1. XAMPP About XAMPP: XAMPP is a small and light Apache distribution containing the most common web development technologies in a single package. Its contents, small size, and portability make it the ideal tool for developing and testing applications in PHP and MySQL. Definition: XAMPP is a small and light Apache distribution containing the most common web development technologies in a single package.

2. INSTALLING, CONFIGURING, AND DEVELOPING WITH XAMPP Check whether the LAMP Software is installed by following Steps: 1. Goto Places-> Computer-> File System-> opt 2. If opt exists uninstall lampp using unistall command in terminal, if not uninstall the lampp server by the Command, fp057@pbs057:~$ sudo rm -rf /opt /lampp 3. For Installing XAMPP: Download the Content of XAMPP from the following Website http://sourceforge.net/projects/xamp/files/XAMPP%20Linux/1.7.2/ xampp-linux-1.7.2.tar.gz/download 4. After Completion of Downloaded Content goto Applications-> Accesories-> Terminal. Type The Following, fp057@pbs057:~$ cd Downloads fp057@pbs057:~/Downloads$ 5. Copy the Download content to the opt by, fp057@pbs057:~/Downloads$ cp xampp-linux-1.7.2.tar.gz /opt fp057@pbs057:~/Downloads$ dir

3. 6. To extract the zip file by command use, fp057@pbs057:~/Downloads$ cd /opt fp057@pbs057:/opt$ sudo tar -xvzf or xfz xampp-linux-1.7.2.tar.gz fp057@pbs057:~/opt$ cd fp057@pbs057:~$ 7. To Start the lampp Server type fp057@pbs057:~$ sudo /opt/lampp /lampp start 8. To Start the lampp Server type fp057@pbs057:~$ sudo /opt/lampp /lampp stop 9. Testing to find how the process done in a best manner. i. Type http://localhost in the Web Browser. ii. To Start the XAMPP autostart at loginType $ sudo gedit /etc/rc.local iii. Now the rc.local file will open in a new Window. In That File, Paste the Code in end of the rc.local file /opt/lampp/lampp start

4. Start & Stop Parameters 1. start start Xampp 2. stop stop Xampp 3. restart stops and start Xampp 4. startapache starts only apache 5. startmysql starts only mysql 6. stopapache stops only apache 7. stopmysql stops only mysql

5. Files And Directories : The XAMPP commands home- /opt/lampp/bin/ The MySQL Monitor calls- /opt/lampp/bin/ The Apache Document Root directory- /opt/lampp/htdocs/ The Apache Configuration file- /opt/lampp/etc/httpd.conf The MYSQL configuration file- /opt/lampp/etc/my.conf The PHP Configuration file- /opt/lampp/etc/php.ini The ProFTPD Configuration file- /opt/lampp/etc/proftpd.conf The PHPMy Admin Configuration file- /opt/lampp/etc/config.inc.php