3/3/2015 Install XAMPP Stack On Ubuntu 14.04 | Unixmen Home About Us Advertising Sitemap Privacy Contact Us Page Navigation search Advertise Here Unixmen Home News Today Linux Distributions Tutorials Knowledge Base Opensource News Android News Frequently Asked Question Ask Unixmen Category Navigation 15155 views 5 likes 7 comments Posted July 29, 2014 Install XAMPP Stack On Ubuntu 14.04 by SK Please share XAMPP is a free, open source Apache distribution for GNU/ Linux, Windows, and Mac operating systems. It contains Apache web server, MySQL database, PHP, and Perl. The main goal of XAMPP is to build an easy to install Apache environment for developers. Unlike LAMP, and LEMP stacks, It makes the developers so easy to have all packages installed at once in a couple of minutes. XAMMP is acronym of X(Cross platform), MySQL, PHP, and Perl. In this handy tutorial, let us setup XAMPP stack on a Ubuntu 14.04 LTS minimal server. Install XAMPP Download the latest version from the official download page. At the time writing this article, the latest version was 1.8.3. After downloading the XAMPP package, make it executable as shown below. sudo chmod +x xampp‐linux‐1.8.3‐4‐installer.run Now, install XAMPP stack as shown below. sudo ./xampp‐linux‐1.8.3‐4‐installer.run You’ll be asked a couple questions. Press Y to accept the defaults. ‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐ Welcome to the XAMPP Setup Wizard. ‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐ Select the components you want to install; clear the components you do not want to install. Click Next when you are ready to continue. XAMPP Core Files : Y (Cannot be edited) https://www.unixmen.com/install­xampp­stack­ubuntu­14­04/ 1/11 3/3/2015 Install XAMPP Stack On Ubuntu 14.04 | Unixmen XAMPP Developer Files [Y/n] :y Is the selection above correct? [Y/n]: y ‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐ Installation Directory XAMPP will be installed to /opt/lampp Press [Enter] to continue : ‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐ Setup is now ready to begin installing XAMPP on your computer. Do you want to continue? [Y/n]: y ‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐ Please wait while Setup installs XAMPP on your computer. Installing 0% ______________ 50% ______________ 100% ######################################### ‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐ Setup has finished installing XAMPP on your computer. Starting/Stopping XAMPP Server XAMPP will be installed in /opt/lampp directory. After installing XAMPP, you can start it using the following command. sudo /opt/lampp/lampp start Sample output: Starting XAMPP for Linux 1.8.3‐4... XAMPP: Starting Apache...already running. XAMPP: Starting MySQL...ok. XAMPP: Starting ProFTPD...ok. Like wise, you can stop the service as shown below. sudo /opt/lampp/lampp stop Sample output: Stopping XAMPP for Linux 1.8.3‐4... XAMPP: Stopping Apache...ok. XAMPP: Stopping MySQL...ok. XAMPP: Stopping ProFTPD...ok. Test XAMPP To check if everything is OK, open up your web browser, and navigate to http://ip­address/xampp. You may get the following error. This is because, the XAMPP test page is not accessible from the remote clients. https://www.unixmen.com/install­xampp­stack­ubuntu­14­04/ 2/11 3/3/2015 Install XAMPP Stack On Ubuntu 14.04 | Unixmen To resolve this error, edit file /opt/lampp/etc/extra/httpd­xampp.conf, sudo nano /opt/lampp/etc/extra/httpd‐xampp.conf Find the following line: [...] Require local [...] And, comment it out: [...] #Require local [...] For more details, refer the XAMPP forum. Restart XAMPP service. sudo /opt/lampp/lampp restart Now, you’ll be able to access the XAMPP test page. https://www.unixmen.com/install­xampp­stack­ubuntu­14­04/ 3/11 3/3/2015 Install XAMPP Stack On Ubuntu 14.04 | Unixmen Access phpMyAdmin phpMyAdmin is a graphical management tool for MySQL. Using this tool, you can create/delete/modify mysql databases graphically via a web browser. To access phpMyAdmin, navigate to http://ip­address/phpmyadmin. https://www.unixmen.com/install­xampp­stack­ubuntu­14­04/ 4/11 3/3/2015 Install XAMPP Stack On Ubuntu 14.04 | Unixmen Viewing Statistics of the XAMPP server XAMPP comes with pre­installed webalizer application which is a fast, free web server log file analysis program. It displays the web server usage reports in HTML format with a web browser. To access webalizer, go to URL: http://ip­address/webalizer. https://www.unixmen.com/install­xampp­stack­ubuntu­14­04/ 5/11 3/3/2015 Install XAMPP Stack On Ubuntu 14.04 | Unixmen #BLEEDBLUE Security Issues of XAMPP H​ over to Expand​ Donate to Unixmen Don’t attempt to use XAMPP in production environments. It is not meant for production use, but only for development purpose. The way XAMPP is configured is to be open as possible to allow the developers anything they want. For development environments this is great but in a production environment, it could be fatal. Unixmen.com Here a liUstn ioxmf emn issing security in XAMPP: The MLyikSeQL administrator (root) has no password. The MySQL daemon is accessible via network. 54,272P preoopFleT liPkeD U nuixsmens. the password “lampp” for user “daemon”. PhpMyAdmin is accessible via network. Examples are accessible via network. To fix the above security holes, enter the following command: sudo /opt/lampp/lampp security You’ll be asked a couple of questions to secure the XAMPP installation. Answer the questions accordingly. XAMPP: Quick security check... XAMPP: Your XAMPP pages are NOT secured by a password. XAMPP: Do you want to set a password? [yes] XAMPP: Password: XAMPP: Password (again): XAMPP: Password protection active. Please use 'xampp' as user name! XAMPP: MySQL is accessable via network. XAMPP: Normaly that's not recommended. Do you want me to turn it off? [yes] XAMPP: Turned off. XAMPP: Stopping MySQL...ok. XAMPP: Starting MySQL...ok. XcAoMnPtPa: c tM yuSsQ Lt oh aasd tvoe rrtuins eb ehfeorre I! !can check the security. XAMPP: MySQL has to run before I can check the security. XAMPP: MySQL has a root passwort set. Fine! :) XAMPP: The FTP password for user 'daemon' is still set to 'xampp'. XAMPP: Do you want to change the password? [yes] XAMPP: Password: XAMPP: Password (again): XAMPP: Reload ProFTPD...ok. XAMPP: Done. That’s it. Now your XAMPP server is bit secure than before. Cheers! https://www.unixmen.com/install­xampp­stack­ubuntu­14­04/ 6/11 3/3/2015 Install XAMPP Stack On Ubuntu 14.04 | Unixmen Reference Links: XAMPP Home page GoDaddy Rs 59 Hosting Reliable & Secure­Free 24/7 Support Free Phone Support, Setup & More 5 people like this Frequently Asked Questions, Linux Mint, Linux tutorials, Software, Ubuntu apachemysqlPerlPHPXAMPP SK Senthilkumar, aka SK, is a Linux enthusiast, FOSS Supporter & Linux Consultant from Tamilnadu, India. A passionate and dynamic person, aims to deliver quality content to IT professionals. He loves very much to write and explore new things about Linux, Open Source, Computers and Internet. 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