D&C GLug - Home Page

[ Date Index ] [ Thread Index ] [ <= Previous by date / thread ] [ Next by date / thread => ]

Re: [LUG] Application List

 

On Sat, 2021-05-22 at 11:12 +0100, Rock Storm wrote:
> On Sat, 2021-05-22 at 08:43 +0100, Rich Brown wrote:
> > I have updated to Ubuntu 21.04 and soon after that my application
> > list
> > became trashed. I'll explain further:
> >
> > [...]listed. The application list stops after the letter m not
> > listing
> > apps
> > such as Thunderbird or VLC.
> >
> > Is there anyway I can ask it to rebuild this app list please? Duck
> > Duck
> > Go doesn't come up with any answers.
>
> Hi Rich,
>
> I don't use Ubuntu myself, so this might be a long shot but could you
> confirm the output of the following commands? Typically applications
> listed in this kind of app-launchers must have configuration files
> there. Wild guess is you are missing those files for some reason.
>
>     ls ~/.local/share/applications/ | grep thunderbird
>     ls /usr/share/applications/ | grep thunderbird
>
> Regards,

Apparently some people had similar problems before and it was due to
misbehaving extensions or themes. If the above does show the necessary
'.desktop' file I'd suggest you troubleshoot by trying to deactivate
extensions and/or going back to a default theme [1].

[1]: https://askubuntu.com/a/1231097

Apologies for double posting, should've done the web search before
jumping to wild conclusions.

Regards,

--
Rock Storm
Open PGP: C304 34B3 632C 464C 2FAF C741 0439 CF52 C968 32FD



-- 
The Mailing List for the Devon & Cornwall LUG
https://mailman.dcglug.org.uk/listinfo/list
FAQ: http://www.dcglug.org.uk/listfaq