Install Xampp on Ubuntu 11.04
XAMPP is a web server that is used to develop applications in PHP, with connection to a SQL database (LAMPP = Linux + Apache + MySQL + PHP + Perl)
Installing an Apache web server is not easy for newcomers and is even more complicated if it is required to add MySQL, PHP and Perl.
XAMPP is an easy to install and use Apache distribution that contains MySQL, PHP and Perl. It’s really simple to install and use, but keep in mind that it is not intended for use in production (explained at the bottom of the article).
It is also a multiplatform GNU project, currently distribute for: Linux, Windows, Mac OS X and Solaris.