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I installed Google chrome using a .deb package, however unable to find it under dash. Tough i can run it using terminal

Please tell me the path where i can find Google chrome and other applications installed, so that from there i may launch them by double click?

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  • Go to /usr/share/applications/ directory.
    – shantanu
    Jul 26, 2012 at 6:27
  • also press "SUPER+A" to see all application in unity dash
    – shantanu
    Jul 26, 2012 at 6:45

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that path must be: /opt/google/chrome/google-chrome
if you run it from terminal it will show in unity, and that just right click and Lock to launcher


this is what you need


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Two commands to use in a Terminal.

whereis e.g.: whereis google-chrome - will tell you the various places google-chrome can be found

and

which e.g.: which google-chrome - will tell you where the executable is.

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Just in case if your dash gone really bad, like other installed apps didn't showed up on dash, duplicate icons on dash, or else, you can just reset your dash this way:

  1. Open Home directory, then unhide all files using Ctrl+H.
  2. Browse to .local/share and delete a folder named applications, or you can move the folder somewhere to have a backup.
  3. Check your dash now. But if something went even wrong you can just move the applications folder back, replace the existing folder if any.
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Restart your system. Your dash probably failed to incorporate the new installation into it's application registry. Restarting, or maybe just logging out and back in, should fix the problem.

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