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I just installed Ubuntu 18.04 and a few snap apps (Slack, Spotify). Snap apps don't show up in the regular "app list" when I search for an app, and I don't understand why.

I'm running zsh, so I found an article about zsh not adding the snap "volume" to my path. I've fixed that by adding:

emulate sh -c 'source /etc/profile.d/apps-bin-path.sh'

To my .zshrc file.

This means that I can run which spotify and it shows up, pointing to the snap volume (so I can start Spotify from the terminal).

I've also ensured that there is a .desktop file bundled in the Spotify snap app.

Still, I'd like apps to show up when I search for them.

EDIT: Yesterday my apps magically started appearing. I guess some Ubuntu update took care of this problem.

karel
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Trondh
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I have only been able to make it work by changing my default shell to /bin/bash (with chsh and rebooting) and using /bin/zsh only at the gnome terminal level. I use zsh too.

Marco A.
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