manually installed software doesn't show in the all programs list until after a reboot

[gavin brown]

ie. i installed vncviewer via the terminal using the 'sudo apt install' instruction as a .deb file and the program installs fine. however it doesn't show in the 'all programs' list via menu until i reboot the system. if i install anything via the software boutique then this program does show in the 'all programs' list.

flagging this as i was perusing reddit and someone else had noticed this. here is the thread on reddit...

https://www.reddit.com/r/UbuntuMATE/comments/jp8q9r/why_do_freshly_installed_applications_only_show/gbdaz52/?context=3

i am using 20.04lts ubuntu mate with contemporary desktop.

[Launchpad Janitor (janitor)]

Status changed to 'Confirmed' because the bug affects multiple users.

[Martin Wimpress  (flexiondotorg)]

The root cause of this issue appears to be due to the mate-menus package not having any triggers for /usr/share/applications

[Martin Wimpress  (flexiondotorg)]

libmate-menu also needs updating to ensure its menu monitor event handler correctly queues events.

[Launchpad Janitor (janitor)]

This bug was fixed in the package mate-menus - 1.26.0-2ubuntu2

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mate-menus (1.26.0-2ubuntu2) jammy; urgency=medium

  * debian/patches:
    + Add 2000_menu-monitor.patch (LP: #1903355)

 -- Martin Wimpress <email address hidden> Tue, 12 Apr 2022 15:05:42 +0100