INSTALLING XAMPP IN LINUX MINT 5.0

Step by step installing XAMPP in Linux Mint 5.0 :

1. Download XAMPP from here
2. Open GNOME Terminal and login as super user(root). Enter the directory that contains of file that has been downloaded.
3. Basicly, in Linux Mint 5.0 there is no folder called 'opt' below the '/' (root directory). Cause XAMPP need it to extract the file for installation so we must create it.

lambanx@fresh-IDEA# md /opt

4. Extract file xampp-linux-1.6.8a.tar.gz to /opt directory that has been made.

lambanx@fresh-IDEA# tar xvfz xampp-linux-1.6.8a.tar.gz -C /opt

5. Finish!!, if you would start it just type it in GNOME-Terminal :

lambanx@fresh-IDEA# /opt/lampp/lampp
start Starting XAMPP 1.6.8a...
LAMPP: Starting Apache...
LAMPP:Starting MySQL...
LAMPP started.

6. Open your browser and type http://localhost, if the instalatin success xampp splash page would appear