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XAMPP 8.2.12-0

Ubuntu 20.04.6 LTS
running virtualized.

Install went smoothly, brought up control panel via command line

sudo /opt/lampp/manager-linux-x64.run

When I hit "Go To Application" I get:


Running Firefox as root in a regular user's session is not supported. ($XAUTHORITY is /run/user/1000/gdm/Xauthority which is owned by barclay.)
Running Firefox as root in a regular user's session is not supported. ($XAUTHORITY is /run/user/1000/gdm/Xauthority which is owned by barclay.)
Running Firefox as root in a regular user's session is not supported. ($XAUTHORITY is /run/user/1000/gdm/Xauthority which is owned by barclay.)
/usr/bin/xdg-open: 869: iceweasel: not found
/usr/bin/xdg-open: 869: seamonkey: not found
/usr/bin/xdg-open: 869: mozilla: not found
/usr/bin/xdg-open: 869: epiphany: not found
/usr/bin/xdg-open: 869: konqueror: not found
/usr/bin/xdg-open: 869: chromium: not found
/usr/bin/xdg-open: 869: chromium-browser: not found
/usr/bin/xdg-open: 869: google-chrome: not found
/usr/bin/xdg-open: 869: www-browser: not found
/usr/bin/xdg-open: 869: links2: not found
/usr/bin/xdg-open: 869: elinks: not found
/usr/bin/xdg-open: 869: links: not found
/usr/bin/xdg-open: 869: lynx: not found
/usr/bin/xdg-open: 869: w3m: not found
xdg-open: no method available for opening 'http://localhost:80'

As often happens, I suspect I'm getting multiple errors for one problem.
Can anyone please shed light on this?

You cannot use the GUI manager on Ubuntu (due to rights problems with Firefox).

Instead start Xampp as provided in the FAQ:

Start a terminal and enter the following commands

cd /opt/lampp
sudo ./lampp start

Finally open your browser and proceed to http://localhost. Thats it.

Before you shutdown your PC at the end of a day, again start a terminal and shutdown Xampp cleanly:

cd /opt/lampp
sudo ./lampp stop

Thanks for that information about Firefox. I found additional info in another
thread.

What would the GUI manager actually do for me? I was intrigued
by "Get Started" because that's exactly where I'm at in terms of web
development.

Do you know of a Linux distro and browser combination that will work to
implement the GUI?

Thanks for your help...

writerweb1 wrote:Do you know of a Linux distro and browser combination that will work to
implement the GUI?

No, i dont use it anyway.