PC user tentatively making the switch to Linux

Problems with the Linux version of XAMPP, questions, comments, and anything related.

PC user tentatively making the switch to Linux

Postby GreatDane » 25. May 2006 20:17

Hey all,

I have downloaded XAMPP-linux-1.5.1.tar.gz to my desktop (I am running Fedora Core 4) and the install instructions say open a Linux shell and type 'su' which i did and entered my password.

then i typed:

tar xvfz xampp-linux-1.5.1.tar.gz -C /opt

and i got the following error:

tar: xampp-linux-1.5.1.tar.gz: Cannot open: No such file or directory
tar: error is not recoverable: exiting now
tar: chile returned status 2
tar: error exit delayed from previous errors


What does this mean?
How do i check if /opt exists?

Linux newbie so please explain clearly, thankyou.
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Postby Wiedmann » 25. May 2006 20:27

What does this mean?

As the error message told you:
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Cannot open: No such file or directory

--> in the directory you are, there is no file with the name "xampp-linux-1.5.1.tar.gz".
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Postby GreatDane » 26. May 2006 00:04

I tried to copy the xampp.tar.gz to the root of my drive but i can't paste it! So where would you recommend i copy this file to so that the above runs smoothly.

Thanks

p.s. the Linux shell prompt says root@localhost greatdane:
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Postby Wiedmann » 26. May 2006 02:31

So where would you recommend i copy this file to

Nowhere...

If you are in the shell, you must "cd" into the directory where the file is (so that "tar" can find the file).
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Postby crusty_collins » 05. June 2006 20:45

Or just copy it to /opt
and run

gunzip xampp-linux-1.5.1.tar.gz
tar -xvf xampp-linux-1.5.1.tar

To make is simple
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