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XAMPP 7.2.8-0 Mac Apache web server update/install won't start anymore

I am running MacOS Sierra Version 10.12.6 and I have just tried to upgrade to the latest version of XAMPP on localhost.

I have just upgraded from XAMPP 7.1.10 to 7.2.8-0 by performing an install of the xampp-osx-7.2.8-0-installer.dmg file.

It appears now that I am getting a conflict between AVAST running on port 80

The system was working before running both AVAST and XAMPP 7.1.10 I assume on the default port of 80 but I did not check before the upgrade to 7.2.8

Disabling the AVAST Shields still resulted in processes on port 80 

colins-iMac:phpmyadmin colinhart$ sudo lsof -i :80
Password:
COMMAND     PID USER   FD   TYPE             DEVICE SIZE/OFF NODE NAME
com.avast 29044 root   46u  IPv4 0xf605aed3cc5db167      0t0  TCP colins-imac:61319->host213-123-242-66.in-addr.btopenworld.com:http (ESTABLISHED)
com.avast 29044 root   57u  IPv4 0xf605aed3d4de9a5f      0t0  TCP colins-imac:61274->64.95.190.66:http (ESTA

and XAMPP also running on Port 80 by default, I have tried changing the port for XAMPP to an available one 80+ to no avail

I am desperate to get this working now as I am unable to develop, so any help would be much appreciated.

I will continue trying to fix the problem by reviewing answers to similar queries.

UPDATE I uninstalled AVAST and installed AVIRA, and yet the Apache Web server still stops soon after Starting

Thanks

Colin

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    The resolution to the problem having tried virtually all suggestions given by previous answers on this site, was to change the /etc/hosts file as suggested in this response

    Unable to start XAMPP Apache server on MacOS-Sierra

    To solve this :

    Executed following command

    sudo -e /etc/hosts Then, changed following entries

    127.0.0.1 localhost ::1 localhost to

    127.0.0.1 localhost MacBook-Pro.local ::1 localhost MacBook-Pro.local

    where MacBook-Pro.local is the name returned by hostname command in terminal session

    colins-iMac:~ colinhart$ hostname
colins-iMac
colins-iMac:~ colinhart$ 

in my case the name should be colins-iMac

    Many Thanks

    Colin


  2. 0

    Deleting the lib folder from XAMPP files and reinstalling worked for me

    Check this SOF answer

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