Installing Xampp on Ubuntu 12.04 Server 64 bit

1. Download xampp wget: 

http://www.apachefriends.org/download.php?xampp-linux-1.8.1.tar.gz

2. Unzip
tar xvfz xampp-linux-1.8.1.tar.gz -C /opt

3. Update available packages
apt-get update

4. Install 32 bit libraries
sudo apt-get install ia32-libs

5. Open browser and see xampp splash page

http://localhost

6. Change permission
chmod 777 -R /opt/lampp/htdocs/

Source: http://www.apachefriends.org/en/xampp-linux.html#374