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Add/Remove button has disappeared from Applications menu

Asked by Myroslav

The add/remove button normally at the bottom of the applications menu list has vanished in ubuntu 8.04. How do I get it back?

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Nick Ellery (nick.ellery) said : 		#1

Hi Myroslav,

Go to System > Preferences > Main Menu.
Under the Applications list, check the Add/Remove... box, and it should appear

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Vojtěch Trefný (vojtech.trefny) said : 		#2

System→Preferences→Main Menu → in right part of window just select Add/Remove to be displayed...

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Myroslav (mgalan) said : 		#3

Thanks for the response, but I do not see an item "Add/Remove" under
System-Preferences-Main Menu. What now?

MG

Vojtěch Trefný wrote:
> Your question #32666 on Ubuntu changed:
> https://answers.edge.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+question/32666
>
> Vojtěch Trefný proposed the following answer:
> System→Preferences→Main Menu → in right part of window just select
> Add/Remove to be displayed...
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>

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Vojtěch Trefný (vojtech.trefny) said : 		#4

First make you sure, you have it installed → try to run it via terminal (Application→Accesories→Terminal), command is "gnome-app-install" (without quotation marks).

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Myroslav (mgalan) said : 		#5

Thanks. Got it with sudo apt-get install gnome-app-install.
Eo you have anything on my question #32555?

Thanks again,

MG

Vojtěch Trefný wrote:
> Your question #32666 on Ubuntu changed:
> https://answers.edge.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+question/32666
>
> Status: Open => Needs information
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> Vojtěch Trefný requested for more information:
> First make you sure, you have it installed → try to run it via terminal
> (Application→Accesories→Terminal), command is "gnome-app-install"
> (without quotation marks).
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>

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Best Kevin_b_er (ktbvz2) said : 		#6

Just to make this question complete for others, as well, to re-add the icon if reinstalling gnome-app-install does not work:

System→Preferences→Main Menu

Click on Applications on the left then on New Item on the far right.

Type should already be Application
Put in Name: Add/Remove
or whatever you choose, it's what will appear in the list.
Put in command: gnome-app-install
The correct icon (rather than the "launcher" icon) should reappear as soon as you type in the gnome-app-install name, if not I believe it's
/usr/share/icons/hicolor/scalable/apps/gnome-app-install.svg

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Myroslav (mgalan) said : 		#7

Thanks Kevin_b_er, that solved my question.