Ubuntu Budgie 18.04 LTS System Tray Icons not all showing

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I don't know if this has been solved or not, and I didn't see it. I'm a complete noob to Ubuntu Budgie and I have 18.04 LTS with the latest updates.

I have Dropbox, Mega, and a few other things installed that are not showing in the System Tray at any point. Dropbox did for a little bit, but then it's gone. Mega, Thunderbird, qBittorrent, don't show up at all. pCloud and Skype show up right now, also when I turn on Franz it shows up.

Can someone please help? I'm sure this has been solved before but I'm not sure what's going on.

on simple Ubuntu 18.04.1 I just logged out and switched to Ubuntu on Wayland and than everything worked as expected in tray. Maybe this helps someone else. — fuser, Sep 02 '18 at 15:21

Bob · Accepted Answer · 2018-07-16T03:46:36.093

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This problem is common for both Ubuntu 18.04 and Ubuntu Budgie 18.04.

The reason of issue is lack of the libgtk2-appindicator-perl package in main Ubuntu 18.04 repository. A workaround is to install libappindicator-dev:

sudo apt install libappindicator-dev

and Gtk2::AppIndicator perl extension:

sudo cpan -i Gtk2::AppIndicator

Restart your applications, now all of missing icons have to appear in system tray.

edited Jul 16 '18 at 03:46

answered Jul 15 '18 at 06:03

Bob

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Here is the ubuntu bug https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/shutter/+bug/1768032 – Étienne Sep 07 '18 at 12:22
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This solved the problem once but the icons disappeared after rebooting. – dmishra Oct 22 '18 at 09:07
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it does not work for me. Neither the dropbox, nor the variety's icon appeared in the system tray. I tested it with Ubuntu 18.04 and Debian 9 with same result. – Zoltán Süle Dec 20 '18 at 22:26
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It does not work on Linux Mint 19.1 issue :( – kokbira Feb 12 '19 at 20:03
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Wow, couple of commands that started half an hour rebuilding of something... and don't seem to have worked. – jayarjo Mar 08 '19 at 08:48

Robin Sheat · Answer 2 · 2019-05-28T13:19:21.860

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Here is the bug in Launchpad:

https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/gnome-shell-extension-appindicator/+bug/1795121

It says 18.10, but I see exactly the same thing in 18.04. The workaround described in this works: Alt+F2, r, Enter (restarting the window manager).

An update to this: the issue was fixed and the fix released a while ago now. I haven't had the issue reoccur since.

edited May 28 '19 at 13:19

answered Feb 18 '19 at 15:58

Robin Sheat

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What's that command prompt that Alt+F2 brings up? – jayarjo Mar 08 '19 at 08:46
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This worked, and didn't require a reboot like the accepted solution. – Étienne Mar 12 '19 at 12:32
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@jayarjo it's literally a command prompt. You can type commands in it (and a couple of secret shortcuts like 'r'.) – Robin Sheat May 28 '19 at 13:18

score 7 · Answer 3 · answered Jul 15 '18 at 05:25

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Using budgie settings ensure you have the appindicator applet added to your panel.

A few applications show their panel icons as application indicator and not as a traditional system tray icon.

answered Jul 15 '18 at 05:25

fossfreedom

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Aw snap! I thought the system indicator IS the app indicator! – Annahri Dec 15 '21 at 07:43

score 2 · Answer 4 · answered Mar 15 '19 at 14:25

(I could not comment @fossfreedom's answer)

His tip solved the issue for me, but I had to install a package manually before. So, if you are using "vanilla" Ubuntu 18.04 or 18.10 with Budgie Desktop, assert that the AppIndicator Applet is installed. If not:

Install the package budgie-indicator-applet
Restart the session
Add the AppIndicator Applet to the panel (preferably, right next to System Tray)

If you have any open application that uses it (ex.: Dropbox), the icon should show up.

Gryu · Answer 5 · 2020-07-16T22:05:13.727

You could try

Install app-indicator using sudo apt install budgie-indicator-applet
Logout/Login
Launch budgie desktop settings from terminal:
```
$ budgie-desktop-settings
```
This settings manager is inside of budgie-desktop package. You could find all related packages by invoking a command:
```
$ apt-cache search budgie-desktop
```
Add applet go to Top Panel section, click the Add applet 'plus' button and choose what you need.

If that did not help, you could also try

sudo apt install libappindicator-dev as someone already suggested
Log out and Log in again to see if you have this applet available in Budgie Desktop Settings

score 0 · Answer 6 · answered Dec 19 '20 at 23:08

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In my case

sudo apt install gnome-shell-extension-appindicator

solved the issue

answered Dec 19 '20 at 23:08

JoKalliauer

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