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Bey Faith
Bey Faith

Reputation: 13

Unable to start XAMPP properly on my Mac OS

I am trying to install XAMPP so that I can work it with PHP. But I have failed to open it, however I realised that other people downloading it, it comes as a dmg extension but mine comes as a bz2 extension. Is this the error? If so, how can I solve it? if it's not, would anyone share with me whats causing the error and how to solve it? Thanks!

Upvotes: 1

Views: 574

Answers (3)

Amer Al zibak
Amer Al zibak

Reputation: 1951

On macOS, simply change the extension from .bz2 to .dmg so the installer mentioned should be changed to xxxxx.dmg then you can install it right away just double click on it.

credit to : https://stackoverflow.com/a/68201277/7048025

Upvotes: 0

relbns
relbns

Reputation: 304

You can change the file extension of the downloaded file manually to dmg and it will work as it should.
I recommend to download the VM version.
if you encounter the following error: "Error starting “XAMPP” stack: Cannot calculate MAC Address" when you trying to start the server, you can solve it by updating the Bitnami HyperKit file.
detailed instructions in the following link: https://pookidevs.com/solved-error-starting-xampp-stack-cannot-calculate-mac-address/

Upvotes: 0

Am Ben
Am Ben

Reputation: 119

You can go check their repo https://sourceforge.net/projects/xampp/files/ you can find .dmg in "XAMPP Mac OS X/" folder

Upvotes: 1

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