desktop-file-utils ================== http://www.freedesktop.org/wiki/Software/desktop-file-utils desktop-file-utils contains a few command line utilities for working with desktop entries. desktop-file-validate: validates a desktop file and prints warnings/errors about desktop entry specification violations. desktop-file-install: installs a desktop file to the applications directory, optionally munging it a bit in transit. update-desktop-database: updates the database containing a cache of MIME types handled by desktop files. More information about desktop files and the "Desktop Entry Specification" is available on: http://freedesktop.org/wiki/Specifications/desktop-entry-spec http://specifications.freedesktop.org/desktop-entry-spec/desktop-entry-spec-latest.html You may download updates to the package from: http://www.freedesktop.org/software/desktop-file-utils/releases/ To discuss desktop-file-utils, you may use the xdg mailing list: http://lists.freedesktop.org/mailman/listinfo/xdg Installation ============ Using Meson: meson _build ninja -C _build sudo ninja -C _build install Using Autotools (deprecated): ./autogen.sh make sudo make install How to report bugs ================== Bugs should be reported to the freedesktop.org bug tracking system: https://bugs.freedesktop.org/ (product desktop-file-utils) You will need to create an account for yourself. Please read the following page on how to prepare a useful bug report: https://bugs.freedesktop.org/page.cgi?id=bug-writing.html Please read the HACKING file for information on where to send changes or bugfixes for this package.