

If you have UAC enabled on your Windows Vista, Windows 7 or Windows 8 machine, it is recommended not to install XAMPP into the Program Files folder. This warning can be ignored in most situations, please check the website for more information.ĭepending on our operating system and settings, we may also see the following message: Once the XAMPP installer is asked, we may be prompted with the following notification: Once the download of the installer is completed, we can run it. We will be using the installer for now, if you do want to make use of the ZIP or 7zip files, please run the setup_xampp.bat file once the archive is extracted. The ZIP or 7zip files which contain all required binaries and configuration but don't come with a wizard to get started.The installer, which sets up the XAMPP folder structure.There are a number of download flavors available: In the Download section, click the XAMPP link to display a list of downloads available. Downloading the XAMPP installerįrom the XAMPP downloads page, we can find a list of components that are included in the package. In this tutorial, we will use the latest XAMPP 1.8.2 version. XAMPP for Solaris works only on SPARC systems and does not run on x86 processors.Newer versions of Windows (Windows Server 2008 R2, Windows Server 2012, Windows 7 and Windows 8) can make use of XAMPP versions higher than XAMPP 1.7.4.


Before starting, the following tools should be available on your system:
