Install Xampp 5.6.30 on Ubuntu and Linux Mint
Xampp 5.6.30 is available for Ubuntu 17.04 Zesty Zelus, Ubuntu 16.10 Yakkety Yak, Ubuntu 16.04 Xenial Xerus, Ubuntu 15.10 Wily Werewolf, Ubuntu 15.04 vivid Vervet, ubuntu 14.10 Utopic Unicorn, Ubuntu 14.04 Trusty Tahr (LTS), Ubuntu 13.10/13.04/12.04, Linux Mint 18.1 serena, Linux Mint 17.1 Rebecca, Linux Mint 17 Qiana, Linux Mint 13 Maya, Pinguy OS 14.04, Elementary OS 0.3 Freya, Elementary OS 0.2 Luna, Peppermint Five, Deepin 2014, LXLE 14.04 via PPA Repository
XAMPP is an open source software that provides users with an out-of-the-box server experience. It is a complex, yet very easy-to-use AMPP (Apache, MySQL, PHP and Perl) distribution that’s
Many people know from their own experience that it's not easy to install an Apache web server and it gets harder if you want to add MySQL, PHP and Perl. The goal of XAMPP is to build an easy to install distribution for developers to get into the world of Apache. To make it convenient for developers, XAMPP is configured with all features turned on. In the case of commercial use please take a look at the product licenses, from the XAMPP point of view commercial use is also free. There are currently distributions for Windows, Linux, and Mac OS X. The most popular PHP dev package and completely free of charge.
New XAMPP with PHP 7.1.1, 7.0.15 & 5.6.30 versions
We just released new versions of XAMPP for all platforms with PHP 7.1.x. This version of PHP comes with numerous improvements and new features such as Nullable types, Void return type and many more features and changes…v7.1.1-0
Updated PHP to 7.1.1
Updated Apache to 2.4.25
Updated OpenSSL to 1.0.2j
Updated MariaDB to 10.1.21
v7.0.15-0
Updated PHP to 7.0.15 (Security release CVE-2017-5340)
Updated Apache to 2.4.25
Updated OpenSSL to 1.0.2j
Updated MariaDB to 10.1.21 (Security release CVE-2016-6664 CVE-2017-3238)
v5.6.30-0
Updated PHP to 5.6.30
Updated Apache to 2.4.25
Updated OpenSSL to 1.0.2j
Updated MariaDB to 10.1.21 (Security release CVE-2016-6664 CVE-2017-3238)
According to the PHP official site, the 5.5 branch was closed the 21st of July when the version 5.5.38 was released (see http://php.net/eol.php) and it is not maintained anymore. We have reached the resolution to stop maintaining the 5.5.x version and we encourage users of this release to move to 5.6.x because they might be exposed to unpatched security vulnerabilities.
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Install Xampp 5.6.30 on Ubuntu 16.04 'Xenial Xerus' and Before: Old versions :
to install Xampp 5.6.30 on Ubuntu 17.04 Zesty Zelus, Ubuntu 16.10 Yakkety Yak, Ubuntu 16.04 Xenial Xerus, Ubuntu 15.10 Wily Werewolf, Ubuntu 15.04 vivid Vervet, ubuntu 14.10 Utopic Unicorn, Ubuntu 14.04 Trusty Tahr (LTS), Ubuntu 13.10/13.04/12.04, Linux Mint 17.1 Rebecca, Linux Mint 17 Qiana, Linux Mint 13 Maya, Pinguy OS 14.04, Elementary OS 0.3 Freya, Elementary OS 0.2 Luna, Peppermint Five, Deepin 2014, LXLE 14.04, Linux Lite 2.0, Linux Lite 2.2 and other Ubuntu derivative systems , open a new Terminal window and bash (get it?) in the following command :wget https://www.apachefriends.org/xampp-files/5.6.30/xampp-linux-x64-5.6.30-0-installer.run
sudo su
chmod +x xampp-linux-x64-5.6.30-0-installer.run
./xampp-linux-x64-5.6.30-0-installer.run
After installation is finished, click next :
Finished and open your browser to run xampp