I Have just downloaded and installed XMAPP for Mac everything appeared to go well. Installation completed without a hitch, but when I tried to open my browser with "http://localhost" as per the instructions in the quick start guide I encountered a "problem loading page error"
I consulted the specific XMAPP installation guide for Mac and came across this. I have know idea what any of this means. It seems to be installation procedure for older computers.
* Step 2: Installation
After downloading simply run the following commands in a terminal:
Installation requires an admin account.
# Enter „sudo su“. You will be prompted for a password.
# tar xfvz xampp-macosx-0.7.3.tar.gz -C /
Notice: all old installations of XAMPP for MacOS X will be overwritten!
That's all. XAMPP is now installed below the /Applications/xampp directory.
* Step 3: Start
After installing simply type in the following commands to start XAMPP for MacOS X:
1. Go to a Terminal shell and login as the system administrator root:
sudo su
2. To start XAMPP simply call this command:
/Applications/xampp/xamppfiles/mampp start
You should now see something like this on your screen:
Starting XAMPP for MacOS X 0.7.3...
XAMPP: Starting Apache with SSL (and PHP5)...
XAMPP: Starting MySQL...
XAMPP: Starting ProFTPD...
XAMPP for MacOS X started.
Ready. Apache and MySQL are running.
If you get any error messages please take a look at the MacOS X FAQ.
I went to the FAQ for MacOS X and there are no FAQ's
Any help would be appreciated.