XAMPP (Apache Mysql PHP Perl) is an integrated software for PHP developer. It’s only for Windows OS.

In Linux OS, in the past this software was called LAMPP but to avoid misconceptions we renamed it to “XAMPP for Linux”. So if you are seeking for LAMPP you’re on the right track.

Here you can take a look at step by step of a XAMPP installation.

  1. Download.
    A complete list of downloads (older versions) is available at SourceForge.
  2. Installation
    After downloading simply type in the following commands:

    • Go to a Linux shell and login as the system administrator root:
      su
    • Extract the downloaded archive file to /opt:
      tar xvfz xampp-linux-1.7.3a.tar.gz -C /opt
  3. Start
    To start XAMPP simply call this command:
    /opt/lampp/lampp start
    Ready. Apache and MySQL are running.
  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.