'Error starting "XAMPP" stack: cannot calculate MAC address: signal killed

I recently installed XAMPP-VM on my Mac. I am encountering a problem whenever I click Start in the General tab. Log tab shows that...

INFO: Starting "XAMPP" stack

ERROR: Error starting "XAMPP" stack: cannot calculate MAC address: signal: killed

As an individual who is not knowledgeable of such error, could someone explain what this error means and how to fix it? General TabError encounterLog Tab

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Solution 1:[1]

I had the same problem and fixed it.

You have to close xampp, then type on your terminal:

rm -rf ~/.bitnami/stackman

And open xampp again.

Hope it works for you :) .

Solution 2:[2]

Make sure you have these requirements to use XAMPP-VM platform:

  • OS X 10.10.3 Yosemite or later
  • a 2010 or later Mac (i.e. a CPU that supports EPT)

UPDATE:

Unfortunately you can not use XAMPP-VM if you don't have this requirements but you can use the regular OS X native installer available at https://www.apachefriends.org/download.html

Solution 3:[3]

For people using Apple silicon chips, using installer.dmg instead of vm.dmg works.

For example, I used the following link for version 8.4.1: https://sourceforge.net/projects/xampp/files/XAMPP%20Mac%20OS%20X/8.1.4/xampp-osx-8.1.4-0-installer.dmg/download

Solution 4:[4]

Hitting the same error. However, I pressed start after a while it works. lol...

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Running Mac OS 10.12.6 (16G29) and XAMPP 7.2.0

Solution 5:[5]

Anyone is still facing the issue of macOS Big Sur. Below I have attached few commands please follow the same.

Important: Make sure to take the backup of the working projects manually.

#create a backup of your contents inside htdocs

cp -rp ~/.bitnami ~/.bitnami.back

#note: this command enters tmp folder if you are in Users/ directory

cd ../../tmp

#installs hyper kit

curl -LJO "https://downloads.bitnami.com/files/hyperkit/hyperkit-testing-20210430"

#Check the hash

md5 /tmp/hyperkit-testing-20210430

#move the hyper kit

mv /tmp/hyperkit-testing-20210430 ~/.bitnami/stackman/helpers/hyperkit

#give permission for hyper kit

chmod +x ~/.bitnami/stackman/helpers/hyperkit

Also I have attached the video link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FfQHNQTj28c

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Solution 1 Javier Carrión Ramos
Solution 2 myst1c
Solution 3 saravana priyan
Solution 4 Community
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