Applications not showing in Unity Dash

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I am running Ubuntu 12.04 on an IBM ThnkPad T42. I just installed Gnome and Cinnamon but I am still using Unity. The only problem is that in dash when I search for any application they don't appear. I don't see recent applications either. I fixed it by running unity --reset but the next time I turned on my computer it was broken again

score 15 · Accepted Answer · answered Dec 08 '12 at 20:44

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Reinstall unity-lens-applications and unity-lens-files logged out and back in and it should work.

answered Dec 08 '12 at 20:44

wil

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Working - Affirmative! – SGhosh Sep 21 '13 at 05:52
It was working. But it is not working after the reinstall. – Dinuka Thilanga Nov 15 '13 at 09:20
Worked for me under 14.04 LTS... Thanks! – Gregory Opera Apr 03 '15 at 08:27
It worked on Ubuntu 16.04 as well. – Sergei Morozov Sep 06 '17 at 04:15
This is strange issue, that it still goes on in 16.04 from 12.04... – Marecky Jan 29 '18 at 08:40

score 4 · Answer 2 · edited Feb 19 '14 at 03:21

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This worked for me:

Switch to tty1 (Ctrl+Alt+F1) and login as myself.
rm -rf ~/.compiz (in order to recursively delete session logs... there might also be ~/.compiz-1 and so on, delete them all!)
sudo service lightdm restart
login using the standard greeter again.

https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/unity/+bug/943083/comments/14

edited Feb 19 '14 at 03:21

Lucio

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answered Feb 19 '14 at 02:24

CRM-114

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Still working on 15.10 – SuperSluether Feb 14 '16 at 15:12

score 1 · Answer 3 · answered Dec 04 '12 at 22:52

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The Unity Dash shows applications which have .desktop shortcuts in /usr/share/applications/ or ~/.local/share/applications/. So ensure that the application has a .desktop shortcut in at least one of these two folders.

answered Dec 04 '12 at 22:52

air-dex

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I have .desktop files in those locations but no applications show up until i run unity -- reset – wil Dec 05 '12 at 00:14
could reinstalling unity also help – wil Dec 05 '12 at 16:45
I tried putting unity -- reset into my start up but that didn't work because when unity resets the desktop environment break – wil Dec 05 '12 at 17:56

score 1 · Answer 4 · answered May 22 '13 at 05:05

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Enter Ubuntu software center, search for unity > "More Info" and if you scroll down, there are "Optional addons". Check unity lens files and applications then apply.

answered May 22 '13 at 05:05

Uavi

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edison23 · Answer 5 · 2015-01-16T00:36:36.530

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This worked for me:

Go to /usr/share/applications/ or ~/.local/share/applications/ and open in gedit the mpv.desktop file (if it is there, if not, probably try to create one).

If there is a line

NoDisplay=true

change it to

NoDisplay=false

edited Jan 16 '15 at 00:36

answered Jan 15 '15 at 18:41

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score -2 · Answer 6 · edited Apr 27 '17 at 15:00

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This command will restore the configuration of dash:

sudo dpkg-reconfigure -A

It should be working.

edited Apr 27 '17 at 15:00

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answered Jul 04 '14 at 15:30

xsoultribex

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Can you please edit and improve your answer. What exactly does the given command do and does it improve/solve the OP's issue! – v2r Jul 04 '14 at 16:30
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this for unity dash for not showing installed application, that command will restore the configuration of dash to be to able see again all application installed. look at this my previews problem http://imgur.com/scnOTpv – xsoultribex Jul 05 '14 at 01:41
after try using that command, this it now http://imgur.com/scnOTpv – xsoultribex Jul 05 '14 at 01:44
-1 This command reconfigures ALL packages, not just Unity/Dash. – wjandrea Apr 27 '17 at 15:01

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