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I am very new to Ubuntu. I've downloaded XAMPP as a tar, extracted it, but didn't know what to do with the extracted material. There is no .exe link such as in Windows. I was seeing some Youtube videos and all I found was showing installation via the terminal. I have also searched in Google for XAMPP Ubuntu install and AskUbuntu XAMPP UI but I only found articles that didn't deal with a UI install solely.

Is there way to install XAMPP via the UI/GUI ?

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    As far as I know, its a straight forward procedure using the terminal and then you can apply a GUI to control the services. I do not know of any GUI method for this. However, why don't you try the LAMP instead which can be done just with a single command.
    – AzkerM
    Jan 2, 2016 at 17:01
  • I've installed LAMP manually via several commands... At least the next time I will do so again and only after that will I allow myself to install it with the single command :)
    – user423047
    Jan 2, 2016 at 17:04

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Open a terminal and use the below command to unpack the downloaded XAMPP file.

sudo tar xvfz xampp-linux-0.0.0.tar.gz -C /opt

Once extraction is complete start the service.

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You can try GUI control using below commands:

sudo /opt/lampp/share/xampp-control-panel/xampp-control-panel
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  • Out of curiosity, isn't there UI-only way of installing it from the tar?
    – user423047
    Jan 2, 2016 at 15:37
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    You can try installing it through the Ubuntu Software Center which is the Orange icon with an A on it in your toolbar... you can search for the program there, however not all programs are there, so check and see! Jan 2, 2016 at 17:03
  • Seems they have yet to add it to there :)
    – user423047
    Jan 2, 2016 at 17:05

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