<SOLVED> Can't find Installed Applications on Software Manager

[viniciusov]

Hello guys,

I'm new here and I moved recently to the Linux Mint 18.3.
I'm loving the Mint experience but I'm in a little issue here.

I installed a bunch of programs (such Sublime-text, Atom, Python3, etc.) with the Software Manager.
But when I open the Software Manager and click to "Show Installed Applications" -> There is Nothing there!

Is this normal or it should list all my installed applications?
Can a "broken" file cause this behaviour?

I'm attaching a screenshot here.


Thanks in advance!

[Ozo]

Welcome to the forum.

Here is a screenshot of the Software Manager with results of the search on my system (19). I have no idea why yours does not show the list but someone will surely jump in here to help.

In the mean time, you should post your stats by entering the following in the terminal:

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inxi -Fxz

Then copy/paste the results here by highlighting them and selecting the arrows at the top (</>)

[smurphos]

Hello guys,

I'm new here and I moved recently to the Linux Mint 18.3.
I installed a bunch of programs (such Sublime-text, Atom, Python3, etc.) with the Software Manager.
But when I open the Software Manager and click to "Show Installed Applications" -> There is Nothing there!

Is this normal or it should list all my installed applications?

Installed with the 18.3 Software manager or installed with Software manager from an earlier version? I'm assuming 'by moved to Linux Mint 18.3' you've done an in-place upgrade from 18.2 or earlier - correct me if I've misunderstood.

The info shown on that screen in the 18.3 Software Manager is quite limited - i.e. it's only applications installed with that version or later of the Software Manager. Packages installed via the terminal (apt, apt-get etc), Synaptic or any other method don't show there, and applications installed via Software Manager prior to an in place upgrade to 18.3 won't show there either.

[viniciusov]

Welcome to the forum.

Here is a screenshot of the Software Manager with results of the search on my system (19). I have no idea why yours does not show the list but someone will surely jump in here to help.

Thank you bery much for your screenshot Ozo, now I can see that it should list the applications...

Installed with the 18.3 Software manager or installed with Software manager from an earlier version? I'm assuming 'by moved to Linux Mint 18.3' you've done an in-place upgrade from 18.2 or earlier - correct me if I've misunderstood.

The info shown on that screen in the 18.3 Software Manager is quite limited - i.e. it's only applications installed with that version or later of the Software Manager. Packages installed via the terminal (apt, apt-get etc), Synaptic or any other method don't show there, and applications installed via Software Manager prior to an in place upgrade to 18.3 won't show there either.

And smurphos, I think you are right. It should be something related to the way I installed the applications. Some of them I installed via:

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sudo apt-get install <application>

But I can see that some of these applications (even if installed with the previous command) are listed in the Software Manager, as you can see in the image below:


So, if the Software Manager can show if an application is installed, why not show it in the "Installed Applications" menu?

[gm10]

So, if the Software Manager can show if an application is installed, why not show it in the "Installed Applications" menu?

The Software Manager shows all available applications and whether they are installed or not. That information is readily provided by the package management system. What is not provided is how a package got to be installed, i.e. as part of the system install, a system upgrade, or because the user installed it. So the Mint team decided to only track packages that you as the user installed via the Software Manager itself.

If you want a list of all installed packages, that's readily available in Synaptic Package Manager (select Status category in the bottom left).

[viniciusov]

The Software Manager shows all available applications and whether they are installed or not. That information is readily provided by the package management system. What is not provided is how a package got to be installed, i.e. as part of the system install, a system upgrade, or because the user installed it. So the Mint team decided to only track packages that you as the user installed via the Software Manager itself.

If you want a list of all installed packages, that's readily available in Synaptic Package Manager (select Status category in the bottom left).

Thank you gm10! This information was very helpful to me!
I'm marking this topic as Solved.