I can't start Xampp on ubuntu 13.04

Question

I have installed Xampp 1.8.3.1 .run file. and when I type

/opt/lampp/lampp start 

then it gives me a message like this

XAMPP: Starting Apache...fail.
XAMPP:  Another web server is already running.
XAMPP: Starting MySQL...ok.
XAMPP: Starting ProFTPD...ok.

Answer 1

Try this:

Just press Ctrl+Alt+T on your keyboard to open Terminal. When it opens, run the command(s) below:

sudo /etc/init.d/apache2 stop
sudo /etc/init.d/mysql stop
sudo /etc/init.d/proftpd stop
sudo /opt/lampp/lampp start

Answer 2

You've already got a web server running on port 80. I see three viable choices:

1. Move XAMPP's version of Apache to a different port
2. Move whatever httpd is running on port 80 to another port (or remove it)
3. Just install lamp-server^ (a real production stack) and stop messing around with XAMPP (which is really just a toy for Windows developers)

Answer 3

Had the same problem, but these fixes didn't work for me. This post on the same forum solved my issues... I literally tried everything else :) Working great now though.

Cannot start XAMPP on Ubuntu 11.10

Thanks, hope this helps somebody.