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

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Install XAMPP on Ubuntu Linux and running as Normal User

This is an important tutorial on how to install and completely configure XAMPP to run without problems on Ubuntu Linux.

To proceed please make sure you have the following requirements:

* Linux Ubuntu operating system - This tutorial has been written using Ubuntu 10.04 - Lucid Lynx
* XAMPP Linux Version installer - You can go to the XAMPP Linux Page and use the actual download link.

At the time this tutorial was written, the latest XAMPP version for Linux was 1.7.3a.

This installation using the latest release will enable you to make PHP-based websites (to be tested locally using Linux XAMPP) that have the following important features:

* PHP 5.3.1
* Apache 2.2.14
* MySQL 5.1.41
* phpMyAdmin 3.2.4