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I have a problem to run the XAMPP in Ubuntu 11.10

The following error msg is displayed in the browser

Unable to connect

Firefox can't establish a connection to the server at localhost:8080.

The site could be temporarily unavailable or too busy. Try again in a few moments.
If you are unable to load any pages, check your computer's network connection.
If your computer or network is protected by a firewall or proxy, 
make sure that Firefox is permitted to access the Web.
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How are you starting it? – Mitch Jul 5 '12 at 13:14
Are you certain that 8080 is your port? Unless I specify something different, 80 is the typical ubuntu localhost port. – Jason Jul 5 '12 at 13:41
Try http://localhost/ – Mitch Jul 5 '12 at 13:54
This question asks about how to install XAMMP and in its body is asked about bugs after the installation. It's ambiguous. Which question shoul I answer? – Zignd Apr 17 at 13:23
Mh! Is it the heading or the body that is correct? What do you want to accomplish and what does not work? – Stefano Apr 17 at 13:52

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Try http://127.0.0.1 or http://127.0.0.1:8080 (if that is your port number).

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At first, you must start XAMPP server, then you can open it in your browser. To start, XAMPP server, just open your terminal and type:

sudo /opt/lampp/lampp start

That's all! Now you can open XAMPP in your browser.

You can use Easy XAMPP Controller for easy control too.

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