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sleekaz

Member

Registered: 2013-04-14

Posts: 6

Quick tip for people who want to use XAMPP for Linux on Slitaz

A tip for those who want to install XAMPP for Linux on Slitaz - I'm using 1.7.1 as it has PHP 5.2.x (which I need for some apps) - slitaz has its own httpd running on port 82, which results in XAMPP not starting Apache saying that another web server is already running.

So to start XAMPP for Linux you will have to kill that background process:

[c]$ ps aux | grep httpd

1765 httpd ...
2736 httpd ...
283  grep httpd

$ kill -9 1765 2736[/c]
Then you can start XAMPP and it won't complain that "Another web server is already running"

Now, if you need the TazPanel running again, it wont start by merely clicking on the menu item.

You have to enter the following command (because you kill'ed it)

[c]$ httpd -p 82 -u root -c /etc/slitaz/httpd.conf -r TazPanel Authentication - Default: root:root[/c]

Both commands above need to be run as root

If you want to use "sudo",  you have to install sudo from TazPanel

and then add your username to the /etc/sudoers file like this:

[c]username ALL=(ALL) ALL[/c]

just below

[c]root ALL=(ALL) ALL[/c]

If you dont have or dont want to use sudo, you simply have to type "su" and then the root password that you gave during install, and then, you become root.

Then you enter the commands and they work.

Hope that helps,

sleekaz

mojo

Administrator

Registered: 2011-03-29

Posts: 2,174

Re: Quick tip for people who want to use XAMPP for Linux on Slitaz

Busybox httpd listening on port 80 is stopping XAMPP apache from starting.

[c]# /etc/init.d/httpd stop[/c]

Tazpanel which runs on busybox httpd port 82 is not the issue.

Busybox httpd running on port 80 can be stopped from auto-starting on boot by editing /etc/rcS.conf, remove httpd from RUN_DAEMONS=

The reason httpd on port 80 is auto-started is so Applications/Development/CGI SHell Environment, tazwiki and other default installed programs requiring a web server work.

[c]http://localhost/cgi-bin/cgi-env.sh[/c]

To restart tazpanel if you choose to kill all instances of httpd:

[c]# tazpanel start[/c]

sleekaz

Member

Registered: 2013-04-14

Posts: 6

Re: Quick tip for people who want to use XAMPP for Linux on Slitaz

Thanks for the prompt clarification. I was wondering why port 82 being specified was still blocking XAMPP's Apache on port 80. Now it is clarified.

Thanks,

sleekaz.