How to start XAMPP from a shortcut

gnome shortcuts xampp

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Follow this link.

https://junise.wordpress.com/2017/07/23/xampp-in-ubuntu-desktop-shortcut-launcher-entry-home-folder-shortcut-inside-htdocs/

Change this sentence:

Exec=sudo /opt/lampp/manager-linux-x64.run

And add:

Terminal=true

at the end of .desktop file.

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Leonardo Petrucci

Updated on September 18, 2022

Comments

Leonardo Petrucci over 1 year
I've had Xampp installed on my machine for a while but I have yet to figure out how to start the GUI from a shortcut.

At the moment I am launching
```
sudo /opt/lampp/manager-linux-x64.run
```
From the terminal every time I want to start it, but it's pretty annoying to have to go through the terminal for this every single time.

I have already tried pasting that command in a shortcut and when I try to start it nothing happens. Here's how my shortcut looks:

Any idea how I can get this to work?
- DaveStSomeWhere about 5 years
  
  Do you get a launcher icon after you start it? Also, any special reason for using camp vs the native lamp?
- Leonardo Petrucci about 5 years
  
  No launcher icon. I am more comfortable with xampp than the other options, also I tried installing lamp and it uninstalled gnome rendering my laptop unusable.
- DaveStSomeWhere about 5 years
  
  Maybe this solution would work - ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=2324973
- Leonardo Petrucci about 5 years
  
  The gksu package has been removed from ubuntu so there's no way to use it.
Leonardo Petrucci almost 5 years

I'm sure this didn't work a few months ago, but now it does! Thank you!
Chester mi niño almost 5 years

nothing, I had same problem.
Deepam Gupta about 4 years

nice solution, but is there a way so that once we have entered the password, the terminal window should close automatically
Goran_Ilic_Ilke about 4 years

Whithout terminal=true works perfect,no unessesery opening terminal when we click on icon(Ubuntu 18.04) .