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rated 0 times [ 2] [ 0] / answers: 1 / hits: 12504 / 3 Years ago, sun, november 14, 2021, 1:19:42

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?

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answered 3 Years ago irtuallyefu · Accepted Answer

Follow this link.

Change this sentence:

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

And add:

Terminal=true

at the end of .desktop file.