Install XAMPP For Linux

XAMPP is free software, its function is as a stand-alone server (localhost). Name XAMPP stands for X (four of any operating system), Apache, MySQL, PHP and Perl. The program is available in the GNU General Public License and free, is easy to use web server that can serve dynamic web page display. To get it to download directly from its official website. follow these steps to install :

1. open terminal.
2. extract the file by typing "tar xvfz xampp-linux-1.7.4.tar.gz -C /opt".
3. wait until the process is complete.

for how to use it as follows.

1.  open terminal
2. typing "cd path_lampp_folder". example : cd /opt/lampp/
3. typing "sudo su". insert your root password.
4. typing "path_lampp_folder/lampp <action>". example : /opt/lampp/lampp start.

for <action> you can replace with the actions in the following table.

Action	Function
start	Start XAMPP
startapache	Start only apache
startssl	Start only SSL support
startmysql	Start only MySQL
startftp	Start only ProFTPD
stop	Stop XAMPP
stopapache	Stop only apache
stopssl	Stop only SSL support
stopmysql	Stop only MySQL
stopftp	Stop only ProFTPD
reload	Reload XAMPP
reloadapache	Reload only apache
reloadmysql	Reload only MySQL
reloadftp	Reload only ProFTPD
restart	Stop and start XAMPP
security	Check XAMPP's security
php5	Activate PHP5
phpstatus	Which version of PHP is active?
backup	Make backup file of your XAMPP config, log and data files
panel	Starts graphical XAMPP control panel

thank :)

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