Install LAMPP / XAMPP on Linux

After downloading simply type in the following commands:

    Go to a Linux shell and login as the system administrator root:

    su -

    Extract the downloaded archive file to /opt:

    tar xvfz xampp-linux-1.8.1.tar.gz -C /opt

    Warning: Please use only this command to install XAMPP. DON'T use any Microsoft Windows tools to extract the archive, it won't work.

    Warning 2: already installed XAMPP versions get overwritten by this command.

That's all. XAMPP is now installed below the /opt/lampp directory.
* Step 3: Start
To start XAMPP simply call this command:

/opt/lampp/lampp start

You should now see something like this on your screen:

Starting XAMPP 1.8.1...
LAMPP: Starting Apache...
LAMPP: Starting MySQL...
LAMPP started.

Ready. Apache and MySQL are running.

If you get any error messages please take a look at the Linux FAQ.
* Step 4: Test
OK, that was easy but how can you check that everything really works? Just type in the following URL at your favourite web browser:

http://localhost