Install, Setup and Configure CGI and Perl in Windows XP

Friday, May 8th, 2009 738 views

Obvioulsy, a web server needs to be running on the Windows machine. Refer to this post for instructions on how to install Apache2 in Windows. Download ActivePerl from http://www.activestate.com/Products/ActivePerl/?mp=1. Click on Free Download to start the download process. There is no need to input any contact info. Just leave it blank and press ‘Next’ to [...]

WordPress Permalinks Does Not Work in xampp Setup

Friday, May 8th, 2009 207 views

xampp provides a convenient way to quickly and easily install and setup a web server that works without much configuration. However, permalinks feature won’t work with the default installation of xampp, even though you can properly customize the permalinks structure to create the .htaccess file. When you click on any permalinks, your WordPress blog will [...]

How to Set Up Web Server with XAMPP

Friday, May 8th, 2009 179 views

If you want to install and set up a dynamic web server with Apache, a lot of applications such as Apache web server, mySQL database, PHP and Perl scripting language, and not to mention important extensions and tools to manage the web server’s applications. It’s not a easy and simple task. But luckily, there is [...]

How to Enable MySQL InnoDB Storage Engine Support in XAMPP Installation

Friday, May 8th, 2009 172 views

XAMPP from Apache Friends is a collection of free open source apps that make it easy to install Apache distribution containing MySQL, PHP and Perl. There are four XAMPP distributions for Windows, Linux, Mac OS X and Solaris. To set up an Apache web server with XAMPP, simply download and extract XAMPP, and the Apache [...]