XAMPP Problem

[MilesZS]

I downloaded xampp (saved to the desktop),
opened a terminal,
cd Desktop,
tar xvfz xampp-linux-1.5.0.tar.gz -C /opt

At this point, it goes through a set of steps that all end with the error "Cannot open: No such file or directory," over and over and over again.

I feel stupid, because I know that xampp is simple.

I can always hide behind the fact that I have used Linux for all of 24 hours now, minus the amount of time I spent sleeping and working .

Thanks in advance.

[Nirvana]

Re: XAMPP Problem

an alternative that you can do is to:

mv ~/Desktop/xampp-linux-1.5.0.tar.gz /opt

then

cd /opt

and

tar xvfz xampp-linux-1.5.0.tar.gz

I think the problem you had is the -C switch. You did not specify which Directory to switch to. This is all a guess from reading the help docs though:

-C, --directory=DIR    change to directory DIR

maybe instead of -C try --directory=/opt

[MilesZS]

Re: XAMPP Problem

Thanks a lot. Your advice combined with deciding I should probably be using 'sudo' prior to issuing the commands seemed to help.

Thanks again.

[Nirvana]

Re: XAMPP Problem

...combined with deciding I should probably be using 'sudo' prior to issuing the commands...

Good thinking, I can't believe I forgot it!