easylampp/easyLAMPP

#!/bin/bash
set -e

sudotool=gksu
tmpScript=/tmp/easylampp.$RANDOM
CpanelLauncher="$HOME/.local/share/applications/XAMPP Control Panel.desktop"
HtdocsFolder="$HOME/.local/share/applications/XAMPP htdocs folder.desktop"
XAMPPtarball=`zenity --file-selection --file-filter=*.tar.gz --title="Select XAMPP for Linux tarball"`

#create new temporary script
#so we can ask user for password just once
touch $tmpScript
(cat <<'EOF'
#!/bin/bash
set -e

if [ -d /opt/lampp ]; then
	mv /opt/lampp /opt/lampp.bak.$RANDOM
	mkdir /opt/lampp && $sudotool file-roller $1 -e /opt
	chown -R $2 /opt/lampp/htdocs
else
	file-roller $1 -e /opt
	chown -R $2 /opt/lampp/htdocs
fi
EOF
) > $tmpScript
chmod +x $tmpScript

#ask user for password
#pass variable form parent script to temporay script with arguments
$sudotool --description="Installing XAMPP" $tmpScript "$XAMPPtarball" $USER

#create Htdocs & Control panel launcher
touch "$CpanelLauncher"
(cat <<'EOF'
[Desktop Entry]
Version=1.0
Type=Application
Terminal=false
Exec=gksu /opt/lampp/share/xampp-control-panel/xampp-control-panel
Name=XAMPP Control Panel
Icon=gnome-control-center
EOF
) > "$CpanelLauncher"
chmod +x "$CpanelLauncher"

touch "$HtdocsFolder"
(cat <<'EOF'
[Desktop Entry]
Version=1.0
Type=Application
Terminal=false
Exec=nautilus /opt/lampp/htdocs
Name=XAMPP htdocs
Icon=folder-remote
EOF
) > "$HtdocsFolder"
chmod +x "$HtdocsFolder"

if zenity --question --text="Do you want to launch XAMPP now ?" --title="Installation Finished" == 0 
then
	$sudotool /opt/lampp/share/xampp-control-panel/xampp-control-panel
fi

exit 0