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Posted by Xin Yi Kok
Xin Yi Kok
4,509 Points

Couldn't run Apache and MySQL, click start, they show starting... but they stopped afterwards.

My version is 5.6.24-1. When I opened up the app, it does looks different from the video as it is due to different version. I clicked on manage servers, start apache and mySql, first they are starting.. then they stopped. Tried several times. It's the same. What's went wrong?

1 Answer

Jonathan Grieve
MOD
Jonathan Grieve
Treehouse Moderator 91,253 Points
Jonathan Grieve
Jonathan Grieve
Treehouse Moderator 91,253 Points

Have you recently installed an application that's using up the default ports? The application will stop if that's the case. Yu may be able to resolve this by closing any application that' using localhost ports.

Xin Yi Kok
Xin Yi Kok
4,509 Points

Thanks Jonathan!