Installing XAMPP on Fedora 12 64-bit system

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I was installing XAMPP on Fedora 11 64-bit today, and I saw this famous message:

sudo /opt/lampp/lampp startapache
XAMPP is currently only availably as 32 bit application. Please use a 32 bit compatibility library for your system.

The message is very clear that XAMPP doesn’t like 32-bit system. So, we will need to cheat XAMPP that the system is 32-bit. First, we will need to install some libraries:

sudo yum -y install glibc.i686 libgcc.i686 libstdc++.i686

and now, we need to skip the 32-bit annoying check. Use Nano or your favorite editor to open this file: /opt/lampp/lampp

sudo nano /opt/lampp/lampp

Replace the following from:

# XAMPP is currently 32 bit only
case `uname -m` in
       *_64)
       if /opt/lampp/bin/php -v > /dev/null 2>&1
       then
               :
       else
               $de && echo "XAMPP gibt es zur Zeit nur als 32-Bit Applikation. Bitte verwende eine 32-Bit Kompatibilitaetsbibliothek fuer Dein System."
               $de || echo "XAMPP is currently only availably as 32 bit application. Please use a 32 bit compatibility library for your system."
               exit
       fi
       ;;
esac

To:

# XAMPP is currently 32 bit only
#case `uname -m` in
#       *_64)
#       if /opt/lampp/bin/php -v > /dev/null 2>&1
#       then
#               :
#       else
#               $de && echo "XAMPP gibt es zur Zeit nur als 32-Bit Applikation. Bitte verwende eine 32-Bit Kompatibilitaetsbibliothek fuer Dein System."
#               $de || echo "XAMPP is currently only availably as 32 bit application. Please use a 32 bit compatibility library for your system."
#               exit
#       fi
#       ;;
#esac

Now run the following the start XAMPP:

sudo /opt/lampp/lampp startapache

Wow! Everything is working great!

–Derrick

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17 Replies to “Installing XAMPP on Fedora 12 64-bit system”

  4. sajad

    thanks alot but what about my error?

    [sajad@sajad ~]$ su
    Password:
    [root@sajad sajad]# sudo /opt/lampp/lampp startapache

    XAMPP is currently only availably as 32 bit application. Please use a 32 bit compatibility library for your system.
    [root@sajad sajad]#
    [root@sajad sajad]# sudo yum -y install glibc.i686 libgcc.i686 libstdc++.i686
    Loaded plugins: presto, refresh-packagekit
    Zend | 951 B 00:00
    Zend_noarch | 951 B 00:00
    adobe-linux-i386 | 951 B 00:00
    atrpms | 3.0 kB 00:00
    flash | 2.6 kB 00:00
    rpmfusion-nonfree-updates | 2.8 kB 00:00
    Setting up Install Process
    Package glibc-2.12-1.i686 already installed and latest version
    Package libgcc-4.4.4-2.fc13.i686 already installed and latest version
    Package libstdc++-4.4.4-2.fc13.i686 already installed and latest version
    Nothing to do
    [root@sajad sajad]# sudo nano /opt/lampp/lampp
    nano: symbol lookup error: /lib64/libncursesw.so.5: undefined symbol: _nc_set_no_padding
    [root@sajad sajad]# sudo nano /opt/lampp/lampp
    nano: symbol lookup error: /lib64/libncursesw.so.5: undefined symbol: _nc_set_no_padding
    [root@sajad sajad]#

    please reply me to [email protected]

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  7. davit

    this the messege bro..please give the solution..

    [root@localhost lakone]# /opt/lampp/lampp start
    Starting XAMPP for Linux 1.7.3a…
    /opt/lampp/bin/php: error while loading shared libraries: libz.so.1: cannot enable executable stack as shared object requires: Permission denied
    XAMPP: Starting Apache with SSL …
    /opt/lampp/bin/httpd: error while loading shared libraries: libexpat.so.0: cannot enable executable stack as shared object requires: Permission denied
    XAMPP: Error 127! Couldn’t start Apache!
    XAMPP: Starting diagnose…
    XAMPP: Sorry, I’ve no idea what’s going wrong.
    XAMPP: Please contact our forum http://www.apachefriends.org/f/
    XAMPP: Starting MySQL…
    /opt/lampp/bin/my_print_defaults: error while loading shared libraries: libz.so.1: cannot enable executable stack as shared object requires: Permission denied
    /opt/lampp/bin/my_print_defaults: error while loading shared libraries: libz.so.1: cannot enable executable stack as shared object requires: Permission denied
    XAMPP: Couldn’t start MySQL!
    XAMPP: Starting ProFTPD…
    XAMPP: /opt/lampp/sbin/proftpd: error while loading shared libraries: libcrypto.so.0.9.8: cannot enable executable stack as shared object requires: Permission denied
    XAMPP: Error 127! Couln’t start ProFTPD!
    XAMPP for Linux started.

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    • Derrick Post author

      Looks like SELinux is doing something conflicting with your system. I will disable it first and try again.

      Edit the configuration file:

      sudo nano /etc/selinux/config

      Change the following: From:

      SELINUX=enforcing

      To:

      SELINUX=disabled

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  10. jack oneil

    HEY, IT WORKS!!!
    Thank’s so much, Derick.
    it now runs on my 64 bit fedora 12 without any problem. so far….

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  11. lala

    thanks, it worked perfect. in fedora 15 x64
    i didn’t have nano by default. so i use gedit
    it gave some sort of character warning, which i simply ignored and edit (commented that section) , save, and it worked. wow, thanks again..

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  12. Y. T. Chao

    thank you so much of your sharing
    but i still got some error message as follow:
    (btw, i am running this under fedora 12 64bit system)

    [root@chttl-1303500912828 ~]# /opt/lampp/lampp start
    /opt/lampp/lampp: line 379: syntax error near unexpected token `(‘
    /opt/lampp/lampp: line 379: ` $de && phpextra=”(und PHP5)”‘

    your help will be highly appreciated! 🙂

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