XAMPP 1.8.2-2 Apache Web Server won't start, always stops immediately

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Onovar picture Onovar · Nov 5, 2013 · Viewed 42.9k times · Source

I'm running XAMPP 1.8.2-2 on my mac (OS X 10.9) and the Apache Web server won't start. It always get the status starting up.. or stopped. (never a green light.) I already tried to change the port to 8080 or 8888 but it still won't run.

Can someone please help me? I show some images below to give you a better view.

XAMPP apache web server won't start XAMPP apache web server starting without succes XAMPP apache web server configure port doesn't help

Thank you!

(I saw related questions but couldn't find an answer related to the mac os)

Answer

Gabbyboy picture Gabbyboy · Dec 3, 2013

I had the same problem and I solved doing this:

open Terminal and enter this command:

sudo apachectl stop

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