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






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  • I had the same problem when I changed my default shell from /bin/bash to /bin/zsh with chsh. There is more information in this question
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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






share|improve this question






















  • I had the same problem when I changed my default shell from /bin/bash to /bin/zsh with chsh. There is more information in this question
    – Marco A.
    May 7 at 20:55












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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






share|improve this question














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








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  • I had the same problem when I changed my default shell from /bin/bash to /bin/zsh with chsh. There is more information in this question
    – Marco A.
    May 7 at 20:55
















  • I had the same problem when I changed my default shell from /bin/bash to /bin/zsh with chsh. There is more information in this question
    – Marco A.
    May 7 at 20:55















I had the same problem when I changed my default shell from /bin/bash to /bin/zsh with chsh. There is more information in this question
– Marco A.
May 7 at 20:55




I had the same problem when I changed my default shell from /bin/bash to /bin/zsh with chsh. There is more information in this question
– Marco A.
May 7 at 20:55















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