Steps to install XAMPP on Ubuntu Server:
1. Login to Ubuntu machine using any ssh client (like putty) or it’s great if you have a direct access to the Ubuntu machine
2. Run the below given command:wget https://www.apachefriends.org/xampp-files/7.4.1/xampp-linux-x64-7.4.1-1-installer.run
3. Run: sudo -s
4. Run: chmod 755 xampp-linux-x64-7.4.1-1-installer.run (This will give the executable permission to the installer file that you downloaded in step 2)
5. Run: sudo ./xampp-linux-x64-7.4.1-1-installer.run (This will start the installation)
Screen captured at the time of installation:
6. Run/ Start XAMPP server
sudo /opt/lampp/lampp start
7. Now you can access the server from the browser of any machine if the IP of the Ubuntu machine is static
Screen captured while accessing the XAMPP dashboard using it’s IP addess
8. Let’s check the phpmyadmin console:
9. Let’s solve the phpmyadmin access forbidden problem now
Run vi /opt/lampp/etc/extra/httpd-xampp.conf
10. Restart XAMPP: sudo /opt/lampp/lampp restart
11. Now reload the phpmyadmin screen in the browser
12. Run: sudo /opt/lampp/xampp security
13. Restart XAMPP: sudo /opt/lampp/lampp restart
14. Let’s access phpmyadmin again and see if it is asking for the password:
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