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10.10: Permission problem

Asked by peter

Hello

I would install XAMPP but it failed. I got the message

peter@peter:~$ tar xvfz '/home/peter/OwnData/TempStorage/xampp-linux-1.7.3a.tar.gz' -C /opt
lampp/
tar: lampp: Cannot mkdir: Permission denied

What can I do to get back the permission? Thanks in advance.
Peter

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actionparsnip (andrew-woodhead666) said : 		#1

sudo mkdir /opt/lampp; sudo tar xvfz '/home/peter/OwnData/TempStorage/xampp-linux-1.7.3a.tar.gz' -C /opt
lampp/

Should do it, your use doesn't have write access to /opt so the command filed. If you want LAMP there is a metapackage in the repos for it.

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peter (peter-neuweiler) said : 		#2

Thanks actionparsnip. But I have to start XAMPP as root. How can I do this? Thanks.
Peter

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actionparsnip (andrew-woodhead666) said : 		#3

If you just run:

sudo tasksel install lamp-server

It will install LAMP for you....

I suggest you read this:
https://help.ubuntu.com/community/ApacheMySQLPHP

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peter (peter-neuweiler) said : 		#4

Thanks actionparsnip. XAMPP is running. Thanks!
Peter