HOWTO: Setup easy web development environment (XAMPP)

[calydon]

update: I figured out I needed to manually create the applications folder. I'm not used to being unable to see hidden folders.

However XAMPP is not showing up under 'internet' in my applications folder. How do I reach the GUI control panel?


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I'm trying to install the GUI control panel but when I try to create the .dekstop file I get an error.

To use the sweet gtk/python control panel:

Run in a terminal

gedit ~/.local/share/applications/xampp-control-panel.desktop

The error is: "Could not find the file /home/cal/.local/a...mpp-control-panel.desktop"

It's saying it can't find the file it's trying to save??