XAMPP for Web, Database & FTP Server

Beside use Apache, PHP, MySQL dan FTP Server bundle with Linux Operating System, you can install XAMPP. XAMMP Installation in 4 Steps :

Step 1: Download
Step 2: Installation
Step 3: Start
Step 4: Test


Step #1: Download (54 MB)
Try to use linux command line to download XAMMP. First you must copy teh exact location of
XAMMP Packet.
# wget -dc http://www.apachefriends.org/download.php?xampp-linux-1.7.tar.gz

Step #2: Installation

# tar xvfz xampp-linux-1.7.tar.gz -C /opt

XAMPP is now installed below the /opt/lampp directory.

Note :
Prompt # mean you must be root. Prompt $ mean, you as a regular user.

Step #3: Start
To start XAMPP simply call this command:

# /opt/lampp/lampp start

You should now see something like this on your screen:

Starting XAMPP 1.7...
LAMPP: Starting Apache...
LAMPP: Starting MySQL...
LAMPP started.

Ready. Apache and MySQL are running.

If you get any error messages please take a look at the Linux FAQ.

Step #4: Test
OK, that was easy but how can you check that everything really works? Just type in the following
URL at your favourite web browser:

http://localhost

Now you should see the start page of XAMPP containing some links to check the status of the
installed software and some small programming examples.

I tried this on openSUSE 11.0.

by. msmunir@batan.go.id