Unable to find how to launch XAMPP once I reboot or quit it

[Yesideez]

I've got XAMPP installed onto two machines.

 

This (my primary machine) is running Manjaro and my laptop behind me is running Mint.

 

I've rebooted my laptop and I can no longer find any application in the launch menu (Start menu on Windows) called LAMPP or XAMPP. Tried typing LA and XA and get nothing returned. How do I launch it please?

[Danishhafeez]

If you've installed XAMPP on your Mint machine, it should be accessible through the terminal. You can launch it by opening a terminal window and typing:

sudo /opt/lampp/lampp start

This command will start the XAMPP services. If you want to stop XAMPP, you can use:

sudo /opt/lampp/lampp stop

If you prefer a graphical interface, you can create a desktop shortcut for XAMPP. To do this, follow these steps:

• Right-click on your desktop and select "Create a new launcher here" or similar.
• In the command field, enter /opt/lampp/manager-linux-x64.run if you're using a 64-bit system, or /opt/lampp/manager-linux.run if you're using a 32-bit system.
• Give the launcher a name, such as "XAMPP Control Panel."
• Save the launcher.

i hope Now you should be able to launch XAMPP from your desktop

Best Regard

Danish hafeez | QA Assistant

ICTInnovations

[gizmola]

On 4/24/2024 at 2:30 PM, Yesideez said:

I've got XAMPP installed onto two machines.

 

This (my primary machine) is running Manjaro and my laptop behind me is running Mint.

 

I've rebooted my laptop and I can no longer find any application in the launch menu (Start menu on Windows) called LAMPP or XAMPP. Tried typing LA and XA and get nothing returned. How do I launch it please?

I'm confused.  You have 2 workstations both running linux, and you can't find where xampp is in the windows start menu?  

Personally, I don't understand why you would use xampp under Linux, when it's easy enough (and just better all around) to install the components you want using the distro package manager.  Xampp for linux is a poor substitute for that, for a variety of reasons.

Furthermore, when you can easily use docker and any of the many docker projects that will easily orchestrate the docker containers for the same components.  

Laradock and Devilbox are two projects that have been around for a long time, either of which makes it easy to get a docker based lamp stack up and running, with many commonly used components and toolchains that can be added in.

Last but not least, linux has the old "which" and "whereis" commands available you can use to find out where programs exist (httpd, php, mysql, etc).  This combined with a search of /etc will usually show you where things are, and what configuration files are being used.