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[6732c094] | 2 | <!DOCTYPE sect1 PUBLIC "-//OASIS//DTD DocBook XML V4.5//EN"
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| 3 | "http://www.oasis-open.org/docbook/xml/4.5/docbookx.dtd" [
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[c87e4dd] | 4 | <!ENTITY % general-entities SYSTEM "../../general.ent">
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| 5 | %general-entities;
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| 6 |
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[bfa83aee] | 7 | <!ENTITY desktop-file-utils-download-http
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[8dfc5c3] | 8 | "https://www.freedesktop.org/software/desktop-file-utils/releases/desktop-file-utils-&desktop-file-utils-version;.tar.xz">
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[c87e4dd] | 9 | <!ENTITY desktop-file-utils-download-ftp " ">
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[d72b599] | 10 | <!ENTITY desktop-file-utils-md5sum "29739e005f5887cf41639b8450f3c23f">
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| 11 | <!ENTITY desktop-file-utils-size "84 KB">
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[166d300] | 12 | <!ENTITY desktop-file-utils-buildsize "1.8 MB">
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[962d208] | 13 | <!ENTITY desktop-file-utils-time "less than 0.1 SBU">
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[c87e4dd] | 14 | ]>
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| 15 |
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[bfa83aee] | 16 | <sect1 id="desktop-file-utils" xreflabel="desktop-file-utils-&desktop-file-utils-version;">
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[a149f6fe] | 17 | <?dbhtml filename="desktop-file-utils.html"?>
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[fc7afd0c] | 18 |
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[a149f6fe] | 19 | <sect1info>
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| 20 | <date>$Date$</date>
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| 21 | </sect1info>
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[fc7afd0c] | 22 |
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[832dcb80] | 23 | <title>desktop-file-utils-&desktop-file-utils-version;</title>
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[fc7afd0c] | 24 |
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[a149f6fe] | 25 | <indexterm zone="desktop-file-utils">
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[bfa83aee] | 26 | <primary sortas="a-desktop-file-utils">desktop-file-utils</primary>
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[a149f6fe] | 27 | </indexterm>
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| 28 |
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| 29 | <sect2 role="package">
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[bfa83aee] | 30 | <title>Introduction to Desktop File Utils</title>
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| 31 |
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| 32 | <para>
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| 33 | The <application>Desktop File Utils</application> package contains
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| 34 | command line utilities for working with <ulink
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[3438a47a] | 35 | url="http://standards.freedesktop.org/desktop-entry-spec/latest/">
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[bfa83aee] | 36 | Desktop entries</ulink>. These utilities are used by Desktop
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| 37 | Environments and other applications to manipulate the MIME-types
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| 38 | application databases and help adhere to the Desktop Entry
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| 39 | Specification.
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| 40 | </para>
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[fc7afd0c] | 41 |
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[a7903332] | 42 | &lfs110a_checked;
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[c7b3f77] | 43 |
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[a149f6fe] | 44 | <bridgehead renderas="sect3">Package Information</bridgehead>
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| 45 | <itemizedlist spacing="compact">
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| 46 | <listitem>
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[bfa83aee] | 47 | <para>
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| 48 | Download (HTTP): <ulink url="&desktop-file-utils-download-http;"/>
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| 49 | </para>
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[a149f6fe] | 50 | </listitem>
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| 51 | <listitem>
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[bfa83aee] | 52 | <para>
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| 53 | Download (FTP): <ulink url="&desktop-file-utils-download-ftp;"/>
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| 54 | </para>
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[a149f6fe] | 55 | </listitem>
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| 56 | <listitem>
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[bfa83aee] | 57 | <para>
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| 58 | Download MD5 sum: &desktop-file-utils-md5sum;
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| 59 | </para>
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[a149f6fe] | 60 | </listitem>
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| 61 | <listitem>
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[bfa83aee] | 62 | <para>
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| 63 | Download size: &desktop-file-utils-size;
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| 64 | </para>
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[a149f6fe] | 65 | </listitem>
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| 66 | <listitem>
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[bfa83aee] | 67 | <para>
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| 68 | Estimated disk space required: &desktop-file-utils-buildsize;
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| 69 | </para>
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[a149f6fe] | 70 | </listitem>
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| 71 | <listitem>
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[bfa83aee] | 72 | <para>
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| 73 | Estimated build time: &desktop-file-utils-time;
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| 74 | </para>
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[a149f6fe] | 75 | </listitem>
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| 76 | </itemizedlist>
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[fc7afd0c] | 77 |
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[bfa83aee] | 78 | <bridgehead renderas="sect3">Desktop File Utils Dependencies</bridgehead>
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[832dcb80] | 79 |
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| 80 | <bridgehead renderas="sect4">Required</bridgehead>
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[bfa83aee] | 81 | <para role="required">
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| 82 | <xref linkend="glib2"/>
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| 83 | </para>
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[fc7afd0c] | 84 |
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[a149f6fe] | 85 | <bridgehead renderas="sect4">Optional</bridgehead>
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[bfa83aee] | 86 | <para role="optional">
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| 87 | <xref linkend="emacs"/>
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| 88 | </para>
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[fc7afd0c] | 89 |
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[1039de3] | 90 | <para condition="html" role="usernotes">User Notes:
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[bfa83aee] | 91 | <ulink url="&blfs-wiki;/desktop-file-utils"/>
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| 92 | </para>
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[a149f6fe] | 93 | </sect2>
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[fc7afd0c] | 94 |
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[a149f6fe] | 95 | <sect2 role="installation">
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[bfa83aee] | 96 | <title>Installation of Desktop File Utils</title>
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[a149f6fe] | 97 |
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[d72b599] | 98 | <warning>
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| 99 | <para>
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| 100 | If you are upgrading from a previous version of desktop-file-utils that
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| 101 | used the Autotools method of installing and configuring the package,
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| 102 | you must remove the desktop-file-edit symlink by using the following
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| 103 | commands.
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| 104 | </para>
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| 105 | </warning>
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| 106 | <!-- Works around a bug in meson's symlink creation exposed by this package -->
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| 107 |
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[b69cf463] | 108 | <screen role="root"><userinput>rm -fv /usr/bin/desktop-file-edit</userinput></screen>
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[d72b599] | 109 |
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[bfa83aee] | 110 | <para>
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| 111 | Install <application>Desktop File Utils</application> by
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| 112 | running the following commands:
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| 113 | </para>
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[a149f6fe] | 114 |
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[d72b599] | 115 | <screen><userinput>mkdir build &&
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| 116 | cd build &&
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| 117 |
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[20f070d8] | 118 | meson --prefix=/usr --buildtype=release .. &&
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[d72b599] | 119 | ninja</userinput></screen>
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[fc7afd0c] | 120 |
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[bfa83aee] | 121 | <para>
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| 122 | This package does not come with a test suite.
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| 123 | </para>
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[e639150] | 124 |
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[bfa83aee] | 125 | <para>
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| 126 | Now, as the <systemitem class="username">root</systemitem> user:
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| 127 | </para>
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[fc7afd0c] | 128 |
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[d72b599] | 129 | <screen role="root"><userinput>ninja install</userinput></screen>
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[fc7afd0c] | 130 |
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[a149f6fe] | 131 | </sect2>
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[fc7afd0c] | 132 |
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[20f070d8] | 133 | <sect2 role="commands">
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| 134 | <title>Command Explanations</title>
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| 135 |
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| 136 | <xi:include xmlns:xi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XInclude"
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| 137 | href="../../xincludes/meson-buildtype-release.xml"/>
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| 138 | </sect2>
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| 139 |
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[a149f6fe] | 140 | <sect2 role="configuration">
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[bfa83aee] | 141 | <title>Configuring Desktop File Utils</title>
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[fc7afd0c] | 142 |
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[a149f6fe] | 143 | <sect3>
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| 144 | <title>Configuration Information</title>
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[fc7afd0c] | 145 |
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[bfa83aee] | 146 | <para>
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| 147 | The <ulink
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[3438a47a] | 148 | url="http://standards.freedesktop.org/basedir-spec/basedir-spec-latest.html">XDG
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| 149 | Base Directory</ulink> specification defines the standard locations for
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| 150 | applications to place data and configuration files. These files can be
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| 151 | used, for instance, to define the menu structure and menu items in a
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| 152 | desktop environment.
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[bfa83aee] | 153 | </para>
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| 154 |
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| 155 | <para>
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| 156 | The default location for configuration files to be installed
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| 157 | is <filename class="directory">/etc/xdg</filename>, and the default
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| 158 | locations for data files are <filename
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| 159 | class="directory">/usr/local/share</filename> and <filename
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| 160 | class="directory">/usr/share</filename>. These locations can be
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| 161 | extended with the environment variables <envar>XDG_CONFIG_DIRS</envar>
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| 162 | and <envar>XDG_DATA_DIRS</envar>, respectively. The
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| 163 | <application>GNOME</application>, <application>KDE</application> and
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| 164 | <application>XFCE</application> environments respect these
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| 165 | settings.
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| 166 | </para>
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| 167 |
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| 168 | <para>
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| 169 | When a package installs a <filename>.desktop</filename> file
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| 170 | to a location in one of the base data directories, the database
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| 171 | that maps MIME-types to available applications can be updated. For
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| 172 | instance, the cache file at
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| 173 | <filename>/usr/share/applications/mimeinfo.cache</filename> can
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| 174 | be rebuilt by executing the following command as the <systemitem
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| 175 | class="username">root</systemitem> user:
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| 176 | </para>
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[99c190b] | 177 |
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[515cc58] | 178 | <screen role="root"><userinput>install -vdm755 /usr/share/applications &&
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| 179 | update-desktop-database /usr/share/applications</userinput></screen>
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[99c190b] | 180 |
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[a149f6fe] | 181 | </sect3>
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[fc7afd0c] | 182 |
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[a149f6fe] | 183 | </sect2>
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[fc7afd0c] | 184 |
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[a149f6fe] | 185 | <sect2 role="content">
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| 186 | <title>Contents</title>
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| 187 |
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| 188 | <segmentedlist>
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| 189 | <segtitle>Installed Programs</segtitle>
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[c3c56b2] | 190 | <segtitle>Installed Libraries</segtitle>
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| 191 | <segtitle>Installed Directories</segtitle>
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[fc7afd0c] | 192 |
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[a149f6fe] | 193 | <seglistitem>
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[bfa83aee] | 194 | <seg>
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[0d7900a] | 195 | desktop-file-edit, desktop-file-install,
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[bfa83aee] | 196 | desktop-file-validate and
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| 197 | update-desktop-database
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[2a05c87] | 198 | </seg>
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[c3c56b2] | 199 | <seg>
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| 200 | None
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| 201 | </seg>
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| 202 | <seg>
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| 203 | None
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| 204 | </seg>
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[a149f6fe] | 205 | </seglistitem>
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| 206 | </segmentedlist>
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[fc7afd0c] | 207 |
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[a149f6fe] | 208 | <variablelist>
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| 209 | <bridgehead renderas="sect3">Short Descriptions</bridgehead>
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| 210 | <?dbfo list-presentation="list"?>
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| 211 | <?dbhtml list-presentation="table"?>
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[fc7afd0c] | 212 |
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[2a05c87] | 213 | <varlistentry id="desktop-file-edit">
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| 214 | <term><command>desktop-file-edit</command></term>
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| 215 | <listitem>
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[bfa83aee] | 216 | <para>
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[4c24eb0a] | 217 | is used to modify an existing desktop file entry
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[bfa83aee] | 218 | </para>
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[2a05c87] | 219 | <indexterm zone="desktop-file-utils desktop-file-edit">
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| 220 | <primary sortas="b-desktop-file-edit">desktop-file-edit</primary>
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| 221 | </indexterm>
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| 222 | </listitem>
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| 223 | </varlistentry>
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| 224 |
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[a149f6fe] | 225 | <varlistentry id="desktop-file-install">
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| 226 | <term><command>desktop-file-install</command></term>
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| 227 | <listitem>
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[bfa83aee] | 228 | <para>
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[0d7900a] | 229 | is used to install a new desktop file entry. It is
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| 230 | also used to rebuild or modify the MIME-types application
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[4c24eb0a] | 231 | database
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[bfa83aee] | 232 | </para>
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[a149f6fe] | 233 | <indexterm zone="desktop-file-utils desktop-file-install">
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| 234 | <primary sortas="b-desktop-file-install">desktop-file-install</primary>
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| 235 | </indexterm>
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| 236 | </listitem>
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| 237 | </varlistentry>
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[fc7afd0c] | 238 |
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[a149f6fe] | 239 | <varlistentry id="desktop-file-validate">
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| 240 | <term><command>desktop-file-validate</command></term>
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| 241 | <listitem>
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[bfa83aee] | 242 | <para>
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[4c24eb0a] | 243 | is used to verify the integrity of a desktop file
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[bfa83aee] | 244 | </para>
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[a149f6fe] | 245 | <indexterm zone="desktop-file-utils desktop-file-validate">
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| 246 | <primary sortas="b-desktop-file-validate">desktop-file-validate</primary>
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| 247 | </indexterm>
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| 248 | </listitem>
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| 249 | </varlistentry>
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[fc7afd0c] | 250 |
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[a149f6fe] | 251 | <varlistentry id="update-desktop-database">
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| 252 | <term><command>update-desktop-database</command></term>
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| 253 | <listitem>
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[bfa83aee] | 254 | <para>
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[4c24eb0a] | 255 | is used to update the MIME-types application database
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[bfa83aee] | 256 | </para>
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[a149f6fe] | 257 | <indexterm zone="desktop-file-utils update-desktop-database">
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| 258 | <primary sortas="b-update-desktop-database">update-desktop-database</primary>
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| 259 | </indexterm>
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| 260 | </listitem>
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| 261 | </varlistentry>
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| 262 | </variablelist>
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| 263 |
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| 264 | </sect2>
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[c87e4dd] | 265 |
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| 266 | </sect1>
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