Introduction
XAMPP for Mac OS X is an essential application package for every web developer. In it you will find the Apache server, programming languages PHP and PERL and the database manage system MySQL. Without a doubt, one of the main virtues of XAMPP for Mac OS X is its simple installation. XAMPP is a free distribution package that makes it easy to install Apache Web Server, PHP, PEAR, and MySQL. Before installing XAMPP, you should turn off any other web servers and instances of MySQL you have running on your Mac. XAMPP is a free distribution package that makes it easy to install Apache Web Server, PHP, PEAR, and MySQL.
XAMPP is a free and open-source, cross-platform web server solution stack which is developed by Apache Friends. XAMPP supports most of the operating systems including Windows, MacOS and Ubuntu. It stands for Cross-Platform(X), Apache, MySQL, MariaDB, PHP and Perl which are also the main components of the stack package. In this tutorial, we will install XAMPP on MacOS.
Prerequisites
- MacOS
- Login as an administrator on terminal
Installation
Installation includes following steps.
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1) Download the latest version
In order to install XAMPP on MacOS, we must download the latest version of XAMPP by visiting its official website or by pasting the link https://www.apachefriends.org/xampp-files/7.2.0/xampp-osx-7.2.0-0-installer.dmginto the browser's search bar.
2) Mount the dmg file
The downloaded file exists in disk image format which needs to be mounted to the Volumes directory. For this purpose, following command can be used.
3) Open the Application file
An application file is created inside /Volumes/XAMPP/. This needs to be opened by using following command.
Click on Next button to navigate to the next step.
This step prompts us to select Components which we want to install. We select all the options given and click next
This step simply tells the location where XAMPP will be installed. Click on Next to continue the installation.
4) Unmount the file
We got XAMPP installed on our system, now we need to unmount the installer. Following command can be used for this purpose.
Extra Info
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An executable file named XAMPP is located inside /Applications/XAMPP/xamppfiles/ which needs to be executed in order to execute xampp on command line. Various commands can be used with xampp.
The output of the command shows the usage and options with which the command can be used.
Hence, we have installed and get started with XAMPP on our MacOS.