How to Install the Latest XAMPP on Linux
XAMPP is an application that functions to run an application server locally on the computer itself or localhost. By using XAMPP you can run or develop a website locally or offline.
XAMPP itself is an abbreviation of several words or also called an acronym. Letter X represent cross or cross platform which means it can be run on various operating systems. A stands for Apache which is an app web servers. M stands for MariaDB which is an app database servers. And two letters P represents the two programming languages available in XAMPP, namely: PHP and perl.
Previously XAMPP used MySQL as an application database serversbut since XAMPP 5.5.30 and XAMPP 5.6.14, the developers replaced it with MariaDB as the application database servers.
XAMPP is managed by Apache Friend and is an application open source. As app open source, XAMPP is licensed under the GNU General Public License (GPL)
As already mentioned, XAMPP is an app cross platform which can be used on various operating systems. In addition to the GNU/Linux operating system, XAMPP can also be run on Windows, Solaris and Mac OS X operating systems. The latest version of XAMPP is XAMPP 7.1.6 which supports PHP 7.1.6 programming language.
How to Install XAMPP on Linux (Ubuntu, Debian, Fedora, Mint, Manjaro and Other Distros)
If you are using the Linux operating system, whether you are using Ubuntu, Debian, Linux Mint, Fedora or other Linux distributions, you can install XAMPP using an installation file in the “.run” format. This file format can be run on all Linux distributions.
Download file package or the XAMPP installation file for Linux in “.run” format directly on the official XAMPP website. . Download XAMPP according to the version you want, this depends on the PHP version you want to use.
If you want to use PHP version 5.6.30, you can download XAMPP 5.6.30. If you want to use PHP version 7.0.20, you can download XAMPP 7.0.20. Or if you want to use PHP version 7.1.6, you can download XAMPP 7.1.6. Please download according to the version you want to use.
Wait for the download process to complete. When finished, the downloaded file will be in the Downloads folder. Open Terminal on your Linux by pressing the keyboard combination CTRL + ALT + T or open Terminal via the application menu.
Because the downloaded file from XAMPP is in the Downloads folder, in order to access it, go to the Downloads folder by typing the following command in Terminal:
cd ~/Downloads
Next change the permissions of the file by entering the following command in Terminal:
sudo chmod +x xampp-linux-x64-7.1.6-0-installer.run
Adjust the words “xampp-linux-x64-7.1.6-0-installer.run” in the command with the name of the downloaded XAMPP file that you downloaded. If you download a different version of XAMPP, or download XAMPP at a different time, the filename will also be different. Here I am using XAMPP 7.1.6 which is the current version.
If you have given access rights to the file. You can install XAMPP on your Linux by entering the following command in Terminal:
sudo ./xampp-linux-x64-7.1.6-0-installer.run
Don’t forget to adjust “xampp-linux-x64-7.1.6-0-installer.run” in the command according to the name of the XAMPP you downloaded.
Then a menu will appear pop-up in the graphical display as the XAMPP installation menu. Until here you can install XAMPP as usual by clicking and next. Make sure the installation process is complete and works well without any errors.
