Lanzar Xampp en Ubuntu 12.10 64bit

Xampp no está soportado para sistemas 64bit, esta solución es valida tanto para Ubuntu como en Debian, el paquete existe en los dos sistemas.

Sin la configuración correcta cuando lanzamos xampp obtendremos el siguiente error.

sudo /opt/lampp/lampp start
XAMPP is currently only availably as 32 bit application. Please use a 32 bit compatibility library for your system.

 Para solucionar esto, simplemente tenemos que instalar el paquete ia32-libs. Tanto para Debian 6 como para Ubuntu 12.10 utilizaremos el mismo comando, pero en el caso de Debian antes tendremos que identificarnos como root (utilizando el comando "su") y prescindiremos de sudo.

sudo apt-get install ia32-libs
Leyendo lista de paquetes... Hecho
Creando árbol de dependencias      
Leyendo la información de estado... Hecho
Se instalarán los siguientes paquetes extras:
  bluez-alsa:i386 esound-common gcc-4.7-base:i386 glib-networking:i386 gstreamer0.10-plugins-base:i386
  gstreamer0.10-plugins-good:i386 gstreamer0.10-x:i386 gtk2-engines:i386 gtk2-engines-murrine:i386
  gtk2-engines-oxygen:i386 gtk2-engines-pixbuf:i386 gvfs:i386 gvfs-libs:i386 ia32-libs-multiarch:i386
  ibus-gtk:i386 libaa1:i386 libacl1:i386 libaio1:i386 libao-common libao4:i386 libasn1-8-heimdal:i386
  libasound2:i386 libasound2-plugins:i386 libasyncns0:i386 libatk1.0-0:i386 libattr1:i386 libaudio2:i386
  libaudiofile1:i386 libavahi-client3:i386 libavahi-common-data:i386 libavahi-common3:i386 libavc1394-0:i386
  libbz2-1.0:i386 libc6:i386 libcaca0:i386 libcairo-gobject2:i386 libcairo2:i386 libcanberra-gtk-module:i386
  libcanberra-gtk0:i386 libcanberra0:i386 libcap2:i386 libcapi20-3:i386 libcdparanoia0:i386 libcomerr2:i386
  libcroco3:i386 libcups2:i386 libcupsimage2:i386 libcurl3:i386 libdatrie1:i386 libdb5.1:i386 libdbus-1-3:i386
  libdbus-glib-1-2:i386 libdrm-intel1:i386 libdrm-nouveau2:i386 libdrm-radeon1:i386 libdrm2:i386 libdv4:i386
  libesd0:i386 libexif12:i386 libexpat1:i386 libffi6:i386 libflac8:i386 libfontconfig1:i386 libfreetype6:i386
  libgail-common:i386 libgail18:i386 libgcc1:i386 libgconf-2-4:i386 libgcrypt11:i386 libgd2-xpm:i386 libgdbm3:i386
  libgdk-pixbuf2.0-0:i386 libgettextpo0:i386 libgl1-mesa-dri:i386 libgl1-mesa-glx:i386 libglapi-mesa:i386
  libglib2.0-0:i386 libglu1-mesa:i386 libgnome-keyring0:i386 libgnutls26:i386 libgpg-error0:i386 libgphoto2-2:i386
  libgphoto2-port0:i386 libgpm2:i386 libgssapi-krb5-2:i386 libgssapi3-heimdal:i386
  libgstreamer-plugins-base0.10-0:i386 libgstreamer0.10-0:i386 libgtk2.0-0:i386 libgudev-1.0-0:i386
  libhcrypto4-heimdal:i386 libheimbase1-heimdal:i386 libheimntlm0-heimdal:i386 libhx509-5-heimdal:i386
  libibus-1.0-0:i386 libice6:i386 libidn11:i386 libiec61883-0:i386 libieee1284-3:i386 libjack-jackd2-0:i386
  libjasper1:i386 libjbig0:i386 libjpeg-turbo8:i386 libjpeg8:i386 libjson0:i386 libk5crypto3:i386
  libkeyutils1:i386 libkrb5-26-heimdal:i386 libkrb5-3:i386 libkrb5support0:i386 liblcms1:i386 libldap-2.4-2:i386
  libllvm3.1:i386 libltdl7:i386 liblzma5:i386 libmad0:i386 libmikmod2:i386 libmng1:i386 libmpg123-0:i386
  libmysqlclient18:i386 libncurses5:i386 libncursesw5:i386 libnspr4:i386 libnss3:i386 libodbc1:i386 libogg0:i386
  libopenal1:i386 liborc-0.4-0:i386 libp11-kit0:i386 libpango1.0-0:i386 libpciaccess0:i386 libpcre3:i386
  libpixman-1-0:i386 libpng12-0:i386 libproxy1:i386 libpulse-mainloop-glib0:i386 libpulse0:i386 libpulsedsp:i386
  libqt4-dbus:i386 libqt4-declarative:i386 libqt4-designer:i386 libqt4-network:i386 libqt4-opengl:i386
  libqt4-qt3support:i386 libqt4-script:i386 libqt4-scripttools:i386 libqt4-sql:i386 libqt4-sql-mysql:i386
  libqt4-svg:i386 libqt4-test:i386 libqt4-xml:i386 libqt4-xmlpatterns:i386 libqtcore4:i386 libqtgui4:i386
  libqtwebkit4:i386 libraw1394-11:i386 libroken18-heimdal:i386 librsvg2-2:i386 librsvg2-common:i386 librtmp0:i386
  libsamplerate0:i386 libsane:i386 libsasl2-2:i386 libsasl2-modules:i386 libsdl-image1.2:i386 libsdl-mixer1.2:i386
  libsdl-net1.2:i386 libsdl-ttf2.0-0:i386 libsdl1.2debian:i386 libselinux1:i386 libshout3:i386 libslang2:i386
  libsm6:i386 libsndfile1:i386 libsoup-gnome2.4-1:i386 libsoup2.4-1:i386 libspeex1:i386 libspeexdsp1:i386
  libsqlite3-0:i386 libssl0.9.8:i386 libssl1.0.0:i386 libstdc++5:i386 libstdc++6:i386 libtag1-vanilla:i386
  libtag1c2a:i386 libtasn1-3:i386 libtdb1:i386 libthai0:i386 libtheora0:i386 libtiff5:i386 libtinfo5:i386
  libtxc-dxtn-s2tc0:i386 libudev0:i386 libunistring0:i386 libusb-0.1-4:i386 libusb-1.0-0:i386 libuuid1:i386
  libv4l-0:i386 libv4lconvert0:i386 libvisual-0.4-0:i386 libvisual-0.4-plugins:i386 libvorbis0a:i386
  libvorbisenc2:i386 libvorbisfile3:i386 libwavpack1:i386 libwebp2:i386 libwind0-heimdal:i386 libwrap0:i386
  libx11-6:i386 libx11-xcb1:i386 libxau6:i386 libxaw7:i386 libxcb-glx0:i386 libxcb-render0:i386 libxcb-shm0:i386
  libxcb1:i386 libxcomposite1:i386 libxcursor1:i386 libxdamage1:i386 libxdmcp6:i386 libxext6:i386 libxfixes3:i386
  libxft2:i386 libxi6:i386 libxinerama1:i386 libxml2:i386 libxmu6:i386 libxp6:i386 libxpm4:i386 libxrandr2:i386
  libxrender1:i386 libxslt1.1:i386 libxss1:i386 libxt6:i386 libxtst6:i386 libxv1:i386 libxxf86vm1:i386
  mysql-common odbcinst1debian2:i386 xaw3dg:i386 zlib1g:i386
Paquetes sugeridos:
  murrine-themes:i386 kde-config-gtk-style:i386 libpam-ldap:i386 libpam-winbind:i386 libnss-ldap:i386
  libroar1:i386 libsndio0:i386 roaraudio-server:i386 libasound2-python:i386 nas:i386 glibc-doc:i386 locales:i386
  libcanberra-pulse:i386 libdv-bin:i386 oss-compat:i386 pulseaudio-esound-compat:i386 rng-tools:i386
  libgd-tools:i386 libglide3:i386 gnome-keyring:i386 gnutls-bin:i386 gphoto2:i386 gtkam:i386 gpm:i386
  krb5-doc:i386 krb5-user:i386 gstreamer-codec-install:i386 gnome-codec-install:i386 gstreamer0.10-tools:i386
  jackd2:i386 libjasper-runtime:i386 liblcms-utils:i386 libmyodbc:i386 odbc-postgresql:i386 tdsodbc:i386
  unixodbc-bin:i386 libportaudio2:i386 libroar-compat2:i386 ttf-baekmuk:i386 ttf-arphic-gbsn00lp:i386
  ttf-arphic-bsmi00lp:i386 ttf-arphic-gkai00mp:i386 ttf-arphic-bkai00mp:i386
  libqt4-declarative-folderlistmodel:i386 libqt4-declarative-gestures:i386 libqt4-declarative-particles:i386
  libqt4-declarative-shaders:i386 qt4-qmlviewer:i386 libqt4-dev:i386 libicu48:i386 qt4-qtconfig:i386
  libraw1394-doc:i386 librsvg2-bin:i386 hpoj:i386 hplip:i386 libsane-extras:i386 sane-utils:i386
  libsasl2-modules-otp:i386 libsasl2-modules-ldap:i386 libsasl2-modules-sql:i386 libsasl2-modules-gssapi-mit:i386
  libsasl2-modules-gssapi-heimdal:i386 speex:i386
Paquetes recomendados:
  xml-core:i386
Se instalarán los siguientes paquetes NUEVOS:
  bluez-alsa:i386 esound-common gcc-4.7-base:i386 glib-networking:i386 gstreamer0.10-plugins-base:i386
  gstreamer0.10-plugins-good:i386 gstreamer0.10-x:i386 gtk2-engines:i386 gtk2-engines-murrine:i386
  gtk2-engines-oxygen:i386 gtk2-engines-pixbuf:i386 gvfs:i386 gvfs-libs:i386 ia32-libs ia32-libs-multiarch:i386
  ibus-gtk:i386 libaa1:i386 libacl1:i386 libaio1:i386 libao-common libao4:i386 libasn1-8-heimdal:i386
  libasound2:i386 libasound2-plugins:i386 libasyncns0:i386 libatk1.0-0:i386 libattr1:i386 libaudio2:i386
  libaudiofile1:i386 libavahi-client3:i386 libavahi-common-data:i386 libavahi-common3:i386 libavc1394-0:i386
  libbz2-1.0:i386 libc6:i386 libcaca0:i386 libcairo-gobject2:i386 libcairo2:i386 libcanberra-gtk-module:i386
  libcanberra-gtk0:i386 libcanberra0:i386 libcap2:i386 libcapi20-3:i386 libcdparanoia0:i386 libcomerr2:i386
  libcroco3:i386 libcups2:i386 libcupsimage2:i386 libcurl3:i386 libdatrie1:i386 libdb5.1:i386 libdbus-1-3:i386
  libdbus-glib-1-2:i386 libdrm-intel1:i386 libdrm-nouveau2:i386 libdrm-radeon1:i386 libdrm2:i386 libdv4:i386
  libesd0:i386 libexif12:i386 libexpat1:i386 libffi6:i386 libflac8:i386 libfontconfig1:i386 libfreetype6:i386
  libgail-common:i386 libgail18:i386 libgcc1:i386 libgconf-2-4:i386 libgcrypt11:i386 libgd2-xpm:i386 libgdbm3:i386
  libgdk-pixbuf2.0-0:i386 libgettextpo0:i386 libgl1-mesa-dri:i386 libgl1-mesa-glx:i386 libglapi-mesa:i386
  libglib2.0-0:i386 libglu1-mesa:i386 libgnome-keyring0:i386 libgnutls26:i386 libgpg-error0:i386 libgphoto2-2:i386
  libgphoto2-port0:i386 libgpm2:i386 libgssapi-krb5-2:i386 libgssapi3-heimdal:i386
  libgstreamer-plugins-base0.10-0:i386 libgstreamer0.10-0:i386 libgtk2.0-0:i386 libgudev-1.0-0:i386
  libhcrypto4-heimdal:i386 libheimbase1-heimdal:i386 libheimntlm0-heimdal:i386 libhx509-5-heimdal:i386
  libibus-1.0-0:i386 libice6:i386 libidn11:i386 libiec61883-0:i386 libieee1284-3:i386 libjack-jackd2-0:i386
  libjasper1:i386 libjbig0:i386 libjpeg-turbo8:i386 libjpeg8:i386 libjson0:i386 libk5crypto3:i386
  libkeyutils1:i386 libkrb5-26-heimdal:i386 libkrb5-3:i386 libkrb5support0:i386 liblcms1:i386 libldap-2.4-2:i386
  libllvm3.1:i386 libltdl7:i386 liblzma5:i386 libmad0:i386 libmikmod2:i386 libmng1:i386 libmpg123-0:i386
  libmysqlclient18:i386 libncurses5:i386 libncursesw5:i386 libnspr4:i386 libnss3:i386 libodbc1:i386 libogg0:i386
  libopenal1:i386 liborc-0.4-0:i386 libp11-kit0:i386 libpango1.0-0:i386 libpciaccess0:i386 libpcre3:i386
  libpixman-1-0:i386 libpng12-0:i386 libproxy1:i386 libpulse-mainloop-glib0:i386 libpulse0:i386 libpulsedsp:i386
  libqt4-dbus:i386 libqt4-declarative:i386 libqt4-designer:i386 libqt4-network:i386 libqt4-opengl:i386
  libqt4-qt3support:i386 libqt4-script:i386 libqt4-scripttools:i386 libqt4-sql:i386 libqt4-sql-mysql:i386
  libqt4-svg:i386 libqt4-test:i386 libqt4-xml:i386 libqt4-xmlpatterns:i386 libqtcore4:i386 libqtgui4:i386
  libqtwebkit4:i386 libraw1394-11:i386 libroken18-heimdal:i386 librsvg2-2:i386 librsvg2-common:i386 librtmp0:i386
  libsamplerate0:i386 libsane:i386 libsasl2-2:i386 libsasl2-modules:i386 libsdl-image1.2:i386 libsdl-mixer1.2:i386
  libsdl-net1.2:i386 libsdl-ttf2.0-0:i386 libsdl1.2debian:i386 libselinux1:i386 libshout3:i386 libslang2:i386
  libsm6:i386 libsndfile1:i386 libsoup-gnome2.4-1:i386 libsoup2.4-1:i386 libspeex1:i386 libspeexdsp1:i386
  libsqlite3-0:i386 libssl0.9.8:i386 libssl1.0.0:i386 libstdc++5:i386 libstdc++6:i386 libtag1-vanilla:i386
  libtag1c2a:i386 libtasn1-3:i386 libtdb1:i386 libthai0:i386 libtheora0:i386 libtiff5:i386 libtinfo5:i386
  libtxc-dxtn-s2tc0:i386 libudev0:i386 libunistring0:i386 libusb-0.1-4:i386 libusb-1.0-0:i386 libuuid1:i386
  libv4l-0:i386 libv4lconvert0:i386 libvisual-0.4-0:i386 libvisual-0.4-plugins:i386 libvorbis0a:i386
  libvorbisenc2:i386 libvorbisfile3:i386 libwavpack1:i386 libwebp2:i386 libwind0-heimdal:i386 libwrap0:i386
  libx11-6:i386 libx11-xcb1:i386 libxau6:i386 libxaw7:i386 libxcb-glx0:i386 libxcb-render0:i386 libxcb-shm0:i386
  libxcb1:i386 libxcomposite1:i386 libxcursor1:i386 libxdamage1:i386 libxdmcp6:i386 libxext6:i386 libxfixes3:i386
  libxft2:i386 libxi6:i386 libxinerama1:i386 libxml2:i386 libxmu6:i386 libxp6:i386 libxpm4:i386 libxrandr2:i386
  libxrender1:i386 libxslt1.1:i386 libxss1:i386 libxt6:i386 libxtst6:i386 libxv1:i386 libxxf86vm1:i386
  mysql-common odbcinst1debian2:i386 xaw3dg:i386 zlib1g:i386
0 actualizados, 242 se instalarán, 0 para eliminar y 0 no actualizados.
Se necesita descargar 76,9 MB de archivos.
Se utilizarán 260 MB de espacio de disco adicional después de esta operación.
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Después de descargar 77MB e instalar todos los paquetes correctamente. Volvemos a lanzar xampp.

sudo /opt/lampp/lampp start
Starting XAMPP for Linux 1.8.1...
XAMPP: Starting Apache with SSL (and PHP5)...
XAMPP: Starting MySQL...
XAMPP: Starting ProFTPD...
XAMPP for Linux started.

Y podrás acceder desde tu navegador a http://localhost/ para ver en funcionamiento xampp bajo tu linux 64bit.

Recomiendo el articulo Aplicaciones x86 en AMD64 de guía Ubuntu.