ozstar - 12:10 am on May 11, 2010 (gmt 0)

Thanks for the info and help.

Yes I first installed Apache etc in the MEPIS distro then once that was up and running, downloaded from xampp.

It all works okay but as I am used to cpanel on my shared host's servers, Webmin was suggested. I am slowly getting into command line stuff like I did 35 years ago when I started with computers, however it's hard to reach an old dog new tricks as they say! :-)

Mepis does not have a gui for start/stop so tried the ubuntu one however I can't get it to work. I have to change the code paths in the text as it asks to be saved in a dir that does not seem to exist in the Mepis distro and not sure what to change it to.

This is the text..

If I can't get it to work, I think I may start again with ubuntu as that one seems to ahve more help and more apps.

Many thanks,

oz
:-)



To use the sweet gtk/python control panel:

Run in a terminal:
Code:

Kwrite ~/.local/share/applications/xampp-control-panel.desktop

Paste the following into the open file and save and exit.
Code:

[Desktop Entry]
Comment=Start/Stop XAMPP
Name=XAMPP Control Panel
Exec=gksudo "python /opt/lampp/share/xampp-control-panel/xampp-control-panel.py"
Icon[en_CA]=/usr/share/icons/Tango/scalable/devices/network-wired.svg
Encoding=UTF-8
Terminal=false
Name[en_CA]=XAMPP Control Panel
Comment[en_CA]=Start/Stop XAMPP
Type=Application
Icon=/usr/share/icons/Tango/scalable/devices/network-wired.svg

"XAMPP Control Panel" will show up in your applications menu under Internet. Use the Alacarte Menu Editor to move it around.