install Apache or XAMPP

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Install XAMPP on Solus

Go https://www.apachefriends.org/download.html

Download “XAMPP for linux”

Open the “download” folder right click on blink section and click “Open in Terminal”.

Then right click on “xampp-linux-x64-x.x.x.x-installer.run”. Click “Properties” then choose “Permission”. In “Execute” Section Check the checkbox “Allow executing file as program”.
This is important.

After this click on the opened terminal type/pest the following command and hit enter/return

sudo ./xampp-linux-x64-x.x.x-x-installer.run

Make sure downloaded name and terminal command name should be same.
It will ask for your password. So put your password and hit enter/return.
Then installer should run, Click next, next, next, next, next.
Installation process will progressing at this moment, this may take few moment.

After finish unchecked “Launch XAMPP” Click on “Finish”.

Now open up the terminal again and type the following command and hit enter/return

sudo nano /opt/lampp/etc/httpd.conf

This will open up httpd.conf file in terminal. Use your keyboard down arrow key to go down.
Find this section

User demone
Group nobody
</IfModule>>

Replace top section with the section below

User nobody
Group nobody
</IfModule>>

After change Use keyboard, press “Ctrl + X” Then press “Y” Then hit enter/return to save the file.

Now type/past the following command in terminal and hit enter/return

sudo nano /opt/lampp/etc/proftpd.conf

This will open up proftpd.conf file in terminal. Use your keyboard down arrow key to go down.
Find this section

User daemon
#Group daemon

Replace top section with the section below

User nobody
#Group daemon

After change Use keyboard, press “Ctrl + X” Then press “Y” Then hit enter/return to save the file.

Now XAMPP installation is complete.

To start XAMPP server type/past the following command in terminal and hit enter/return

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

Now click on “Manage Servers” and Click “Start All” to start all services.

You can use this to “Stop All” service too.

At this moment everything should work just fine, but
If you go inside Computer > opt > lampp > htdocs and trying to create any file or folder, you can’t.
It’s because we don’t have permission.

So to fix this problem type the following command in terminal and hit enter/return

sudo chmod -R 777 /opt/lampp/htdocs

It will ask for your password, put your password and hit enter/return.

Now you can create new file or folder in htdocs folder.

To access localhost open up your favorait web browser, in address field type localhost and hit enter/return.
You should get localhost default page. Hope this will help. Thanks.

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Create xampp.desktop file in /usr/share/applications folder.
Open the xampp.desktop file with gedit and edit it like that.

[Desktop Entry]
Type=Application
Categories=Development
Name=XAMPP Control Panel
Comment=Start and Stop XAMPP
Exec=sudo /opt/lampp/manager-linux-x64.run
Icon=/opt/lampp/htdocs/favicon.ico
Terminal=true

Save the file and look at the applications menu. You shold be seeing Xampp logo.
You can now position this program logo wherever you want.

Sometimes the logo may not appear because the .ico file path is wrong. Notice where the xampp folder is.