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vaer-k
Asked: 2018-04-29 08:16:52 +0800 CST

Where does the Ubuntu 18.04 Dock look for apps and app icons?

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Snap apps that I've installed do not appear in my Dock. I'm trying to find the environment variables I need to set to fix this.

I read that the Dock uses XDG_DATA_DIRS env var to source the apps that appear in the Dock, and I've ensured that /var/lib/snapd/desktop, which contains snap .desktop files, is appended to that path, but this does not resolve my issue.

The relevant customizations I've made to a fresh Ubuntu 18.04 installation (that I think could possibly interfere with this) include:

  • zsh
  • Wayland
  • Communitheme
gnome-shell ubuntu-dock snap 18.04

1 Answers

  1. I think most of the desktop files are in /usr/share/applications but i dont know if ALL of them are there or where it stores the list of apps on the dock.

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