Snap-installed app doesn't put icon into launcher
I'm running Kubuntu 18.04 on a reasonably fresh install. I've installed a few snap applications, but none of their icons will show up in my launcher.
I had a previous install of Kubuntu 18.04 that I upgraded from 17.10 and these same apps (also installed by snap) would show the icons.
I'm assuming it's something with how I'm installing/running the snap-based apps, but I'm not sure what to look at next.
% snap list
Name Version Rev Tracking Publisher Notes
core 16-2.36.3 6130 stable canonical✓ core
core18 18 536 stable canonical✓ base
slack 3.3.3 9 stable slack✓ classic
vscode 1.30.0-1544567151 72 stable snapcrafters classic
What's the next thing I should look into to troubleshoot?
Like I mentioned, I'm pretty new to Linux on the desktop. I tried symlinking /usr/share/applications/slack.desktop to /snap/slack/9/usr/share/applications/slack.desktop but that didn't seem to do anything
Here is what is in /snap/slack/9/usr/share/applications/slack.desktop:
[Desktop Entry]
Name=Slack
Comment=Slack Desktop
GenericName=Slack Client for Linux
Exec=/usr/bin/slack %U
Icon=/usr/share/pixmaps/slack.png
Type=Application
StartupNotify=true
Categories=GNOME;GTK;Network;InstantMessaging;
MimeType=x-scheme-handler/slack;
Any advice on what to look into next? I'm not sure if it's a snap issue or a KDE/Plasma issue.
kubuntu launcher snap plasma-5
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I'm running Kubuntu 18.04 on a reasonably fresh install. I've installed a few snap applications, but none of their icons will show up in my launcher.
I had a previous install of Kubuntu 18.04 that I upgraded from 17.10 and these same apps (also installed by snap) would show the icons.
I'm assuming it's something with how I'm installing/running the snap-based apps, but I'm not sure what to look at next.
% snap list
Name Version Rev Tracking Publisher Notes
core 16-2.36.3 6130 stable canonical✓ core
core18 18 536 stable canonical✓ base
slack 3.3.3 9 stable slack✓ classic
vscode 1.30.0-1544567151 72 stable snapcrafters classic
What's the next thing I should look into to troubleshoot?
Like I mentioned, I'm pretty new to Linux on the desktop. I tried symlinking /usr/share/applications/slack.desktop to /snap/slack/9/usr/share/applications/slack.desktop but that didn't seem to do anything
Here is what is in /snap/slack/9/usr/share/applications/slack.desktop:
[Desktop Entry]
Name=Slack
Comment=Slack Desktop
GenericName=Slack Client for Linux
Exec=/usr/bin/slack %U
Icon=/usr/share/pixmaps/slack.png
Type=Application
StartupNotify=true
Categories=GNOME;GTK;Network;InstantMessaging;
MimeType=x-scheme-handler/slack;
Any advice on what to look into next? I'm not sure if it's a snap issue or a KDE/Plasma issue.
kubuntu launcher snap plasma-5
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I'm running Kubuntu 18.04 on a reasonably fresh install. I've installed a few snap applications, but none of their icons will show up in my launcher.
I had a previous install of Kubuntu 18.04 that I upgraded from 17.10 and these same apps (also installed by snap) would show the icons.
I'm assuming it's something with how I'm installing/running the snap-based apps, but I'm not sure what to look at next.
% snap list
Name Version Rev Tracking Publisher Notes
core 16-2.36.3 6130 stable canonical✓ core
core18 18 536 stable canonical✓ base
slack 3.3.3 9 stable slack✓ classic
vscode 1.30.0-1544567151 72 stable snapcrafters classic
What's the next thing I should look into to troubleshoot?
Like I mentioned, I'm pretty new to Linux on the desktop. I tried symlinking /usr/share/applications/slack.desktop to /snap/slack/9/usr/share/applications/slack.desktop but that didn't seem to do anything
Here is what is in /snap/slack/9/usr/share/applications/slack.desktop:
[Desktop Entry]
Name=Slack
Comment=Slack Desktop
GenericName=Slack Client for Linux
Exec=/usr/bin/slack %U
Icon=/usr/share/pixmaps/slack.png
Type=Application
StartupNotify=true
Categories=GNOME;GTK;Network;InstantMessaging;
MimeType=x-scheme-handler/slack;
Any advice on what to look into next? I'm not sure if it's a snap issue or a KDE/Plasma issue.
kubuntu launcher snap plasma-5
edited Jan 5 at 21:27
pomsky
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I'm running Kubuntu 18.04 on a reasonably fresh install. I've installed a few snap applications, but none of their icons will show up in my launcher.
I had a previous install of Kubuntu 18.04 that I upgraded from 17.10 and these same apps (also installed by snap) would show the icons.
I'm assuming it's something with how I'm installing/running the snap-based apps, but I'm not sure what to look at next.
% snap list
Name Version Rev Tracking Publisher Notes
core 16-2.36.3 6130 stable canonical✓ core
core18 18 536 stable canonical✓ base
slack 3.3.3 9 stable slack✓ classic
vscode 1.30.0-1544567151 72 stable snapcrafters classic
What's the next thing I should look into to troubleshoot?
Like I mentioned, I'm pretty new to Linux on the desktop. I tried symlinking /usr/share/applications/slack.desktop to /snap/slack/9/usr/share/applications/slack.desktop but that didn't seem to do anything
Here is what is in /snap/slack/9/usr/share/applications/slack.desktop:
[Desktop Entry]
Name=Slack
Comment=Slack Desktop
GenericName=Slack Client for Linux
Exec=/usr/bin/slack %U
Icon=/usr/share/pixmaps/slack.png
Type=Application
StartupNotify=true
Categories=GNOME;GTK;Network;InstantMessaging;
MimeType=x-scheme-handler/slack;
Any advice on what to look into next? I'm not sure if it's a snap issue or a KDE/Plasma issue.
kubuntu launcher snap plasma-5
kubuntu launcher snap plasma-5
edited Jan 5 at 21:27
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I found the answer. It's not Plasma/KDE or snap, but zsh. I'm not sure why this worked on my old setup as I was using zsh there as well without a workaround.
This answer solved my problem: https://askubuntu.com/a/989485/754993.
To quote:
If you are using zsh, the snap binary and desktop directories will not automatically be added to your environment variables.
The step I did specifically was to add emulate sh -c 'source /etc/profile.d/apps-bin-path.sh' to the bottom of my /etc/zsh/zprofile file.
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I found the answer. It's not Plasma/KDE or snap, but zsh. I'm not sure why this worked on my old setup as I was using zsh there as well without a workaround.
This answer solved my problem: https://askubuntu.com/a/989485/754993.
To quote:
If you are using zsh, the snap binary and desktop directories will not automatically be added to your environment variables.
The step I did specifically was to add emulate sh -c 'source /etc/profile.d/apps-bin-path.sh' to the bottom of my /etc/zsh/zprofile file.
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I found the answer. It's not Plasma/KDE or snap, but zsh. I'm not sure why this worked on my old setup as I was using zsh there as well without a workaround.
This answer solved my problem: https://askubuntu.com/a/989485/754993.
To quote:
If you are using zsh, the snap binary and desktop directories will not automatically be added to your environment variables.
The step I did specifically was to add emulate sh -c 'source /etc/profile.d/apps-bin-path.sh' to the bottom of my /etc/zsh/zprofile file.
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I found the answer. It's not Plasma/KDE or snap, but zsh. I'm not sure why this worked on my old setup as I was using zsh there as well without a workaround.
This answer solved my problem: https://askubuntu.com/a/989485/754993.
To quote:
If you are using zsh, the snap binary and desktop directories will not automatically be added to your environment variables.
The step I did specifically was to add emulate sh -c 'source /etc/profile.d/apps-bin-path.sh' to the bottom of my /etc/zsh/zprofile file.
answered Jan 5 at 21:10
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1214
I found the answer. It's not Plasma/KDE or snap, but zsh. I'm not sure why this worked on my old setup as I was using zsh there as well without a workaround.
This answer solved my problem: https://askubuntu.com/a/989485/754993.
To quote:
If you are using zsh, the snap binary and desktop directories will not automatically be added to your environment variables.
The step I did specifically was to add emulate sh -c 'source /etc/profile.d/apps-bin-path.sh' to the bottom of my /etc/zsh/zprofile file.
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