If there is already of shortcut of XAMPP present in this folder then you can also edit its code instead of creating new file, by knowing its name as shown below: Now go to /usr/share/applications and check if the entry is created or not: Put the following text in /usr/share/applications/sktop: So you have to create file of shortcut in its directory. Run the following command to confirm if it is installed, and it will install it if it isn't already: sudo apt-get install gksuĪll the shortcuts are present in applications folder. In this post I explained how shortcuts actually worksįirstly gksu should be installed in Ubuntu. xampp-linux-圆4-5.6.nĬheck if the following command runs or not: sudo /opt/lampp/lampp startĪlso check in this way if it works or not: Search `xampp-linux-圆4-5.6.n` in Google and download it. Check mine and compare.Ĭopy paste below commands in terminal and hit enter button. I have checked your directory it is correct, but some folders of xampp are missing. It will not create icon on desktop, it will create a entry in applications search as shown in the screenshot. Now check applications, its icon has been created. Run following command in terminal: sudo apt-get update Note: For 32 bit xampp type 'n' at place of 'manager-linux-圆4.run' (You are using 64 bit system so there is no need to change anything, simply do copy paste) Įxec=gksudo /opt/lampp/manager-linux-圆4.run Then, run: gksu gedit /usr/share/applications/sktop

First of all you need to install gksu with the following command: sudo apt-get install gksu

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