XAMPP is an easy to install Apache distribution ...

clipped from www.apachefriends.org Many people know from their own experience that it's not easy to install an Apache web server and it gets harder if you want to add MySQL, PHP and Perl. XAMPP is an easy to install Apache distribution containing MySQL, PHP and Perl. XAMPP is really very easy to install and to use - just download, extract and start. At the moment there are four XAMPP distributions: XAMPP for Linux XAMPP for Windows XAMPP for Mac OS X XAMPP for Solaris WARNING: This version of XAMPP is still in the first steps of development. Use at you own risk! XAMPP is free of charge We don't like overpriced commercial software and XAMPP is our attempt to do something that shows free software doesn't have to be bad. Easy installation and deinstallation To install XAMPP you only need to download and extract XAMPP, that's all. There are no changes to the Windows registry (not true if you use the Windows installer version of XAMPP) and it's not necessary to edit any configuration files. It couldn't be easier!