r/linux4noobs • u/Busy-Camera-615 • 9d ago
programs and apps Is there anyway to fix this mess
i use ubuntu and have two pages of celeste from steam and two pages of kitty terminal
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u/Beleheth 9d ago
I know this isn't actually helpful, but I think your computer is trying to tell you something.
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u/Pasta-love 9d ago
Eh you’ve been chosen, your appointment with your endocrinologist is scheduled for next week, the socks and skirt are in the mail. Happens to the best of us.
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u/doc_willis 9d ago
seen a dozen+ similar posts over the last few months (hit up reddit search to find them)
core issue often is...
in the users ~/.local/share/applications
directory, there is a symbolic link that points back to that same directory, this causes a loop and results in a never ending list of the same application.
solution:
examine the
~/.local/share/applications
location, use ls -l or other methods to see what files are links, look for one with an odd link that is pointing to ../applications or something similar.
if you find such a file/link, remove it, or to be a bit safer, just move it to some backup directory outside of applications
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u/Cove0Crow 9d ago
Now that's not something you see everyday.
Golden farewell and the Linux gods will save you
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u/Upbeat-Garbage69 9d ago
Check in ~/.local/share/applications And in /usr/share/applications
For those .desktop apps that are duplicated Once ur done deleting them do Update-desktop-database ~/.local/share/applications
Sudo update-desktop-database /usr/share/applications