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yemu
Asked: 2013-04-12 05:16:50 +0800 CST

gvim doesn't show up in unity apps menu

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if i enter "vim" in unity search (after pressing Super key") nothing shows up.

I can only start gvim by using Alt+F2 and entering gvim. Why does this happen?

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4 Answers

  1. This seems to have solved the problem for me:

    sudo cp /usr/share/app-install/desktop/vim-gui-common\:gvim.desktop /usr/share/applications

    This was suggested by a related bug report.

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  2. This worked for me:

    cp /usr/share/app-install/desktop/vim-gui-common\:gvim.desktop ~/.local/share/applications/gvim.desktop

    Explanation:

    Copy & rename vim-gui-common:gvim.desktop to gvim.desktop in your user directory, to make it available.

    Add it to the launcher

    Drag ~/.local/share/applications/gvim.desktop to your launcher

    The other answer (copy to /usr/share/applications) didn't work here in 14.04.

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  3. I'm looking at this about a year later, using Ubuntu 16.04. I wasn't able to find any useful "vim" results in Unity search. I used Ubuntu Software to install the "gvim" package and it just did everything for me, including putting the shortcut with the correct icon into the Unity toolbar.

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  4. You can install icon using sudo apt-get install vim-gui-common. Icon appears after a reboot.

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