Ubuntu – Cannot start XAMPP

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When I try to start XAMPP with /opt/lampp/lampp start command it gives me a message like this.

Starting XAMPP for Linux 1.7.7...
XAMPP: Another web server daemon is already running.
XAMPP: XAMPP-MySQL is already running.
XAMPP: XAMPP-ProFTPD is already running.
XAMPP for Linux started.

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I have similar problem and found the issue caused another service already running on port 443 (SSL).

Check running listener: sudo netstat -tunap | grep LISTEN, Mine got vmware-hostd and cupsd listed.

Refer to http://www.apachefriends.org/en/xampp-linux.html , we need turn of lamp's SSL service using this command: sudo /opt/lampp/lampp stopssl , the command deactivates the SSL support permanently.

Now you can start xampp: sudo /opt/lampp/lampp start

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Ubuntu – Cannot start XAMPP on Ubuntu 11.10

This is a peculiar error you will get if you run XAMPP in LINUX.

Assumption: XAMPP is unzipped @ /opt/ folder.

If you get the error "XAMPP: Another web server daemon with SSL is already running" when you run ./lampp start. Simply follow the steps below to get rid of this error:

Open the file /opt/lampp/etc/httpd.conf.
Search the Listen 80 and change it to some other port (e.g. Listen 2145) (Line No. 40).
Open the file /opt/lampp/etc/extra/httpd-ssl.conf.
Search the Listen 443 and change it to some other port (e.g. Listen 16443) (Line No. 39).
Open the file /opt/lampp/lampp
Search for the port testport 80 and replace it to testport 2145. Also change the testport 443 to testport 16443. (Happens to be the Line No. 197, 214)
Now go and run /opt/lampp/lampp start. It should work now.

Note: Line numbers may be different.

Ubuntu – MySql is not starting xampp on ubuntu

If you did a chmod 777 please do a

chmod 775 /opt/lamp

Regarding the error during startup...

MySQL complains about my.cnf being world-writeable. MySQL does not use the config file if you change /opt/lamp/etc/my.cnf to **7. To fix that specific problem do a...

chmod 644 /opt/lampp/etc/my.cnf

and MySQL will use it again.

Regarding permissions...

For directories 775 (or even 755) is more than enough and for files 664 (or even 644) is more than enough. Using 777 will let people from the whole world access your files where they can alter and execute those files.

And a final note...

I see XAMPP being mentioned in your image. I would advice not to use an external LAMP setup. There is a perfectly working LAMP version in Ubuntu Software Center that is custom made to work with Ubuntu.

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