Bug 2155532 - Activities search for "nemo" doesn't list nemo file manager even if installed
Summary: Activities search for "nemo" doesn't list nemo file manager even if installed
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Status: NEW
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Product: Fedora
Classification: Fedora
Component: nemo
Version: 37
Hardware: Unspecified
OS: Unspecified
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Assignee: leigh scott
QA Contact: Fedora Extras Quality Assurance
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TreeView+ depends on / blocked
 
Reported: 2022-12-21 13:00 UTC by ell1e
Modified: 2023-07-18 19:57 UTC (History)
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Description ell1e 2022-12-21 13:00:39 UTC
Description of problem:
Activities search for "nemo" doesn't list nemo file manager even if installed. I can literally type "nemo" and enter in a terminal and it launches, yet the activities search pretends to be completely unaware about it. That's a bit baffling and makes using it to launch stuff quite impractical if it doesn't know about it to start with.

Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable):
GNOME Shell 43.2

How reproducible:
100%

Steps to Reproduce:
1. sudo dnf install nemo
2. Press super key in GNOME 3 session, type "nemo"

Actual results:
seemingly unrelated junk as search results

Expected results:
nemo file manager is top result since it's installed, has that name, and is ready for use

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Comment 1 mcoyle1960 2023-07-18 12:26:31 UTC
The problem is in the file:

/usr/share/applications/nemo.desktop

There is a line (currently 121 in version 5.8.4):

OnlyShowIn=X-Cinnamon;Budgie

The above line prevents gnome-shell from listing Nemo. 
It's really an unnecessary limitation and isn't present in any other distro I've run.


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