Anaconda-navigator not showing up in apps folder

Product Help Anaconda Navigator
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hello.
i have m1 mac.
i just downloaded it from this link.
https://repo.anaconda.com/archive/Anaconda3-2022.05-MacOSX-arm64.pkg

the installation went smoothly. but the navigator are not showing in the apps folder.
where did i go wrong?
can i run navigator from terminal?

thanks.

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I am having the exact same problem. Can somebody help me with this issue? I am frustrated reading alot of articles and watching videos but still the same problem exists. I have uninstalled and installed alot of times.

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depending on your OS distribution, you need to create an application launcher for ā€œanaconda-navigatorā€

steps:

  1. create an empty file & rename it to anaconda-navigator.desktop.

  2. open the file in text editor & paste the below content inside the file & edit accordingly

[Desktop Entry]
Type=Application
Icon=/home/roy/anaconda3/anaconda-icon-256x256.png (put the .png file location for icon)
Name=Anaconda Navigator
Terminal=false
Hidden=false
Categories=Development; Education; Science
Comment=Python Development Suite
Exec=/home/roy/anaconda3/bin/anaconda-navigator (put YOUR anaconda-navigator file location)
Path=/home/roy/anaconda3/bin ((put YOUR anaconda-navigator folder location))

  1. save it & move the file to your applications launcher folder.
    (For I am using ubuntu, my applications folder is ā€˜/home/roy/.local/share/applicationsā€™, your may differ. check it beforehand)

tip: ctrl + h will allow you to see hidden folders which comes with a dot (.) included in the folder name.

Cheers!

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