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I have installed Xampp 1.8.3.1 .run file. and when I type

/opt/lampp/lampp start

then it gives me a message like this

XAMPP: Starting Apache...fail.
XAMPP:  Another web server is already running.
XAMPP: Starting MySQL...ok.
XAMPP: Starting ProFTPD...ok.
Mitch
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  • sudo: /etc/init.d/apache2: command not found when i am hit the command show like this –  Apr 07 '14 at 12:08
  • Hi i faced the same issue and have tried mitch's solution to fix it, it works because i get this message on the terminal Starting Appache... Ok But while lampp started... I m not seeing how to use it. I m not seeing any lampp window on my computer –  Apr 27 '14 at 15:56
  • Skype is using/blocking port `80`, afaik – phil294 Mar 20 '16 at 01:29
  • I solved the problem by opening /opt/lamp/xamp and edited the line `if testport 80` to `if testport 8080`. Now, test the thing by open the url `http://localhost:8080`. – joker Aug 17 '16 at 11:03

3 Answers3

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Try this:

Just press Ctrl+Alt+T on your keyboard to open Terminal. When it opens, run the command(s) below:

sudo /etc/init.d/apache2 stop
sudo /etc/init.d/mysql stop
sudo /etc/init.d/proftpd stop
sudo /opt/lampp/lampp start
Mitch
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You've already got a web server running on port 80. I see three viable choices:

  1. Move XAMPP's version of Apache to a different port
  2. Move whatever httpd is running on port 80 to another port (or remove it)
  3. Just install lamp-server^ (a real production stack) and stop messing around with XAMPP (which is really just a toy for Windows developers)
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Had the same problem, but these fixes didn't work for me. This post on the same forum solved my issues... I literally tried everything else :) Working great now though.

Cannot start XAMPP on Ubuntu 11.10

Thanks, hope this helps somebody.

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