I can't start Xampp on ubuntu 13.04

Solution 1:

Try this:

Just press Ctrl+Alt+T on your keyboard to open Terminal. When it opens, run the command(s) below:

sudo /etc/init.d/apache2 stop
sudo /etc/init.d/mysql stop
sudo /etc/init.d/proftpd stop
sudo /opt/lampp/lampp start

Solution 2:

You've already got a web server running on port 80. I see three viable choices:

1. Move XAMPP's version of Apache to a different port
2. Move whatever httpd is running on port 80 to another port (or remove it)
3. Just install lamp-server^ (a real production stack) and stop messing around with XAMPP (which is really just a toy for Windows developers)