[Mac tips] install XAMPP on a Mac

Install XAMPP on Mac

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What is XAMPP?

Official introduction:

XAMPP for Mac OS x is the simplest, most practical, and most complete network server solution on Mac OS X. This release includes Apache 2 servers integrated with the latest MySQL, PHP, and Perl. It is released in the form of Mac OS X installation package, including all necessary files, without the need to download anything else.

 

If you are an experienced network developer or a Mac enthusiast who needs to run servers, create dynamic webpages, or use databases, this is what you are looking!

 

This version requires Mac OS X 10.4 (Intel & PPC) or higher.

 

Download and install

Refer to here. If you only want to install it, follow me:

1. download the file: XAMPP Mac OS X 1.7.3, and double-click to install it.

 

2,After the installation is complete, run the following command to run XAMPP.Log on to the terminal as the system administrator root:

Sudo Su

Run the following command to start XAMPP:

/Applications/XAMPP/xamppfiles/XAMPP start

If you can see a message similar to the following on the screen:

Starting XAMPP for MacOS X 1.7.3...
XAMPP: Starting Apache with SSL (and PhP5 )...
XAMPP: Starting MySQL...
XAMPP: Starting ProFTPD...
XAMPP for MacOS X started.

Congratulations! The installation is successful!

3. If youXAMPP: Starting ProFTPD... the following error occurs in this step:

 

XAMPP: Starting ProFTPD.../applications/XAMPP/xamppfiles/XAMPP: Line 184:/applications/XAMPP/xamppfiles/var/ProFTPD/start. Err: no such file or directory
Fail.
Contents of "/applications/XAMPP/xamppfiles // var/ProFTPD/start. Err ":
Cat:/applications/XAMPP/xamppfiles // var/ProFTPD/start. Err: no such file or directory

Run the following command:

Sudo mkdir/applications/XAMPP/xamppfiles/var/ProFTPD/
Touch/applications/XAMPP/xamppfiles/var/ProFTPD/start. Err
Sudo/applications/XAMPP/xamppfiles/XAMPP fix_rights

Then perform the operation in step 2 again.

 

4. After the installation is successful, enter http: // localhost in the browser. You can see the following page!