Couldn't start MySQL! while starting XAMPP

Question

I am new in Ubuntu, I installed XAMPP in my Ubuntu 10.04. When I start XAMPP it says MySQL couldn\'t start.

Here is my terminal ouput:

$ sudo /opt/lampp/         


        

Answer 1

Just remove the version where the MySQL is not started with the command rm -rf /opt/lampp and the command:

tar xvfz xampp-linux-1.8.1.tar.gz -C /opt

Replace xampp-linux-1.8.1.tar.gz with your file name. After restarting your lampp, it will work fine.