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HOW TO: add xampp launch icon to ubuntu 18
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  1. Go to terminal and create the icon file :
gedit ~/.local/share/applications/xampp-control-panel.desktop
  1. Add the following to it :
[Desktop Entry]
 Encoding=UTF-8
 Name=XAMPP Control Panel
 Comment=Start and Stop XAMPP
 Exec=sudo /opt/lampp/manager-linux-x64.run
 Icon=/opt/lampp/htdocs/favicon.ico
 Categories=Application
 Type=Application
 Terminal=true

  1. Save the file and close it.

  2. Make it executable :

chmod +x ~/.local/share/applications/xampp-control-panel.desktop

Now the icon is available within your applications list

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