How to start XAMPP from a shortcut

Question

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?

Do you get a launcher icon after you start it? Also, any special reason for using camp vs the native lamp? — DaveStSomeWhere, Apr 02 '19 at 13:57
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. — Leonardo Petrucci, Apr 02 '19 at 15:11
Maybe this solution would work - https://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=2324973 — DaveStSomeWhere, Apr 02 '19 at 18:19
The gksu package has been removed from ubuntu so there's no way to use it. — Leonardo Petrucci, Apr 02 '19 at 18:47

score 3 · Accepted Answer · edited Jun 24 '19 at 17:24

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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.

edited Jun 24 '19 at 17:24

Kulfy

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answered Jun 24 '19 at 16:26

Chester mi niño

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I'm sure this didn't work a few months ago, but now it does! Thank you! – Leonardo Petrucci Jun 24 '19 at 18:06
nothing, I had same problem. – Chester mi niño Jun 24 '19 at 19:06
nice solution, but is there a way so that once we have entered the password, the terminal window should close automatically – Deepam Gupta Feb 12 '20 at 19:57
Whithout terminal=true works perfect,no unessesery opening terminal when we click on icon(Ubuntu 18.04) . – Goran_Ilic_Ilke Feb 25 '20 at 09:48

Pachuca · Answer 2 · 2019-06-02T12:51:33.290

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.

How to start XAMPP from a shortcut

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