# Plexamp App Menu not showing on Linux/Ubuntu **URL:** \ **Category:** Plex Labs\ **Tags:** plexamp\ **Created:** [January 15, 2019, 6:55am UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/plexamp-app-menu-not-showing-on-linux-ubuntu/362633 "2019-01-15T06:55:55Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 9\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Lord\_Nouda](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/5daacb/32.png) [@Lord\_Nouda](https://forums.plex.tv/u/Lord_Nouda)\ **Post date:** [January 15, 2019, 6:55am UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/plexamp-app-menu-not-showing-on-linux-ubuntu/362633/1 "2019-01-15T06:55:56Z")
Hi, I was looking into playing my music remotely with Plexamp and it’s working with only one major problem: I cannot switch libraries. How to switch libraries is described in the [F.A.Q.](https://forums.plex.tv/t/plexamp-frequently-asked-questions/217457#latest) but as a matter of fact, there is no app menu at all on my system. [correction: the one item in my app menu lets me quit the application] Any suggestions? OS#: Ubuntu 18.04.1 LTS Server Version#: 1.14.1.5488 Player Version#: plexamp-1.1.0-x86\_64.AppImage ---
**Author:** ![elan](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/plex/user_avatar/forums.plex.tv/elan/32/5_2.png) [@elan](https://forums.plex.tv/u/elan)\ **Post date:** [January 15, 2019, 7:43pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/plexamp-app-menu-not-showing-on-linux-ubuntu/362633/2 "2019-01-15T19:43:28Z")
There should be a tray menu for the app. If you don’t see it, try setting the environment variable `XDG_CURRENT_DESKTOP=Unity`. ---
**Author:** ![Lord\_Nouda](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/5daacb/32.png) [@Lord\_Nouda](https://forums.plex.tv/u/Lord_Nouda)\ **Post date:** [January 16, 2019, 10:31am UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/plexamp-app-menu-not-showing-on-linux-ubuntu/362633/3 "2019-01-16T10:31:41Z")
That was almost it. Thanks! Since I’m using the [Gnome Shell](https://wiki.gnome.org/Projects/GnomeShell) for a desktop, the tray is disabled and I could not see Plexamp’s tray menu. However, installing the [TopIcons Plus extension](https://github.com/phocean/TopIcons-plus) solved the problem by showing the missing the tray menu icon in the top panel. At least solved it for now. It seems the gnome project will not support tray icons in the long term. ---
**Author:** ![indyspike](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/c37758/32.png) [@indyspike](https://forums.plex.tv/u/indyspike)\ **Post date:** [January 20, 2019, 3:08pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/plexamp-app-menu-not-showing-on-linux-ubuntu/362633/4 "2019-01-20T15:08:31Z")
Is this the same solution for Budgie desktop? ---
**Author:** ![elan](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/plex/user_avatar/forums.plex.tv/elan/32/5_2.png) [@elan](https://forums.plex.tv/u/elan)\ **Post date:** [January 24, 2019, 5:09am UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/plexamp-app-menu-not-showing-on-linux-ubuntu/362633/5 "2019-01-24T05:09:15Z")
It might be! Let us know 😅 ---
**Author:** ![awem](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/5f9b8f/32.png) [@awem](https://forums.plex.tv/u/awem)\ **Post date:** [April 15, 2019, 2:48pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/plexamp-app-menu-not-showing-on-linux-ubuntu/362633/6 "2019-04-15T14:48:00Z")
TopIcons Redux also solves the problem. However, the proper solution would be to add support for ApplicationIndicators in Plexamp ([https://wiki.ubuntu.com/DesktopExperienceTeam/ApplicationIndicators](https://wiki.ubuntu.com/DesktopExperienceTeam/ApplicationIndicators)). This would not rely on legacy features. It can be used with [https://github.com/ubuntu/gnome-shell-extension-appindicator](https://github.com/ubuntu/gnome-shell-extension-appindicator) Do the Plex devs plan to support this? ---
**Author:** ![reece146](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/plex/user_avatar/forums.plex.tv/reece146/32/9392_2.png) [@reece146](https://forums.plex.tv/u/reece146)\ **Post date:** [April 15, 2019, 9:10pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/plexamp-app-menu-not-showing-on-linux-ubuntu/362633/7 "2019-04-15T21:10:52Z")
FWIW, the app menu does not appear in the wingpanel of elementary Linux either. I’ve tried the various combinations of setting XDG\_CURRENT\_DESKTOP to unity, gnome, pantheon, etc. both from the command line and within the .desktop file. Is there anything else that can be tried? ---
**Author:** ![dgw](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/plex/user_avatar/forums.plex.tv/dgw/32/10500_2.png) [@dgw](https://forums.plex.tv/u/dgw)\ **Post date:** [May 27, 2019, 10:27pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/plexamp-app-menu-not-showing-on-linux-ubuntu/362633/8 "2019-05-27T22:27:35Z")
Even with TopIcons Redux on Ubuntu 18.04, I still can’t see the Plexamp menu. This player isn’t very useful if you can’t control it. 😕 ---
**Author:** ![system](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/plex/original/3X/2/a/2acb9765406f63293d357b4ec509ec39aa28f2ad.png) [@system](https://forums.plex.tv/u/system)\ **Post date:** [August 25, 2019, 10:27pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/plexamp-app-menu-not-showing-on-linux-ubuntu/362633/9 "2019-08-25T22:27:35Z")
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