Step 1: Download
Simply click on one of the links below. It's a good idea to get the latest version.
A complete list of downloads (older versions) is available at
SourceForge.
A detailed overview over the changes and contents of all XAMPP releases is available in the
RELEASE NOTES. XAMPP Linux 1.8.1 (81 MB) Apache 2.4.3, MySQL 5.5.27, PHP 5.4.7 & PEAR + SQLite 2.8.17/3.6.16 + multibyte (mbstring) support, Perl 5.14.2, ProFTPD 1.3.4a, phpMyAdmin 3.5.2.2, OpenSSL 1.0.1c, GD 2.0.1, Freetype2 2.1.7, libjpeg 6b, libpng 1.2.12, gdbm 1.8.0, zlib 1.2.3, expat 1.2, Sablotron 1.0, libxml 2.7.6, Ming 0.4.2, Webalizer 2.21-02, pdf class 009e, ncurses 5.3, mod_perl 2.0.5, FreeTDS 0.63, gettext 0.17, IMAP C-Client 2007e, OpenLDAP (client) 2.3.11, mcrypt 2.5.7, mhash 0.8.18, eAccelerator 0.9.5.3, cURL 7.19.6, libxslt 1.1.26, libapreq 2.12, FPDF 1.6, XAMPP Control Panel 0.8, bzip 1.0.5, PBXT 1.0.09-rc, PBMS 0.5.08-alpha, ICU4C Library 4.2.1, APR (1.4.6), APR-utils (1.4.1)
MD5 checsum: e7092eafff81ad363de45d192774b4d6
Upgrade 1.8.0 to 1.8.1 (32 MB)Upgrade package.
How to upgrade?
MD5 checksum: 990a56b93ba5a909a63b67ba4f0ac503
How to upgrade XAMPP?
If an upgrade exists, you should use it: a) it's much smaller than the full XAMPP package and b) your configuration and HTML files won't be overwritten.
Step 1: Download
Okay, the first step is very obvious. Please download the upgrade packages from the XAMPP section of our website. Please take note that only matching upgrade packages can upgrade your XAMPP version.
If you donwloaded a wrong version you will get an error message if you try to upgrade.
Step 2: Extracting the archive
Now extract the downloaded package:
tar xvfz xampp-linux-upgrade-x.x.x-y.y.y.tar.gz
By the way: It doesn't matter where in the filesystem you extract the packet. Just make sure it's on the same machine as your XAMPP installation.
Step 3: Start upgrade
After unpacking the archive you can start the upgrade process. First, get root access to your system, for example by using the 'su' command:
su
And now start the upgrade process:
xampp-upgrade/start
Now you should see something like this on your screen:
Stopping XAMPP for Linux 0.9.6...
XAMPP: Stopping Apache...
XAMPP: Stopping MySQL...
XAMPP for Linux stopped.
Upgrading 0.9.6 to 0.9.7...
Installing new files...
Upgrading existing files...
patching file lampp/etc/httpd.conf
Successfully upgraded XAMPP.
XAMPP: Starting Apache...
XAMPP: Starting MySQL...
XAMPP started.
Ready. You successfuly upgraded XAMPP.
By the way: the upgrade will stop a running XAMPP and will start XAMPP as soon as the upgrade is finished. XAMPP will be started after an upgrade even if it was not running before.
Step 4: Testing
Now use your favourite web browser and test the new XAMPP version by accessing your web site. For example simply type
http://localhost in the location bar of your browser window.
After upgrading you can delete the lampp-upgrade directory; it isn't needed any more.
* An error occurred during the upgrade! What now?
Under special circumstances you can get the following warning message:
The file /opt/lampp/XXX couldn't be upgraded.
The new version of the file could be found under: /opt/lampp/XXX-0.9.7
The upgrade program carefully tried to upgrade one of your configuration files. In order to upgrade the file, the program had to edit some lines you had already changed. Seeing as nobody wants to lose valuable configuration information, the upgrade program decided not to change the file but save a copy of the new file in addition to the original one.
Development package (38 MB) The development package contains all files you need if you want to compile other software packages for XAMPP by yourself and the Unix manual pages. Install this package like the normal XAMPP distribution:
tar xvfz xampp-linux-devel-1.8.1.tar.gz -C /opt
MD5 checksum: 1377159c73d9a5bfc0e930b122861ee6
Attention: If you download these files on a Windows system and you're running McAfee virus scanner you may get a false positive virus warning. This is a problem with McAfee and gzip-compressed files, it should be ignored.Step 2: Installation
After downloading simply type in the following commands:
Go to a Linux shell and login as the system administrator root:
su
Extract the downloaded archive file to /opt:
tar xvfz xampp-linux-1.8.1.tar.gz -C /opt
Warning: Please use only this command to install XAMPP. DON'T use any Microsoft Windows tools to extract the archive, it won't work.
Warning 2: already installed XAMPP versions get overwritten by this command.
That's all. XAMPP is now installed below the /opt/lampp directory.
* Step 3: Start
To start XAMPP simply call this command:
/opt/lampp/lampp start
You should now see something like this on your screen:
Starting XAMPP 1.8.1...
LAMPP: Starting Apache...
LAMPP: Starting MySQL...
LAMPP started.
Ready. Apache and MySQL are running.
If you get any error messages please take a look at the
Linux FAQ.
Step 4: Test
OK, that was easy but how can you check that everything really works? Just type in the following URL at your favourite web browser:
http://localhostNow you should see the start page of XAMPP containing some links to check the status of the installed software and some small programming examples.
A matter of security (A MUST READ!)
As mentioned before, XAMPP is not meant for production use but only for developers in a development environment. The way XAMPP is configured is to be open as possible and allowing the developer anything he/she wants. For development environments this is great but in a production environment it could be fatal.
Here a list of missing security in XAMPP:
The MySQL administrator (root) has no password.
The MySQL daemon is accessible via network.
ProFTPD uses the password "lampp" for user "nobody".
PhpMyAdmin is accessible via network.
Examples are accessible via network.
MySQL and Apache running under the same user (nobody).
To fix most of the security weaknesses simply call the following command:
/opt/lampp/lampp security
It starts a small security check and makes your XAMPP installation quite secure. For example this protects the XAMPP demo pages by a username ('lampp') and password combination.
See also our
XAMPP for Linux FAQ.* Advanced start and stop parameters
Until version 0.9.4 /opt/lampp/lampp could only start and stop XAMPP. Since version 0.9.5 it learned a lot of new things to do.
Parameter Description
start Starts XAMPP.
stop Stops XAMPP.
restart Stops and starts XAMPP.
startapache Starts only the Apache.
startssl Starts the Apache SSL support. This command activates the SSL support permanently,
e.g. if you restarts XAMPP in the future SSL will stay activated.
startmysql Starts only the MySQL database.
startftp Starts the ProFTPD server. Via FTP you can upload files for your web server
(user "nobody", password "lampp").
This command activates the ProFTPD permanently,
e.g. if you restarts XAMPP in the future FTP will stay activated.
stopapache Stops the Apache.
stopssl Stops the Apache SSL support. This command deactivates the SSL support permanently,
e.g. if you restarts XAMPP in the future SSL will stay deactivated.
stopmysql Stops the MySQL database.
stopftp Stops the ProFTPD server. This command deactivates the ProFTPD permanently,
e.g. if you restarts XAMPP in the future FTP will stay deactivated.
security Starts a small security check programm.
For example: To start Apache with SSL support simply type in the following command (as root):
/opt/lampp/lampp startssl
You can also access your Apache server via SSL under
https://localhost.
* What is where?
What is where? A big question of our existens, here are some answers!
/opt/lampp/bin/ The XAMPP commands home. /opt/lampp/bin/mysql calls
for example the MySQL monitor.
/opt/lampp/htdocs/ The Apache DocumentRoot directory.
/opt/lampp/etc/httpd.conf The Apache configuration file.
/opt/lampp/etc/my.cnf The MySQL configuration file.
/opt/lampp/etc/php.ini The PHP configuration file.
/opt/lampp/etc/proftpd.conf The ProFTPD configuration file. (since 0.9.5)
/opt/lampp/phpmyadmin/config.inc.php The phpMyAdmin configuration file.
Stopping XAMPP
To stop XAMPP simply call this command:
/opt/lampp/lampp stop
You should now see:
Stopping LAMPP 1.8.1...
LAMPP: Stopping Apache...
LAMPP: Stopping MySQL...
LAMPP stopped.
And XAMPP for Linux is stopped.
* Uninstall
To uninstall XAMPP just type in this command:
rm -rf /opt/lampp
The end.
