[Bug 1499322] Re: Wily: No Dash Icon After Package Install Until New Session

[Doug McMahon]

Doesn't happen to all newly installed though certainly for some. So some examples of packages that don't show till a log out/in may be useful.
On a fresh 15.10 install today 4 examples
vlc - shows
audacious - shows
synaptic - doesn't show
nvidia-settings - doesn't show

>From the above very short list the 2 that don't show immediately happen
to not have a %letter at end of the .desktop's Exec= line, the 2 that do
show do have such an ending..

More examples of those that don't show would be nice to know & see if
the %letter is a factor or not.

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Title:
  Wily:  No Dash Icon After Package Install Until New Session

Status in dash package in Ubuntu:
  Confirmed

Bug description:
  15.10 Wily, updated :

  After installing a package (standard repo packages) via apt/apt-
  get/Synaptic, that item is not found by a Dash search and its icon
  does not appear in a manual display of applications in Dash.

  Appropriate .desktop files are placed in /usr/share/applications.

  The items can be found in a new session, i.e., after logging out and
  logging in.

  I've seen this repeatedly on multiple clean installs from the dailies.

  Apt is at:  1.0.9.10ubuntu7

  Dash is:   0.5.7-4ubuntu2

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