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Leonardo Petrucci
Asked: 2019-04-03 05:48:52 +0800 CST

How to start XAMPP from a shortcut

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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:

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Any idea how I can get this to work?

gnome shortcuts xampp

3 Answers

  1. Best Answer

    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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  2. I'm using lampp, but this solution worked for me in ubuntu 18.04. I think it should work for you too, good luck.

    edit: You may need to modify some of the content in /usr/share/polkit-1/actions/xampp.policy for example the line that reads <annotate key="org.freedesktop.policykit.exec.path">/opt/lampp/manager-linux-x64.run</annotate>

    you should change that to reflect your path instead like this

    /opt/xampp/manager-linux-x64.run

    I don't remember if xampp installs into /opt/lampp or not, but check that your path is correct.

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  3. Create a file in /bin/lampp with vim:

    sudo vim /bin/lampp

    and insert into file :

    #!/bin/bash
sudo /opt/lampp/manager-linux-x64.run &

    and save it.

    Then you can use sudo lampp in terminal in order to start the App.

    The screenshots below show the steps that I described:

    terminal

    terminal

    terminal

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