I’m still all thumbs with Ubuntu, it seems. 
I downloaded the fundamental TeX package (Texlive) and dependencies in Synaptic, and it appears the install was successful. But, I can’t ‘find’ the application.
I expected something would have been added during the install to the Applications Menu on the desktop, but that didn’t happen. So I tried using MATE search tool to at least locate the package in system folders–no soap.
Any ideas? How can ‘add’ an application to the Application Menu after a (seemingly) successful install?
I find sometimes I have to reboot the system in order for it to show up.
Installing the latex tools gives you access to command line tools, such as pdflatex.
If you're trying to find a GUI application to edit tex documents, see kile
I’m sure @ouroumov has the answer. There’s no GUI menu item because there’s no GUI. But here’s a general note about this.
Since you used Synaptic, look at the package properties and you’ll find a list of installed files. The executable is usually in something ending in ‘bin’ such as /usr/bin/. Desktop menu items are usually in /usr/share/applications but I’d wager this won’t be in the list since it’s not a GUI.
I’m a big user of Synaptic and love the info it can provide like this.
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Thanks both to ouroumov and Bill_MI. (And sorry about the topic post–I had a PEBKAC moment. 
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Wasn’t expecting I could use any ol’ text editor i feel like, so I was expecting some TeX-specific GUI to work in (and a list of relevant language markers, etc. in some associated, in-app help file). This will be a bigger learning curve than I anticipated… 
Somewhat OT: in Synaptic, I noticed several TeX packages have the MATE icon (indicating that package is “supported” by the distro), but many more don’t. In one instance, the documentation for the science package is supported, but the actually science package isn’t–or at least, the presence / absence of the MATE icons would so indicate. Does a lack of “support” mean simply it hasn’t been vetted to work properly in MATE (and whether it does / doesn’t is an open question)?
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I have no answer for the science package - that IS strange!
As for supported, there's a LOT of things developed for TeX and they can have varying quality. I tend to turn on all the columns in Synaptic and you'll see the pattern of 'Component' and support coinciding.
The 'main' component is like a supported Ubuntu repository. The 'universe' component is a repository of more general Linux source packages.
Here's what I see with all the columns enabled (and a small font too).
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OK, thanks–that helps me make some sense of it.
I downloaded the fundamental TeX package (Texlive) and dependencies in Synaptic, and it appears the install was successful. But, I can’t ‘find’ the application.
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