how to load xampp graphical UI?

Solution 1:

I believe that you want to add a GUI xampp control panel. To add a GUI xampp control panel see below.

Just press Ctrl+Alt+T on your keyboard to open Terminal. When it opens, run the command(s) below:

sudo gedit ~/.local/share/applications/xampp-control-panel.desktop

When the text editor opens simply paste the following, close and save.

[Desktop Entry]
Comment=Start and Stop XAMPP
Name=XAMPP Control Panel
Exec=sudo -i python /opt/lampp/share/xampp-control-panel/xampp-control-panel.py
Icon=/usr/share/icons/Humanity/devices/24/network-wired.svg
Encoding=UTF-8
Terminal=false
Name=XAMPP Control Panel
Comment=Start and Stop XAMPP
Type=Application
Icon=/usr/share/icons/Humanity/devices/24/network-wired.svg

If you have a problem with executing the program, install gksu, and in the forth line, replace sudo -i with gksudo. Below is how to install gksu if not installed, since it has been removed from 13.04.

sudo apt-get install gksu

Look for xampp control panel in dash

Solution 2:

I found this article very effective on few systems and it is very simple too :

Xampp has a small python script that creates the GUI we need for controlling the Server

sudo /opt/lampp/share/xampp-control-panel/xampp-control-panel.py

By running the above command, you can see the following small application

you will need the python-glade package to run the above command. If you donot have it , install python-glade use the following command

sudo apt-get install python-glade2

let us create a desktop shortcut for this

[Desktop Entry]
Encoding=UTF-8
Name=Xampp Control Panel
Comment=Start or Stop XAMPP
Exec=gksudo python /opt/lampp/share/xampp-control-panel/xampp-control-panel.py
Icon=/opt/lampp/htdocs/favicon.ico
Categories=Application;Development;Web
Version=1.0
Type=Application
Terminal=0

Create a new file named xampp.desktop place the above contents in it and save it. Change the file permissions so that it can execute.

sudo chmod +x xampp.desktop

double-click that file, Xampp control panel will open…

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