Install XAMPP + Laravel in Ubuntu

Hello,

Ubuntu version: 14.04.3 LTS
XAMPP version: 5.6.15
Laravel version: 5.2

Install XAMPP (as root)

• chmod +x xampp-linux-x64-5.6.12-0-installer.run
• ./xampp-linux-x64-5.6.8-0-installer.run
• You will be asked to answer some questions, I sayed always Y.
• To start lampp server: /opt/lampp/lampp start

Install Laravel (as root)

• Install composer: curl -sS https://getcomposer.org/installer | /opt/lampp/bin/php -- --install-dir=/opt/lampp/bin --filename=composer
• cd /opt/lampp/htdocs
• export PATH="$PATH:$HOME/.composer/vendor/bin"
• export PATH=$PATH:/opt/lampp/bin
• composer global require "laravel/installer"
• laravel new test
• chmod 777 /opt/lampp/htdocs/test/bootstrap/cache
• chmod -R 777 /opt/lampp/htdocs/test/storage/*

Config Virtual Hosts (as root)

• vim /opt/lampp/etc/httpd.conf
• #Include etc/extra/httpd-vhosts.conf --> Include etc/extra/httpd-vhosts.conf
• Add in /opt/lampp/etc/extra/httpd-vhosts.conf
•  <VirtualHost *:80>
      ServerAdmin webmaster@dummy-host.example.com
      DocumentRoot "/opt/lampp/htdocs/test/public"
      ServerName testlaravel.com
      ServerAlias www.testlaravel.com
      ErrorLog "logs/testlaravel-error_log"
      CustomLog "logs/testlaravel-access_log" common
  </VirtualHost>
• /opt/lampp/lampp restart
• Add in  /etc/hosts
• 127.0.0.1       testlaravel.com
• 127.0.0.1       www.testlaravel.com

Done! Go to your browser and write: testlaravel.com...