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I'm on 16.04 LTS. I've been using Typora App for Linux happily for months. Until recently, the app was easily found in the Dash by typing either "write..." or "typora...".

Installation followed the standard Ubuntu way as shown here.

However, since a couple of days, the app is not found in the dash anymore, while it still can be called from the console. If opened from the command line, there's no app icon but the default question mark.

So, how can I get Typora to behave like any other app on the Ubuntu desktop?

Update:

Output of apt-cache policy typora

typora:
  Installiert:           0.9.29-1
  Installationskandidat: 0.9.29-1
  Versionstabelle:
 *** 0.9.29-1 500
        500 https://typora.io linux/ Packages
        100 /var/lib/dpkg/status
     0.9.25-1 500
        500 https://typora.io linux/ Packages
     0.9.24-1 500
        500 https://typora.io linux/ Packages
     0.9.23-1 500
        500 https://typora.io linux/ Packages
     0.9.22-1 500
        500 https://typora.io linux/ Packages

Output of ls -l /usr/share/applications/typora.desktop /usr/share/icons/hicolor/*/apps/typora.png

-rw-rw-r-- 1 root root   302 Apr 23 18:45 /usr/share/applications/typora.desktop
-rw-rw-r-- 1 root root  8534 Apr 23 18:45 /usr/share/icons/hicolor/128x128/apps/typora.png
-rw-rw-r-- 1 root root 20775 Apr 23 18:45 /usr/share/icons/hicolor/256x256/apps/typora.png
-rw-rw-r-- 1 root root  2398 Apr 23 18:45 /usr/share/icons/hicolor/32x32/apps/typora.png
-rw-rw-r-- 1 root root  4179 Apr 23 18:45 /usr/share/icons/hicolor/64x64/apps/typora.png

Update 2

unity --replace did not bring Typora back to the Dash.

find ~/.local/share/applications -name typora.desktop 2>&- comes with an empty result. No file found.

Anwar
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The most likely reason for this is that you have accidentally deselected applications on the filters setting for unity dash Try setting your filters as shown in the image below and searching again for typora:

filters

Edit: If the root cause of your issue is a packaging problem as indicated by this comment removing your existing package and installing the current one should resolve your issue.

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