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Hi,

I am not new to XAMPP, have been using it on Windows for a couple of years now, without any issues. A great app I must say!!

Today, however, for the first time I had to install it on a client's Linux server and I followed all the mentioned steps very carefully, yet am getting the following error:

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# /opt/lampp/lampp start
Starting XAMPP for Linux 1.7.1...
XAMPP: Starting Apache with SSL (and PHP5)...
/opt/lampp/bin/httpd: relocation error: /opt/lampp/lib/libapr-1.so.0: symbol sys_siglist, version GLIBC_2.3.3 not defined in file libc.so.6 with link time reference
XAMPP: Error 127! Couldn't start Apache!
XAMPP: Starting diagnose...
tail: /opt/lampp/logs/apachestart.log: No such file or directory
XAMPP: Sorry, I've no idea what's going wrong.
XAMPP: Please contact our forum http://community.apachefriends.org/f/
XAMPP: Starting MySQL...
XAMPP: Starting ProFTPD...
XAMPP: /opt/lampp/sbin/proftpd: /lib/libc.so.6: version `GLIBC_2.3.4' not found (required by /opt/lampp/sbin/proftpd)
XAMPP: Error 1! Couln't start ProFTPD!
XAMPP for Linux started.


Any idea what this could mean and how can I rectify this?

Thanks,
Sib.

Maybe you are running a 64bit Linux and installed 32bit Xampp?

Hi thanks for replying..
Well, I checked with my client, its 32bit Linux
But anyway, my client ordered a root server with everything already pre-installed, so things are working fine now
Thanks.

i recieved the exact same error just now. i installed redhat 9, on an old hp netserver, so i KNOW it's not 64 bit
and i am certain i grabbed the 32bit xampp

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XAMPP: Error 127! Couldn't start Apache!
XAMPP: Starting diagnose...
tail: /opt/lampp/logs/apachestart.log: No such file or directory
XAMPP: Sorry, I've no idea what's going wrong.
XAMPP: Please contact our forum http://community.apachefriends.org/f/
XAMPP: XAMPP-MySQL is already running.
XAMPP: Starting ProFTPD...
XAMPP: /opt/lampp/sbin/proftpd: /lib/libc.so.6: version `GLIBC_2.3.4' not found
(required by /opt/lampp/sbin/proftpd)
XAMPP: Error 1! Couln't start ProFTPD!
XAMPP for Linux started.
[root@localhost root]#

anyone got any suggestions for what could cause this error?

Looks like you need to update libc6. Don't know how you would do it in RH but in Debian/Ubuntu it would be:
sudo apt-get --reinstall install libc6

ok, no, apt doesn't automatically work on redhat 9...
i followed the instructions here

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Go to http://apt.freshrpms.net/ and get the appropriate version for your system. Easiest way to get it: "cd /tmp", "wget <url of rpm>".
If you're not sure of your version, use rpm -v and compare to what's on that site.
NOTE ON RH AS 2.1 Oddly enough, despite what you might expect, RedHat Advanced Server 2.1 seems to be closer to RH 7.2 then 7.3. If you go with 7.3 in your apt sources list, it will want to upgrade a lot of stuff.
Run "rpm -i <the apt rpm file you downloaded>".

then tried

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sudo apt-get --reinstall install libc6

as you suggested
it spit this out

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Reading Package Lists... Done
Building Dependancy Tree... Done
E: Couldn't find package libc6

You are installing on RH9... you will need an older version of Apache (which is bundled with the xampp download). So download an older version of Xampp.

I downloaded 1.5.0, I haven't had time to try a newer version. Since you are using an older flavor of RH linux, you will need to use the older versions of the LAMP bundle. If you want the latest version, you'll have to update your RH9 with the latest packages that are used by Apache and the like.

Good luck!

Link to Sourceforge where older Xampp files are stored: http://sourceforge.net/projects/xampp/f ... P%20Linux/