====== XAMPP - Local Web Server for Development ======

http://www.apachefriends.org/en/xampp.html

  * XAMPP is a prepackaged web server
  * Runs on multiple platforms (Linux, Windows, etc.)
  * Includes Apache, MySQL, PHP and Perl
  * Includes PHPMyAdmin for database management
  * Includes SSL support
  * Simple installation

===== Installation =====

<file>
su
cd /opt
wget http://www.apachefriends.org/download.php?xampp-linux-1.7.7.tar.gz
tar -xvfz xampp-linux-1.7.7.tar.gz
</file>

===== Start and Stop =====

You need to start the server as 'root' since low-numbered poerts are used.

<file>
/opt/lampp/lampp start

/opt/lampp/lampp stop
</file>

===== Testing =====

http://localhost

==== Serve a file on your Desktop ====

<file>
ln -s /home/username/Desktop/file.name /opt/lampp/htdocs/
</file>