can access it by changing the "localhost" part of "localhost/foldername/" to your computer IP (ex: 192.xxx.x.xxx/foldername) at your local network.

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• Make sure you check your XAMPP installation file's version number before entering it into Terminal. Entering the wrong number will result in an error.
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