How to install XAMPP on Ubuntu Linux and running as normal user

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Step 1: Checking the MD5 Checksum of the downloaded installer

After you download the XAMPP installer for Linux, you need to check the integrity of the installer by checking the MD5 Checksum of the downloaded installer and comparing it with the correct one. If they are not the same, the installer you have downloaded may be "corrupt" or "incomplete;" hence, it will not run properly when installed.

You can get the "correct value" of the MD5 checksum on the XAMPP Linux Page:
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Now, using the Linux terminal (Applications - Accessories - Terminal), go to the Ubuntu download directory

Actual command:

melbin@fwh2:~$ cd Downloads

Log in as root, type this in the terminal, and then enter your Linux password:

melbin@fwh2:~/Downloads$ sudo -s -H

Next, type in the terminal:

md5sum xamppinstallername.tar.gz

Replace xamppinstaller.tar.gz with the actual file name of the downloaded archived installer. In this case, that would be xampp-linux-1.7.3a.tar.gz

Below is the actual terminal command and its result

root@fwh2:/home/melbin/Downloads# md5sum xampp-linux-1.7.3a.tar.gz

89c13779cf6f0925d5c1c400d31a1cc3 xampp-linux-1.7.3a.tar.gz

And here is the correct value based on the XAMPP Linux page

89c13779cf6f0925d5c1c400d31a1cc3

The Md5sum matches, and the installer is OK.