having problems with installing xampp 0.6.2 on my powerbook

[dmxich]

i use mac powerbook G4 working on mac os x 10.3.9. dowloaded xampp 0.6.2 from the site and tried instal it. but it could't. in terminal i write the command "tar xfvz xampp-macosx-0.6.2.tar.gz -c/ but it does't work. it writes cann't open null, command is incorrect. what's the problem??? help me pls.

[stuzog]

Despite what the instructions say, the download for OS X is an installer package which you double-click and follow the instructions in the usual way (after unstuffing the original download, of course). It sets up xampp in its own directory in /Applications, with a very nice XAMPP Control Panel to start, stop or reload xampp or any of its services.

You may want to edit the httpd.config file in xampp/etc for your particular setup, perhaps your email address, although that's not necessary. *** Turn off Web Sharing in System Preferences first *** and then start xampp either with this Control Panel or in Terminal and everything should work.

Thanks to the Friends of Apache for this nice installer.

[ohana]

I am running Mac OS X 10.4.10 Power PC G4. I have seen posts that power PC is not supported? I downloaded and installed XAMPP 0.6.3. The control panel opens, but when I try to start all components, this is the error I get. Please help!

Starting XAMPP for MacOS X 0.6.3...
/Applications/xampp/xamppfiles/share/xampp/phpstatus: line 4: /Applications/xampp/xamppfiles/bin/php: cannot execute binary file
XAMPP: Starting Apache with SSL ...
XAMPP: Error 126! Couldn't start Apache!
/Applications/xampp/xamppfiles/bin/mysql.server: line 1: /Applications/xampp/xamppfiles/bin/my_print_defaults: cannot execute binary file
/Applications/xampp/xamppfiles/bin/mysql.server: line 1: /Applications/xampp/xamppfiles/bin/my_print_defaults: cannot execute binary file
XAMPP: Starting MySQL...
XAMPP: Starting ProFTPD...
XAMPP: /Applications/xampp/xamppfiles/mampp: line 224: /Applications/xampp/xamppfiles/sbin/proftpd: cannot execute binary file
XAMPP: Error 126! Couln't start ProFTPD!
XAMPP for MacOS X started.
/Applications/xampp/xamppfiles/bin/mysql.server: line 159: kill: (1662) - No such process

[threewishmonkeypaw]

you need one older version of xampp for run on ppc macs.. that one is only for intel macs i think.

[nateritter]

The error with line 159 on it is usually because you have a previous MySQL instance running. You need to kill that before Xampp will work properly.

This does the trick in a brute force kinda way:

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sudo killall mysqld


[jmdirc]

ooops - anyone happen to notice the date on the first post - hmm.