#1095752 debian-live: Newly installed software cannot be displayed in application manager on KDE desktop

Package:
debian-live
Source:
debian-live
Submitter:
oct0pu5
Date:
2025-02-17 11:12:02 UTC
Severity:
normal
Tags:
#1095752#5
Date:
2025-02-11 16:33:06 UTC
From:
To:
Dear Maintainer,

I recently installed Debian 12.9.0 with KDE desktop (amd64) by using a live CD
`.iso` file. After downloading some applications like obs-studio and vlc, I
found that they can't be correctly displayed in application manager. However, I
can start them in terminal. After checking, I found that this issue was
mentioned by someone in 2019. See this:
https://zhuanlan.zhihu.com/p/78349174?utm_psn=1872047636346957824.

The solution is that make an `applications` folder in `~/.local/share/`. Easy
but it seems to be a common problem of KDE desktop. Others met same trouble in
OpenSEUS, Archlinux or some other linux OS. I would like to ask if it is
possible to add this folder automatically in future distributions of Debian to
correct error.

Thank you very much for your efforts. Debian is my favorite Linux OS. I hope
one day I can also join the ranks of Debian contributors xD

#1095752#10
Date:
2025-02-17 11:09:00 UTC
From:
To:
Hello oct0pu5,

I'm curious about the 'downloading' that you write. Did you install the
vlc package using the Software Center 'Discover', or differently?

I've tried an installation with 'Discover', and VLC is nicely available
in the menu as 'Multimedia | VLC media player'.

I am sorry, I'm unable to read this. Do you have an English version?

Reporting issues are an important first step :-)

With kind regards,
Roland Clobus