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XAMPP: apache won't start but already running in port 80?

Not a serious problem, and easily solved. Just a curious question.

I'm running Linux Mint, and am trying to build a website using a small database. To this end, I've installed XAMPP. Previously it worked fine, but then I started running into problems (browser is downloading .php files, even though files have the correct permissions.) However, since I reinstalled XAMPP, I can't get Apache to start. So after reading some forums, I try to see why not, by looking at what is occupying port 80.

sudo netstat -tulpn | grep :80
tcp6       0      0 :::80           :::*     LISTEN      1414/apache2

So it seems that apache was already running. Killing the process allows me to start Apache up via the XAMPP GUI, but I was wondering why it would start up before I start up XAMPP?

Upvotes: 0

Views: 600

Answers (1)

Leandro Papasidero
Leandro Papasidero

Reputation: 3738

Probably you already installed LAMP. Check if Apche is installed:

dpkg --get-selections | grep -v deinstal | grep apache

You might get this:

apache2                     install
apache2-bin                 install
apache2-data                install
apache2-mpm-prefork         install
apache2-mpm-worker          install
libapache2-mod-fastcgi      install
libapache2-mod-php5         install

Upvotes: 1

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