Useful Laravel commands (XAMPP)

Terminal commands in the directory

$ sudo apt install composer $ composer update $ sudo apt-get install php7.2-mysql $ sudo apt-get install phpunit $ sudo apt-get install php-mbstring

Optional for permission issues

$ sudo chmod -R 755 /opt/lampp/htdocs/Git $ php /usr/bin/composer update

Isntall and run XAMPP by terminal

$ cd Downloads $ sudo chmod +x xampp-linux-x64-7.2.3-0-installer.run $ sudo ./xampp-linux-x64-7.2.3-0-installer.run

Configure Apache - if issued

(Stop from the root of the apache)

$ sudo /etc/init.d/apache2 stop

or

$ sudo service apache2 stop

or

$ sudo systemctl stop apache2.service

or

$ sudo apache2ctl stop

(Then start from the root of the xampp)

$ sudo /opt/lampp/xampp start

If all of the above are not working to shut it down

$ ps aux | grep http $ sudo kill < Pid >

Moreover (if the issue is - /etc/lighttpd/lighttpd.conf)

$ sudo update-rc.d -f lighttpd remove

This is a script which will remove the lighttpd start up script

If it is still not

The problem is aussmingly the “lighttpd” which is located in “/etc/init.d/lighttpd”

$ sudo /etc/init.d/lighttpd stop

Disable startup on boot

$ sudo systemctl disable lighttpd

Auto starting on boot

This disables apache2 at startup but is not removed so it can be enabled again

$ sudo update-rc.d apache2 disable

To remove the apache2 startup scripts do the following

$ sudo update-rc.d -f apache2 remove

Disable MysSql upstart

This disable the mysql at startup

$ sudo systemctl disable mysql.service

Note

Table in the Database should be set via XAMPP Apache Manager before the terminal run the ‘startmysql’ command - otherwiser the /phpmyadmin will be unreachable!