PHP-and-MySQL/C2/XAMPP-in-Linux/English
Title of script: XAMPP Installation on Linux
Author: Kavita Kharad. (Modified from original script by Shahid Farooqui)
Keywords: XAMPP Video Tutorial, Apache, LAMPP, Web Server
| Visual cue | Narration |
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| Slide Number 1
Title Slide |
Hello everyone.
Welcome to this tutorial on XAMPP Installation on Linux. |
| Slide Number 2
Learning Objectives |
In this tutorial, we will learn
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| Slide Number 3
System Requirement |
To record this tutorial I am using
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| Slide Number 4
Pre-requisites |
To install XAMPP, you should have-
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| Slide Number 5 | XAMPP is a Free and Open Source web server package. |
| Slide Number 6 | XAMPP consists of,
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| Slide Number 7 | XAMPP is easy to install.
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| Switch to the website.
Type |
Let's download XAMPP for Linux.
Open the web browser on your machine. In the Address bar, type https://www.apachefriends.org/download.html and press Enter. |
| Point to the various links.
Point to XAMPP-LINUX link . |
Scroll down the page.
Here XAMPP is available to download for all operating systems.
You can see the recent version of Xampp. |
| Point to the version 1.8.3 / PHP 5.5.19 and click on Download(64 bit). | My system is a 64bit OS.
Under version 1.8.3 / PHP 5.5.19. I will select Download(64 bit).
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| I have already downloaded this file in my Downloads Folder.
So I will skip downloading step. | |
| Open Terminal. | Now open the terminal. |
| In the terminal window, type
cd Downloads >> press Enter. |
On the terminal, type the command
cd space Downloads and press Enter. This will change the current working directory to Downloads. |
| Type
ls >> press Enter. Point to xampp-linux-x64-5.5.19-0-installer.run file |
Now, type the command
ls and press Enter. This will display the contents of the Downloads folder. Here is our XAMPP installation file. |
| Type
chmod +x xampp-linux-x64-5.5.19-0-installer.run >> press Enter |
Let's give executable permission to the file.
So that we can run this file. Type chmod +x filename and press Enter. |
| Type
sudo ./xampp-linux-x64-5.5.19-0-installer.run >>press Enter. |
Now to run the file, type
sudo ./ filename and press Enter. Enter the admin password if required. |
| Click on Next. | Setup wizard dialog box opens.
Click on Next button whenever required and follow the installation steps as shown. |
| Uncheck Learn more about Bitnami for XAMPP check box >> Click on Next. | Uncheck Learn more about Bitnami for XAMPP check box.
Click on Next. |
| Uncheck Launch XAMPP check box >> Click on Finish. | Once the installation done, uncheck Launch XAMPP check box.
And click on Finish. |
| This installation will create lampp folder in the system's opt folder. | |
| Click on Files Folder. | Let's go there and have a look.
From the launcher on the left, click on Files folder icon. |
| Click on Computer. | On the left panel, Under Devices section, click on Computer. |
| Open opt folder. | You can see the system files.
Double-click on opt folder to open it. |
| Point to lampp folder >>
point to all folders. |
Here it is- the lampp folder.
Open this folder. Here we can see several sub-folders. |
| Point to htdocs folder. | Locate the folder named htdocs.
This is our Web server Appache's root directory. We have to save our PHP code files inside this folder to run it. |
| Slide Number 8
Apache's root directory |
The Apache's root directory will be
based on your installation process. |
| Type
sudo chmod 777 -R /opt/lampp/htdocs >> press Enter. |
To make htdocs folder writable, we have to change the permission.
So on the terminal, type sudo chmod 777 -R /opt/lampp/htdocs and press Enter. |
| Open Firefox
In the address bar type, localhost >> press Enter. |
Now let's check whether Xampp is running or not.
Open the web browser. In the Address bar, type localhost and press Enter. It shows message “Unable to connect”. |
| In the terminal type,
sudo /opt/lampp/lampp start >>press Enter. |
It seems Xampp services are not running.
To start the services type on the terminal. sudo /opt/lampp/lampp start and press Enter. This will start all the Xampp services. |
| Refresh web browser.
Select English Language. |
Go back to the web browser and refresh the page.
Here it is! The welcome screen of Xampp. It will ask us to choose the default language. I will select English. |
| Xampp is running perfectly now.
Let's write a sample php code and run it. | |
| Create new folder phpacademy. | In htdocs let's create a folder named phpacademy.
In future, I will save all my php files in this folder. This is to ensure that my files don't get over written by someone else. |
| Open phpacademy.
Create file demo.php. |
Open the phpacademy folder.
Let us create a php file. Right-click and select New Document and Empty document. Name it as demo.php |
| Open demo.php file in gedit. | Open the demo.php in Gedit text editor.
You can use any editor of your choice. |
| Type code
<?php echo “Hello India”; ?> |
Type:
less than question mark php echo within double quotes "Hello India”; question mark greater than |
| Press Ctrl+S | To save the file press Ctrl and S keys simultaneously. |
| Switch to web browser
In the address bar type, localhost/phpacademy >>press Enter Point to all the files. |
Go back to the web browser.
In the address bar type localhost/phpacademy and press Enter. |
| Point to demo.php file.
Click on demo.php file. Point to Hello India. |
This will display the list of files inside the phpacademy folder.
Message “Hello India” is displayed. |
| Switch to terminal and type
sudo /opt/lampp/lampp stop >>press Enter |
To stop Xampp services, type on the terminal.
sudo /opt/lampp/lampp stop and press Enter.
Whenever you wish to run Xampp again in future, remember to start it first. |
| Slide Number 9
Summary |
Let us summarise,
In this tutorial, we have learnt-
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| Slide Number 10
About Spoken Tutorial Project |
This video summarises the Spoken Tutorial project.
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| Slide Number 11
About Spoken Tutorial workshops |
The Spoken Tutorial Project Team conducts workshops and gives certificates.
For details, please write to us. |
| Slide Number 12
Acknowledgement |
Spoken Tutorial Project is funded by NMEICT, MHRD, Government of India.
More information on this Mission is available at the link shown. |
| This is Kavita Kharad from IIT Bombay signing off.
Thank you for joining. |
