#1037197 snapd: applications installed via snap don't appear in the desktop launcher like on derivatives

Package:
snapd
Source:
snapd
Description:
Daemon and tooling that enable snap packages
Submitter:
jordan
Date:
2024-11-02 06:54:01 UTC
Severity:
normal
#1037197#5
Date:
2023-06-07 13:33:09 UTC
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Dear Maintainer,

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#1037197#10
Date:
2024-11-02 06:43:18 UTC
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Quack,

I stumbled onto the same problem and found a solution that should be
trivial to implement in the packaging:
ln -s /var/lib/snapd/desktop/applications /usr/share/applications/snapd

Without restarting the session it worked instantly.

Regards.
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