ok i downloaded the tar file to the desktop and run
vash@zero-server:/$ sudo tar xvfz xampp-linux-1.6.1.tar.gz -C /opt
Password:
tar: xampp-linux-1.6.1.tar.gz: Cannot open: No such file or directory
tar: Error is not recoverable: exiting now
tar: Child returned status 2
tar: Error exit delayed from previous errors
can anyone help please