Software installed from PPA doesn't appear in "Installed"

[yurik81]

software-center trunk r2275, Ubuntu 11.10 beta 1

1. Install Polly from its PPA. <https://launchpad.net/~conscioususer/+archive/polly-daily>
2. Wait until the PPA appears in the "All Software" menu (bug 782953).
3. Click "All Software".
4. Search for "polly".
5. Click "Installed".
6. Search for "polly".

What happens:
4. Polly appears as a search result, with the emblem showing that it is installed.
6. Polly does not appear.

What should happen:
6. Polly appears.

[Matthew Paul Thomas (mpt)]

deadbeef isn't available for Oneiric at the moment, so I'm updating this with a package that is.

This bug *might* be happening because the "Installed" screen is categorized, and the PPA package isn't being put in a category. Or it might be caused by something else.

[Łukasz Czyżykowski (lukasz-czyzykowski)]

The root cause is that applications with .desktop files in /usr/share/applications are treated as packages. They will show up when clicking on "Show all technical items" link.

[Gary Lasker (gary-lasker)]

Hi Łukasz. Ah, sounds like you've gotten to the root of it. Yes, non-application items will not be shown by default unless the "Show N Technical Items" like is clicked. We have recently fixed a bug where this link does not look "clickable" in Precise, so this problem will hopefully be further mitigated.

I'll close this as invalid then.

Thanks, everyone!