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<pre>Starting XAMPP for Linux 7.2.12-0...
XAMPP: Starting Apache.../opt/lampp/share/xampp/xampplib: line 22: netstat: command not found
/opt/lampp/share/xampp/xampplib: line 22: netstat: command not found
fail.
XAMPP: <b> Starting diagnose... </b>
XAMPP: <b> Sorry, I&apos;ve no idea what&apos;s going wrong. </b>
XAMPP: <b> Please contact our forum http://www.apachefriends.org/f/ </b>
Last 10 lines of &quot;/opt/lampp/logs/error_log&quot;:
tail: cannot open &apos;/opt/lampp/logs/error.log&apos; for reading: No such file or directory
XAMPP: Starting MySQL.../opt/lampp/share/xampp/xampplib: line 22: netstat: command not found
ok.
XAMPP: Starting ProFTPD...already running.
root@mazdad-K50ID:~# /opt/lampp/bin/mysql.server: 260: kill: No such process

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First of all, install netstat in your distribution:

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sudo apt install net-tools

Then try to start lampp again.

Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done
Package apache is not available, but is referred to by another package.
This may mean that the package is missing, has been obsoleted, or
is only available from another source

Use another distribution (Linux Mint or whatever).