Xampp is only a distribution, Bitnami does not develop the tools (neither Apache etc., nor the browsers). That is a contradiction which cannot be solved. On the other hand, it is a restriction of your distribution that the browsers *must not* run as root. The Xampp GUi *must* run as root, as Apache and MySQL *must* be started as root. August 2023 21:10 XAMPP version: 8.2.4 Operating System: Linux Mint 20 Cinnamon 4.6.7

It would be nice if xampp would address this issue seriously, considering so many of us are struggling on the same subject. I have a screenshot to upload but it seems there is no direct way of uploading it here to the forum. I looked in ALL of them! Furthermore, I could not find a single bit of info on just WHERE that directive is. My first solution was to find the directive that is given to xampp in the config files, to use firefox as the default and switch it, but could not find it in nfig, or any of the other config files. FOURTH BUT NOT LEAST, there are countless of people out here trying to figure this out and it seems nobody is getting anywhere! I read dozens of posts on the matter. Especially when you read that running firefox as a root is a known bug (). Third, I would try to run as a normal user as others suggested but it seems they got nowhere with that approach. Second, I switched Chrome as my default and rebooted the system to only get the same error (As many posts on the subject suggested). First, I am not trying to run firefox as a root, XAMPP IS. However, when I click 'Go To Application', I get the following error:Ĭode: Select all Running Firefox as root in a regular user's session is not supported.Ī few things to say here. manager-linux-圆4.run I get the startup interface. When I run xampp from the terminal, everything is fine no errors. I have 1 user account set to Administrator. I just installed xampp 8.2.4 successfully. Paste this inside of the file, save it, and close it: Įxec=sudo /opt/lampp/manager-linux-圆4.I recently installed Linux Mint 20 Cinnamon 4.6.7 and also updated. (follow the installation steps to finish it you may close it after that)Ĭreate a desktop icon for it: $ sudo touch /usr/share/applications/sktop Run the following commands to install and run it: $ cd /tmp

Now suppose that you want to edit code of sol.desktop run the following command: sudo gedit /usr/share/applications/sol.desktopĪs Singh already gave a really good and well explained answer, here it is a short summary on how to add an entry to the Desktop (app) + how to download and install XAMPP! 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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