Installing Xampp on Ubuntu 16.04 gives error command not found

Question

I know this seems a duplicate question but no answer I have found solves my problem. I have looked at instructions on Apache Friends but no success. I still get an error

command not found

I know the file exits in Downloads and I can double click it, the Bitnami splash screen shows, but then I get an error that 'There has been an error. This installer requires root privileges. Please become a superuser before running installer.' I have checked the properties and it is set to Run as executable and the owner is Me.

Current error message when run from inside the Downloads folder is

sudo: xampp-linux-x64-5.6.30-1-installer.run: command not found

There were 2 similar questions but no anwer was ever found. I have googled for assistance, searched Ubuntu, posted on Apache Friends but still no solution. Please can someone assist - Thankyou

Solution

Make sure to change directory to Downloads:

cd Downloads/

You need to make the file executable :

sudo chmod +x xampp-linux-x64-5.6.30-1-installer.run

Then run the file:

sudo ./xampp-linux-x64-5.6.30-1-installer.run

Comments

[LazyBolt_1998]

You can go through the instructions that has been given in this website. Before doing that enter the directory in the terminal where the installer has been downloaded has $ cd Downloads and enter into superuser mode to continue

[steeldriver]

Please edit your question to include the exact commands you are typing - not just the errors

[lewis4u]

I don't get it why do you install xampp on ubuntu. Xampp is for windows machines where you can't have a web server so easily. On Ubuntu you can simply install Nginx with php and mysql and that's it