Lampp will not start..about to pull my hair out!

[jjloupe]

I downloaded and installed from here: http://www.apachefriends.org/en/xampp-linux.html#377


I followed all instructions, but when I try to start it, I get:

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jason@Linux:~$ cd ./opt/lampp/
jason@Linux:~/opt/lampp$ ./lamp start
bash: ./lamp: No such file or directory
jason@Linux:~/opt/lampp$ ./lammp start
bash: ./lammp: No such file or directory
jason@Linux:~/opt/lampp$ ls
backup  bin  cgi-bin  error  etc  htdocs  icons  lampp  lib  libexec  licenses  logs  modules  phpmyadmin  phpsqliteadmin  RELEASENOTES  sbin  share  tmp  var
jason@Linux:~/opt/lampp$ /lampp start
bash: /lampp: No such file or directory
jason@Linux:~/opt/lampp$ lampp start
bash: lampp: command not found
jason@Linux:~/opt/lampp$ ./lampp start
You need to start XAMPP as root!
jason@Linux:~/opt/lampp$ sudo ./lampp start
cat: /opt/lampp/lib/VERSION: No such file or directory
./lampp: line 120: /opt/lampp/share/lampp/selinux: No such file or directory
Starting XAMPP for Linux ...
./lampp: line 127: /opt/lampp/share/lampp/nogroupcheck: No such file or directory
cat: /opt/lampp/lib/VERSION: No such file or directory
./lampp: line 120: /opt/lampp/share/lampp/selinux: No such file or directory
cat: /opt/lampp/lib/VERSION: No such file or directory
./lampp: line 120: /opt/lampp/share/lampp/selinux: No such file or directory
./lampp: line 500: /opt/lampp/share/lampp/phpstatus: No such file or directory
XAMPP: Starting Apache...
./lampp: line 220: /opt/lampp/bin/apachectl: No such file or directory
XAMPP: Error 127! Couldn't start Apache!
./lampp: line 227: /opt/lampp/share/lampp/diagnose: No such file or directory
cat: /opt/lampp/lib/VERSION: No such file or directory
./lampp: line 120: /opt/lampp/share/lampp/selinux: No such file or directory
XAMPP: Starting MySQL...
./lampp: line 247: /opt/lampp/bin/mysql.server: No such file or directory
XAMPP: Couldn't start MySQL!
cat: /opt/lampp/lib/VERSION: No such file or directory
./lampp: line 120: /opt/lampp/share/lampp/selinux: No such file or directory
./lampp: line 134: /opt/lampp/share/lampp/alladdons: No such file or directory
XAMPP for Linux started.
jason@Linux:~/opt/lampp$


Soooo....what now????

[Nobbie]

>Soooo....what now????

Did you *really* follow the installation instruction step by step (and installed lampp as "root" user)?

[Axanon]

Not only that, but after you INSTALL it AS ROOT, you need to type:

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sudo /opt/lampp/lampp start

1.) you have to install it as root... 2.) you have to run it as root.

Please follow instructions carefully. Not everybody is as nice as me.