Simple Steps to Install XAMPP on Your Linux System

XAMPP is a popular PHP development environment. It stands for - Apache + MariaDB + PHP + Perl.

Before following this guide read https://www.apachefriends.org/faq_linux.html.

Follow these steps to setup xamp on linux:

• Download the latest version of xampp for GNU/Linux form here https://www.apachefriends.org/index.html.
• Open terminal, cd into the directory where the installer is, give execute permission for the installer using chmod +x [filename], and then run the installer giving root permissions (sudo).
• The installer will install the binaries in /opt/lampp directory.
• Now run this command, cd /opt/lampp; ls -all, this will list files in /opt/lampp directory.
• Some important files and directories in /opt/lampp are
  • xampp, this is the main binary file for starting and stopping the server
  • uninstall, this is the binary for uninstalling xampp
  • manager-linux-x64.run, this is used for running the graphical interface, just run this in root privilege.
  • bin, this directory contains the binaries for mysql perl apache ...
  • configuration.ini, this file contains the setting for running the servers, if you want to change the configuration of the server, like port no, root directory, edit this file.
• Once, you start the servers, either using xampp or manager-linux-x64.run (GUI), then go and open the localhost:80 on browser.

Don't include this directory in the PATH variable, just make aliases for some specific program you want, or softlink them in the /usr/bin directory. Otherwise it may conflict with system software.