XAMPP is an independent server platform, which consists mainly of the MySQL database, the Apache web server and interpreters for scripting languages: PHP and Perl. The name comes from the abbreviation of X (for any of the different operating systems), Apache, MySQL, PHP, Perl. The program is released under the GNU license and acts as a free web server, it easy to use and able to interpret dynamic pages. Currently XAMPP is available for major operating system (GNU/Linux Distributions, Microsoft Windows, Solaris, and MacOS X).
The latest XAMPP now available in version 1.8.3 has the following features:
- Apache 2.4.7;
- MySQL 5.6.14;
- PHP 5.5.6;
- PEAR + SQLite 2.8.17/3.7.17 + multibyte support (mbstring);
- Perl 5.16.3;
- phpMyAdmin 4.0.9;
- OpenSSL 1.0.1e;
- ProFTPD 1.3.4c;
- GD 2.0.35;
- Freetype2 2.4.8.
More info about XAMPP you can see at XAMPP Official Website.
Installing XAMPP on Ubuntu 13.10, 13.04, 12.10, 12.04 and Linux Mint 13/14/15/16
Now let’s see how to installing XAMPP 1.8.3 with PHP 5.5 in Ubuntu and derivatives, but no other previous Xampp 1.8.2 with PHP 5.4 can also be installed by following the same instructions. XAMPP 1.8.3, Tested on Ubuntu 13.10 (64 bit) without problems.Step 1. Open terminal and download XAMPP 1.8.3 package.
for 32-bit:
wget http://sourceforge.net/projects/xampp/files/XAMPP%20Linux/1.8.3/xampp-linux-1.8.3-2-installer.run/download
for 64-bit:
wget http://sourceforge.net/projects/xampp/files/XAMPP%20Linux/1.8.3/xampp-linux-x64-1.8.3-2-installer.run/download
Step 2. After that, Change xampp package installer to executable then run to installing with following command:
sudo chmod +x xampp-linux-x64-1.8.3-2-installer.run
sudo ./xampp-linux-x64-1.8.3-2-installer.run
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