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Apache fails to start on Arch Linux

PostPosted: 05. March 2023 12:27
by Elia1995
Hi, I'm trying to install and use XAMPP (which I've always used flawlessly on Windows) on Arch Linux.
I installed it from the AUR package using "yay xampp" and it compiled, then I did

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sudo xampp start


and so MySQL and PHP started just fine, but Apache keeps failing, here's the output from the terminal:

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Restarting XAMPP for Linux 8.2.0-0...
XAMPP: Stopping Apache...not running.
XAMPP: Stopping MySQL...ok.
XAMPP: Stopping ProFTPD...ok.
XAMPP: Starting Apache...egrep: warning: egrep is obsolescent; using grep -E
egrep: warning: egrep is obsolescent; using grep -E
fail.
XAMPP:  Starting diagnose...
XAMPP:  Sorry, I've no idea what's going wrong.
XAMPP:  Please contact our forum http://www.apachefriends.org/f/
Last 10 lines of "/opt/lampp/logs/error_log":
tail: cannot open '/opt/lampp/logs/error.log' for reading: No such file or directory
XAMPP: Starting MySQL...egrep: warning: egrep is obsolescent; using grep -E
ok.
XAMPP: Starting ProFTPD...egrep: warning: egrep is obsolescent; using grep -E
ok.

Re: Apache fails to start on Arch Linux

PostPosted: 27. April 2023 20:33
by ferv
I have them same problem, but if you download de xamppp installer from https://www.apachefriends.org/download.html and install manually, the error is still displayed but the server does work