Ubuntu – Unity not searching applications

11.10unityunity-dash

I installed Ubuntu 10.10 and have updated to 11.04 and now 11.10.

I switched from using Ubuntu Classic / GNOME Classic to Unity for this release. The problem is, the super key menu (Dash), doesn't seem to search applications.

I'm trying to look for Google Chrome and no matter what I search, it only searches for files. It doesn't seem to matter what lens I use either, such as by clicking "Internet Apps" or "Media Apps".

What can I do to fix this?

EDIT: Ubuntu Software Centre seems to fail when I search for any application as well!

Best Answer

I was having issues with Dash too after a failed upgrade from 11.04 -> 11.10. To finally fix it I had to do:

sudo apt-get install unity-lens-files unity-lens-music unity-lens-applications

Afterwards, dash started behaving correctly again. I guess the install missed those at some point.

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