How To Install XAMPP 1.7.7 Via PPA On Ubuntu 12.04/11.10

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We have previously seen the manual installation of XAMPP 1.7.7 under Ubuntu, you can check the tutorial here. Today we will see how to install XAMPP 1.7.7  automatically via a PPA. This will surely save you time and effort, and will help you easily install/remove XAMPP from your system.

UPDATE: XAMPP 1.8.0 Available

XAMPP 1.7.7 Installation

Open the terminal and run these commands to install XAMPP 1.7.7 in Ubuntu 12.04/11.10:

sudo add-apt-repository ppa:upubuntu-com/web

sudo apt-get update

sudo apt-get install xampp

You can now start XAMPP with this command:

sudo /opt/lampp/lampp start

Then start your web browser at this address to test XAMPP:

http://localhost

If the installation is successful, you will see this page:

You can now move your projects (scripts, PHP files, HTML files, etc.) to this root web directory:

/opt/lampp/htdocs/

If you want to store your files in the home directory, you can simply create a directory called  public_html with this command:

mkdir ~/public_html

Link now this folder to your root web directory with this command:

sudo ln -s ~/public_html /opt/lampp/htdocs/$USER

You can now move your  files and projects in the public_html folder located in the home directory. Then access them at this address:

http://localhost/username/

NOTE: Replace "username" with your own user name.

Some Useful Commands & Details

-  To stop XAMPP, use this command:

sudo /opt/lampp/lampp stop

- To restart XAMPP:

sudo /opt/lampp/lampp restart

- MySQL administrator username is root without password.

- ProFTPD uses lampp as password and nobody as user.

- To start/stop Apache:

sudo /opt/lampp/lampp startapache

sudo /opt/lampp/lampp stopapache

- To start/stop MySQL:

sudo /opt/lampp/lampp startmysql

sudo /opt/lampp/lampp stopmysql

For more commands and details, check this page. To uninstall XAMPP 1.7.7, run this command:

sudo apt-get remove xampp

Then restart your computer to kill any running XAMPP daemon.

That's it!