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I got an update in PyCharm. Clicking on the update button redirected me to the website where I downloaded the updated version. The new version needed no installation and can be directly used from an .sh file. But my "Show applications" still showed the previous version of PyCharm.

Is there any way I can point to newer version of PyCharm so to access it through "Show applications"? The same problem can also be found in other software like Android Studio.

I am using Ubuntu 17.04 GNOME.

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  • First you'll have to locate where the desktop launcher (*.desktop file) for the application is placed. Possible directories are /usr/share/applications, /usr/local/share/applications/, ~/.local/share/applications. See if you can find pycharm.desktop or something similar in those directories.
    – pomsky
    Oct 3, 2017 at 13:37

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First install Main Menu (aka alacarte) application either from Ubuntu Software or by running

sudo apt install alacarte

Then follow the steps below.

  1. Launch Main Menu from Show Applications and look for Pycharm. You'll probably find it under the Programming category.
  2. Once found, right click on it and select Properties. A dialogue box should pop up.
  3. Enter the /path/to/the/.sh (full path like like /home/YOUR_USERNAME/Desktop/... etc.) in the Command box and click on OK.

Logout and login again. Now you should be able launch the new version from Show Applications.

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