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xampp for Linux

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Overview

xampp (formerly called lampp) is an Apache server, PHP, MySQL, FTP for Linux small, robust, and has many avantages.

Download lamp

The software is downloadable from the official website of xampp:
http://www.apachefriends.org/fr/xampp.html
Once the downloaded file in /tmp, for example, we can begin the installation.

Xampp installation

Installation must be done with root user, with the following commands:

tar xvfz xampp-linux-1.6.8a.tar.gz -C /opt

Launching xampp

With root user, launch the following command:

/opt/lampp/lampp start

To start only Apache

/opt/lampp/lampp startapache

To start only FTP server

/opt/lampp/lampp startftp

To start only MySQL server

/opt/lampp/lampp startsql

To reload configuration

/opt/lampp/lampp reload

Default URL

Default URL, to connect with a web browser is:
http://localhost

Different files location

Web pages

/opt/lampp/htdocs

Databases

/opt/lampp/var/mysql

Apache configuration file

/opt/lampp/etc/httpd.conf

MySQL configuration file

/opt/lampp/etc/my.cnf

PHP configuration file

/opt/lampp/etc/php.ini

FTP server configuration file

/opt/lampp/etc/proftpd.conf

Features

xampp can use php4 and php5. To switch from one to another:

To use php4

/opt/lampp/lampp php4

To use php5

/opt/lampp/lampp php5

Uninstallation

rm -rf /opt/lampp

Some personal notes

When use xampp

For a test web server easy to install, portable, easy to configure that runs on any machine (including my eee pc)

When do not xampp

On a production server, until it is not secure

 

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