====== Installing XAMPP ======
This document is a Work In Progress tracking about installing XAMPP on ubuntu 9.04 (Gandi MI). 

===== Before Start =====
XAMPP : Software Bundle containing a web server (Apache) with MySQL, PHP and Perl; provided by [[http://www.apachefriends.org/en/xampp.html|Apache Friends]]. You can use other (non basic components), like Mercury Mailserver, and Apache Tomcat.

**Operation Mode**: command line via SSH.
**User**: i use the super-user "su" to gave commands. to go type: ''su''
**Editor**: i use nano. to install type: ''sudo apt-get install nano''

===== Install XAMPP then run =====

There atre 3 steps: 
Download the archive (the url change as version)

''# wget http://www.apachefriends.org/download.php?xampp-linux-1.7.2.tar.gz''

Deflate archive. it will create a folder named **lampp**

''# tar xvzf xampp-linux-1.7.2.tar.gz''

Move the **lampp** folder to **/opt/lampp**

''# mv lampp /opt''

To run XAMPP you need to give the following command:
''/opt/lampp/lampp start''

Now you can see XAMPP working at default address http://<host-address>