How to Install XAMPP on Linux

1.Using Linux's Terminal type the following to obtain XAMPP for Linux:

-> wget http://www.apachefriends.org/download.php?xampp-linux-1.7.3a.tar.gz

2.Now extract the .tar.gz by typing the following line

-> tar xvfz xampp-linux-1.7.3a.tar.gz -C /opt

3.XAMPP for Linux is now installed! All you have to do now is start the servers by typing this line

->/opt/lampp/lampp start

4.OPTIONAL : This is very recommended! To set up passwords for MySQL, XAMPP config page and the FTP Server type the following line

/opt/lampp/lampp security


4.SOME OTHER IMPORTANT CODES : This is a section to let you know what else you can do with the /opt/lampp/lampp parameter.

/opt/lampp/lampp start - Start XAMPP
/opt/lampp/lampp stop - Stop XAMPP
/opt/lampp/lampp restart - Restart XAMPP
/opt/lampp/lampp startssl/stopssl - Start/Stop Apache with SSL