1. Information

2. Linux

2.1. Installation

  • Note: XAMPP requires a desktop environment.

  • Download xampp-linux-x64-8.2.12-0-installer.run from https://www.apachefriends.org.

    # Install.
chmod +x Downloads/xampp-linux-x64-8.2.12-0-installer.run
sudo Downloads/xampp-linux-x64-8.2.12-0-installer.run

# Uninstall.
sudo /opt/lampp/uninstall

2.2. Configuration

  • The configuration files are located in the /opt/lampp/etc folder.

Security: By default, XAMPP is not secure. To secure it, run sudo /opt/lampp/lampp security and follow the prompts to set passwords.

File Permissions: If you need to edit files in htdocs without sudo, you may need to change the ownership of the folder to your user.

2.3. Usage

  • The website files are located in the /opt/lampp/htdocs/dashboard folder.

    # Start all XAMPP services (Apache, MariaDB, ProFTPD).
sudo /opt/lampp/lampp start
sudo /opt/lampp/lampp restart
sudo /opt/lampp/lampp stop

  • Browse to http://localhost.

3. macOS

4. Windows

4.1. Installation

4.2. Configuration

  • Set the COMPOSER system environment variable to C:\ProgramData\ComposerSetup\bin.

  • Set the PHP system environment variable to XAMPP\php\php.exe.

    composer --version