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Mostly application that is installed in /opt cannot be searched anymore using Synapse.

It used to be there. But after sometimes I they are gone.

I am using latest LTS Ubuntu Mate and installed Synapse from the sudo apt-get install synapse.

How to fix this problem?

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    “latest” Please use the version number which is an absolute reference forever. The question may remain here for decades. Another time-related question: When was it there? Haven’t you upgraded your OS in between, for example? – Melebius Sep 13 '16 at 11:08
  • Can you give an example of which application it didn't show? – Anwar Sep 13 '16 at 12:14
  • @Anwar, Sublime Text 3 and Chromium used to be there in Synapse. But not anymore. I installed Sublime Text 3 using .deb and Chromium using package manager. – notalentgeek Sep 14 '16 at 06:06

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Synapse relies on .desktop files in /usr/share/applications or ~/.local/share/applications for the application being shown in it's search list. If it doesn't find a .desktop file in those locations, it will not show that application if you search it.

I have both Google Chrome and Sublime Text installed and synapse shows them in search. To test, I removed sublime texts .desktop file. The result was synapse stopped showing Sublime in the search result after removal of it's. desktop file.

I belive, your application doesn't have a .desktop file. If your application doesn't have a .desktop file in /usr/share/applications directory or if you removed that file at some point of time, You can create one by hand. Check these questions to have info for it.

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