Installing xampp for linux - Webmaster Centre News and Discussion Forum

TheWeb · 05-10-2008, 09:09 AM

This tutorial will help you to install Apache, MySQL, PHP & PEAR, Perl, ProFTPD, phpMyAdmin, OpenSSL, GD, Freetype2, libjpeg, libpng, gdbm, zlib, expat, Sablotron, libxml, Ming, Webalizer, pdf class, ncurses, mod_perl, FreeTDS, gettext, mcrypt, mhash, eAccelerator, SQLite and IMAP C-Client.

All with one easy setup.

First of all your going to need to download the latest version of xampp,
- Login to your vps as "root"
- Enter the /opt directory by typing

Code:

cd /opt

- Download the setup by typing

Code:

wget http://www.apachefriends.org/download.php?xampp-linux-1.5.4a.tar.gz

- After the download has finished, extract the archive by typing

Code:

tar xzf xampp-linux-1.5.4a.tar.gz

- xampp is now installed on your system
- to start xampp type the following

Code:

/opt/lampp/lampp start

You can now visit your site and you should see the xampp project page.
I can only give you support on the install process, additional help is available at xampp site apachefriends.com
Source: VPSLINK

**Jay** · 05-18-2008, 05:54 PM

Thanks for the tutorial.