How start lampp Server in Ubuntu | Using the Terminal | Using Desktop Launcher | Using Auto-Start XAMPP

You can start the lampp server in different ways

1. Using the Terminal
2. Using Desktop Launcher
3. Using Auto-Start XAMPP

Using the Terminal

• Step 1 - Here you have to execute this command and provide the pc password it will start the lamp server.
• Step 2 - Check it from the browser
• Open your favourite browser and goto this link http://localhost/dashboard/

edge@edge-HP-dx2310-MT-KQ861AV:~$ sudo /opt/lampp/lampp start
[sudo] password for edge:
Starting XAMPP for Linux 7.3.1-0...
XAMPP: Starting Apache.../opt/lampp/share/xampp/xampplib: line 22: netstat: command not found
/opt/lampp/share/xampp/xampplib: line 22: netstat: command not found
ok.
XAMPP: Starting MySQL.../opt/lampp/share/xampp/xampplib: line 22: netstat: command not found
ok.
XAMPP: Starting ProFTPD.../opt/lampp/share/xampp/xampplib: line 22: netstat: command not found
Ok.

Using Desktop Launcher

First you have create a desktop launcher in order to click it. 

• Step 01 - open the terminal and type
• gnome-desktop-item-edit ~/Desktop/ --create-new
• this and run it. In this case if you didn’t get the crate launcher tab then you don’t have the gnome-panel. You need to have gnome-panel to create a desktop launcher
• If you don’t have gnome-panel
• edge@edge-HP-dx2310-MT-KQ861AV:~$ gnome-desktop-item-edit ~/Desktop/ --create-new
  Command 'gnome-desktop-item-edit' not found, but can be installed with:
  sudo apt install gnome-panel

• Step 02 - install gnome-panel
• Type this in the terminal
• sudo apt install gnome-panel
• edge@edge-HP-dx2310-MT-KQ861AV:~$ sudo apt install gnome-panel
  [sudo] password for edge:
  Reading package lists... Done
  Building dependency tree       
  Reading state information... Done
  The following package was automatically installed and is no longer required:
  default-jdk-headless
• After this operation, 76.4 MB of additional disk space will be used.
  Do you want to continue? [Y/n] y
• Type y and press enter

• Step 03 - run this command
• gnome-desktop-item-edit ~/Desktop/ --create-new

• Step 04 - fill the Create Launcher
• Type - Application in Terminal
• Name - Lampp Server
• Command - sudo /opt/lampp/lampp start
• Comment - start lampp Server

• Step 05 - find this in the desktop and click it

• Step 07 - select Trust and launch

• Step 08 - submit the password and run it

It will look this after the first click 

Using Auto-Start XAMPP

 1.Copy the /opt/lampp/lampp script to the /etc/init.d directory.

• sudo cp /opt/lampp/lampp /etc/init.d
• Add or modify the following lines at the beginning of the /etc/init.d/lampp script.
• ### BEGIN INIT INFO 
• # Provides: xampp 
• # Required-Start: $remote_fs $syslog 
• # Required-Stop: $remote_fs $syslog 
• # Default-Start: 2 3 4 5 
• # Default-Stop: 0 1 6 
• # Short-Description: Start XAMPP at boot time 
• # Description: Enable services provided by XAMPP. 
• ### END INIT INFO

• Add the script to the default runlevels and enable it.
  • sudo update-rc.d -f lampp defaults 
  • sudo update-rc.d -f lampp enable

• Reboot your system and XAMPP should start automatically.

• To revert the changes, use the commands below:
  • cd /etc/init.d 
  • sudo update-rc.d -f lampp remove