How to Install & configure Xampp and WordPress in Linux?

How to setup WAMP server in Linux?

$ sudo -s
$ cd /opt/
$ yum install wget -y

# URL for right package - https://sourceforge.net/projects/xampp/files/XAMPP%20Linux/7.4.29/

$ wget https://sourceforge.net/projects/xampp/files/XAMPP%20Linux/7.4.29/xampp-linux-x64-7.4.29-1-installer.run/download

$ mv download xampp-linux-x64-7.4.29-1-installer.run

$ chmod 755 xampp-linux-x64-7.4.29-1-installer.run
$ ./xampp-linux-x64-7.4.29-1-installer.run

$ /opt/lampp/lampp status
$ /opt/lampp/lampp start
$ /opt/lampp/lampp status
$ /opt/lampp/lampp stop
$ /opt/lampp/lampp start
$ curl http://13.233.196.197/dashboard/
$ sudo -s
$ cd /opt/
$ yum install wget -y
$ wget https://www.apachefriends.org/xampp-files/8.0.0/xampp-linux-x64-8.0.0-2-installer.run
$ chmod 755 xampp-linux-x64-8.0.0-2-installer.run
$ ./xampp-linux-x64-8.0.0-2-installer.run

$ /opt/lampp/lampp status
$ /opt/lampp/lampp start
$ /opt/lampp/lampp status
$ /opt/lampp/lampp stop
$ /opt/lampp/lampp start
$ curl http://13.233.196.197/dashboard/Code language: PHP (php)

Referece:

• https://www.apachefriends.org/index.html

How to create mysql user, database and grant a permission to a database in mysql?

$ /opt/lampp/bin/mysql -u root
CREATE DATABASE wordpress;
show databases;
CREATE USER 'wp-user'@'localhost' IDENTIFIED BY 'password';
GRANT ALL PRIVILEGES ON * . * TO 'wp-user'@'localhost';
FLUSH PRIVILEGES;
SHOW GRANTS FOR 'wp-user'@'localhost';	Code language: JavaScript (javascript)

Reference

• https://www.digitalocean.com/community/tutorials/how-to-create-a-new-user-and-grant-permissions-in-mysql

How to setup WordPress in Xampp in Linux?

cd /opt/lampp/htdocs/
wget https://wordpress.org/latest.tar.gz
tar -zxvf latest.tar.gz
ls -la
chown -R daemon:daemon wordpress
ls -la
Reference:
- https://wordpress.org/download/#download-install

# ACCESS your Web server @ http://13.233.196.197/wordpressCode language: PHP (php)

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