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I don't know if this has been solved or not, and I didn't see it. I'm a complete noob to Ubuntu Budgie and I have 18.04 LTS with the latest updates.

I have Dropbox, Mega, and a few other things installed that are not showing in the System Tray at any point. Dropbox did for a little bit, but then it's gone. Mega, Thunderbird, qBittorrent, don't show up at all. pCloud and Skype show up right now, also when I turn on Franz it shows up.

Can someone please help? I'm sure this has been solved before but I'm not sure what's going on.

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    on simple Ubuntu 18.04.1 I just logged out and switched to Ubuntu on Wayland and than everything worked as expected in tray. Maybe this helps someone else.
    – fuser
    Commented Sep 2, 2018 at 15:21

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This problem is common for both Ubuntu 18.04 and Ubuntu Budgie 18.04.

The reason of issue is lack of the libgtk2-appindicator-perl package in main Ubuntu 18.04 repository. A workaround is to install libappindicator-dev:

sudo apt install libappindicator-dev

and Gtk2::AppIndicator perl extension:

sudo cpan -i Gtk2::AppIndicator

Restart your applications, now all of missing icons have to appear in system tray.

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  • Here is the ubuntu bug bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/shutter/+bug/1768032
    – Étienne
    Commented Sep 7, 2018 at 12:22
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    This solved the problem once but the icons disappeared after rebooting.
    – dmishra
    Commented Oct 22, 2018 at 9:07
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    it does not work for me. Neither the dropbox, nor the variety's icon appeared in the system tray. I tested it with Ubuntu 18.04 and Debian 9 with same result.
    – Zoltán Süle
    Commented Dec 20, 2018 at 22:26
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    It does not work on Linux Mint 19.1 issue :(
    – kokbira
    Commented Feb 12, 2019 at 20:03
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    Wow, couple of commands that started half an hour rebuilding of something... and don't seem to have worked.
    – jayarjo
    Commented Mar 8, 2019 at 8:48
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Here is the bug in Launchpad:

https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/gnome-shell-extension-appindicator/+bug/1795121

It says 18.10, but I see exactly the same thing in 18.04. The workaround described in this works: Alt+F2, r, Enter (restarting the window manager).

An update to this: the issue was fixed and the fix released a while ago now. I haven't had the issue reoccur since.

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  • What's that command prompt that Alt+F2 brings up?
    – jayarjo
    Commented Mar 8, 2019 at 8:46
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    This worked, and didn't require a reboot like the accepted solution.
    – Étienne
    Commented Mar 12, 2019 at 12:32
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    @jayarjo it's literally a command prompt. You can type commands in it (and a couple of secret shortcuts like 'r'.)
    – Robin Sheat
    Commented May 28, 2019 at 13:18
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Using budgie settings ensure you have the appindicator applet added to your panel.

A few applications show their panel icons as application indicator and not as a traditional system tray icon.

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  • Aw snap! I thought the system indicator IS the app indicator!
    – Annahri
    Commented Dec 15, 2021 at 7:43
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(I could not comment @fossfreedom's answer)

His tip solved the issue for me, but I had to install a package manually before. So, if you are using "vanilla" Ubuntu 18.04 or 18.10 with Budgie Desktop, assert that the AppIndicator Applet is installed. If not:

  1. Install the package budgie-indicator-applet
  2. Restart the session
  3. Add the AppIndicator Applet to the panel (preferably, right next to System Tray)

If you have any open application that uses it (ex.: Dropbox), the icon should show up.

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You could try

  • Install app-indicator using sudo apt install budgie-indicator-applet

  • Logout/Login

  • Launch budgie desktop settings from terminal:

    $ budgie-desktop-settings

    This settings manager is inside of budgie-desktop package. You could find all related packages by invoking a command:

    $ apt-cache search budgie-desktop

  • Add applet go to Top Panel section, click the Add applet 'plus' button and choose what you need.

    Bugie Desktop Settings applet adding to panel picture

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If that did not help, you could also try

  • sudo apt install libappindicator-dev as someone already suggested

  • Log out and Log in again to see if you have this applet available in Budgie Desktop Settings

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In my case

sudo apt install gnome-shell-extension-appindicator

solved the issue

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