How to Install and Delete XAMPP on Linux (Ubuntu)

XAMPP is a web development server build. This software is cross-platform, there are versions for Linux, Windows and Mac. The build includes Apache, PHP, MariaDB, phpMyAdmin.

The project is constantly evolving. You can download XAMPP at www.apachefriends.org/download.html

Installation

After downloading the package, let’s set the rights.

sudo chmod 755 xampp-linux-*-installer.run

Start installation.

sudo ./xampp-linux-*-installer.run

You can see the process of installing XAMPP in Ubuntu in the video.

Some instructions for work

Start, reboot and stop

sudo /opt/lampp/lampp start
sudo /opt/lampp/lampp restart
sudo /opt/lampp/lampp stop

Launch GUI

sudo /opt/lampp/manager-linux-x64.run

How to delete XAMPP on Ubuntu

Run uninstallation

sudo /opt/lampp/uninstall

After uninstalling, some files still remain. Let’s delete what’s left.

sudo rm -r /opt/lampp

You can watch the process of uninstalling XAMPP in Ubuntu in the video.