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[ff769b8c] | 2 | <!DOCTYPE sect1 PUBLIC "-//OASIS//DTD DocBook XML V4.4//EN"
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| 3 | "http://www.oasis-open.org/docbook/xml/4.4/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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[0aeb696] | 7 | <!-- Inserted as a reminder to do this. The mention of a test suite
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| 8 | is usually right before the root user installation commands. Please
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| 9 | delete these 12 (including one blank) lines after you are done.-->
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| 10 |
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| 11 | <!-- Use one of the two mentions below about a test suite,
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| 12 | delete the line that is not applicable. Of course, if the
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| 13 | test suite uses syntax other than "make check", revise the
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| 14 | line to reflect the actual syntax to run the test suite -->
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| 15 |
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| 16 | <!-- <para>This package does not come with a test suite.</para> -->
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| 17 | <!-- <para>To test the results, issue: <command>make check</command>.</para> -->
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| 18 |
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[77566073] | 19 | <!ENTITY desktop-file-utils-download-http "http://freedesktop.org/software/desktop-file-utils/releases/desktop-file-utils-&desktop-file-utils-version;.tar.gz">
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[c87e4dd] | 20 | <!ENTITY desktop-file-utils-download-ftp " ">
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[93d2c72] | 21 | <!ENTITY desktop-file-utils-md5sum "8b930e9ad08ac6b8205dd00a1d694b0c">
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[f0ba6ba3] | 22 | <!ENTITY desktop-file-utils-size "341 KB">
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| 23 | <!ENTITY desktop-file-utils-buildsize "2.7 MB">
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[962d208] | 24 | <!ENTITY desktop-file-utils-time "less than 0.1 SBU">
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[c87e4dd] | 25 | ]>
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| 26 |
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[8d77de6] | 27 | <sect1 id="desktop-file-utils"
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[a70a184] | 28 | xreflabel="desktop-file-utils-&desktop-file-utils-version;">
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[a149f6fe] | 29 | <?dbhtml filename="desktop-file-utils.html"?>
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[fc7afd0c] | 30 |
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[a149f6fe] | 31 | <sect1info>
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| 32 | <othername>$LastChangedBy$</othername>
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| 33 | <date>$Date$</date>
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[52d50d5] | 34 | <keywordset>
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| 35 | <keyword role="package">desktop-file-utils-&desktop-file-utils-version;.tar</keyword>
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[22ac237] | 36 | <keyword role="ftpdir">desktop-file-utils</keyword>
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[52d50d5] | 37 | </keywordset>
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[a149f6fe] | 38 | </sect1info>
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[fc7afd0c] | 39 |
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[832dcb80] | 40 | <title>desktop-file-utils-&desktop-file-utils-version;</title>
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[fc7afd0c] | 41 |
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[a149f6fe] | 42 | <indexterm zone="desktop-file-utils">
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| 43 | <primary sortas="a-Desktop-file-utils">Desktop-file-utils</primary>
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| 44 | </indexterm>
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| 45 |
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| 46 | <sect2 role="package">
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[832dcb80] | 47 | <title>Introduction to desktop-file-utils</title>
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[fc7afd0c] | 48 |
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[8d77de6] | 49 | <para>The <application>desktop-file-utils</application> package contains
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| 50 | command line utilities for working with <ulink
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| 51 | url="http://www.freedesktop.org/Standards/desktop-entry-spec">desktop
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| 52 | entries</ulink>. These utilities are used by
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| 53 | <application>GNOME</application>-2 and other applications
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| 54 | to manipulate the MIME-types application databases and help
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[a149f6fe] | 55 | adhere to the desktop entries standards specification.</para>
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[fc7afd0c] | 56 |
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[a149f6fe] | 57 | <bridgehead renderas="sect3">Package Information</bridgehead>
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| 58 | <itemizedlist spacing="compact">
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| 59 | <listitem>
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| 60 | <para>Download (HTTP): <ulink url="&desktop-file-utils-download-http;"/></para>
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| 61 | </listitem>
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| 62 | <listitem>
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| 63 | <para>Download (FTP): <ulink url="&desktop-file-utils-download-ftp;"/></para>
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| 64 | </listitem>
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| 65 | <listitem>
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| 66 | <para>Download MD5 sum: &desktop-file-utils-md5sum;</para>
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| 67 | </listitem>
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| 68 | <listitem>
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| 69 | <para>Download size: &desktop-file-utils-size;</para>
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| 70 | </listitem>
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| 71 | <listitem>
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| 72 | <para>Estimated disk space required: &desktop-file-utils-buildsize;</para>
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| 73 | </listitem>
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| 74 | <listitem>
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| 75 | <para>Estimated build time: &desktop-file-utils-time;</para>
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| 76 | </listitem>
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| 77 | </itemizedlist>
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[fc7afd0c] | 78 |
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[832dcb80] | 79 | <bridgehead renderas="sect3">desktop-file-utils Dependencies</bridgehead>
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| 80 |
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| 81 | <bridgehead renderas="sect4">Required</bridgehead>
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[da4d54c] | 82 | <para role="required"><xref linkend="glib2"/> and
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| 83 | <xref linkend="popt"/></para>
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[fc7afd0c] | 84 |
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[a149f6fe] | 85 | <bridgehead renderas="sect4">Optional</bridgehead>
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[52d50d5] | 86 | <para role="optional"><xref linkend="emacs"/></para>
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[fc7afd0c] | 87 |
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[1039de3] | 88 | <para condition="html" role="usernotes">User Notes:
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| 89 | <ulink url="&blfs-wiki;/desktop-file-utils"/></para>
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| 90 |
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[a149f6fe] | 91 | </sect2>
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[fc7afd0c] | 92 |
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[a149f6fe] | 93 | <sect2 role="installation">
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[832dcb80] | 94 | <title>Installation of desktop-file-utils</title>
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[a149f6fe] | 95 |
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[8d77de6] | 96 | <para>Install <application>desktop-file-utils</application> by running the
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[a149f6fe] | 97 | following commands:</para>
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| 98 |
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| 99 | <screen><userinput>./configure --prefix=/usr &&
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| 100 | make</userinput></screen>
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[fc7afd0c] | 101 |
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[a149f6fe] | 102 | <para>Now, as the <systemitem class="username">root</systemitem> user:</para>
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[fc7afd0c] | 103 |
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[a149f6fe] | 104 | <screen role="root"><userinput>make install</userinput></screen>
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[fc7afd0c] | 105 |
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[a149f6fe] | 106 | </sect2>
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[fc7afd0c] | 107 |
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[a149f6fe] | 108 | <sect2 role="configuration">
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[832dcb80] | 109 | <title>Configuring desktop-file-utils</title>
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[fc7afd0c] | 110 |
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[a149f6fe] | 111 | <sect3>
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| 112 | <title>Configuration Information</title>
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[fc7afd0c] | 113 |
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[807b609] | 114 | <para>The default location for the MIME-types application database is
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| 115 | <filename>/usr/share/applications/mimeinfo.cache</filename>. If you are
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| 116 | going to install, or have already installed, a desktop environment such
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| 117 | as <application>GNOME</application> or <application>KDE</application> in
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| 118 | a prefix other than <filename class='directory'>/usr</filename>, you'll
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[da4d54c] | 119 | need to update the <envar>XDG_DATA_DIRS</envar> variable with your prefix
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| 120 | setting. Update the <envar>XDG_DATA_DIRS</envar> (if necessary) and
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[807b609] | 121 | <envar>XDG_CONFIG_DIRS</envar> environment variables so that the
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| 122 | additional MIME-types application databases and desktop menu files are
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[da4d54c] | 123 | properly maintained and discovered by adding the following to the
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| 124 | system-wide or personal profile:</para>
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[a149f6fe] | 125 |
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| 126 | <para>For <application>GNOME</application>:</para>
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| 127 |
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[807b609] | 128 | <screen><literal>XDG_DATA_DIRS=/usr/share:$GNOME_PREFIX/share
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[d777a3a] | 129 | XDG_CONFIG_DIRS=/usr/share:&gnome-etc-dir;/xdg
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[807b609] | 130 | export XDG_DATA_DIRS XDG_CONFIG_DIRS</literal></screen>
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[a149f6fe] | 131 |
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| 132 | <para>For <application>KDE</application>:</para>
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| 133 |
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[807b609] | 134 | <screen><literal>XDG_DATA_DIRS=/usr/share:$KDE_PREFIX/share
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| 135 | XDG_CONFIG_DIRS=/usr/share:/etc/kde/xdg
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| 136 | export XDG_DATA_DIRS XDG_CONFIG_DIRS</literal></screen>
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| 137 |
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| 138 |
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| 139 | <!-- This ends up messing up the menus and the GNOME and KDE stuff is simply
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| 140 | not yet interchangeable
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[a149f6fe] | 141 |
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[8d77de6] | 142 | <para>If you're installing both <application>GNOME</application> and
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[a149f6fe] | 143 | <application>KDE</application>:</para>
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| 144 |
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| 145 | <screen><literal>XDG_DATA_DIRS=$XDG_DATA_DIRS:$GNOME_PREFIX/share:$KDE_PREFIX/share
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| 146 | export XDG_DATA_DIRS</literal></screen>
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[fc7afd0c] | 147 |
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[807b609] | 148 | -->
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| 149 |
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[a149f6fe] | 150 | </sect3>
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[fc7afd0c] | 151 |
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[a149f6fe] | 152 | </sect2>
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[fc7afd0c] | 153 |
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[a149f6fe] | 154 | <sect2 role="content">
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| 155 | <title>Contents</title>
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| 156 |
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| 157 | <segmentedlist>
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| 158 | <segtitle>Installed Programs</segtitle>
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| 159 | <segtitle>Installed Libraries</segtitle>
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| 160 | <segtitle>Installed Directories</segtitle>
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[fc7afd0c] | 161 |
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[a149f6fe] | 162 | <seglistitem>
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[8d77de6] | 163 | <seg>desktop-file-install, desktop-file-validate, and
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[a149f6fe] | 164 | update-desktop-database</seg>
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| 165 | <seg>None</seg>
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| 166 | <seg>None</seg>
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| 167 | </seglistitem>
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| 168 | </segmentedlist>
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[fc7afd0c] | 169 |
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[a149f6fe] | 170 | <variablelist>
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| 171 | <bridgehead renderas="sect3">Short Descriptions</bridgehead>
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| 172 | <?dbfo list-presentation="list"?>
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| 173 | <?dbhtml list-presentation="table"?>
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[fc7afd0c] | 174 |
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[a149f6fe] | 175 | <varlistentry id="desktop-file-install">
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| 176 | <term><command>desktop-file-install</command></term>
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| 177 | <listitem>
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[8d77de6] | 178 | <para>is used to install a new, or modify an existing desktop file
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| 179 | entry. It is also used to rebuild or modify the MIME-types
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[a149f6fe] | 180 | application database.</para>
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| 181 | <indexterm zone="desktop-file-utils desktop-file-install">
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| 182 | <primary sortas="b-desktop-file-install">desktop-file-install</primary>
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| 183 | </indexterm>
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| 184 | </listitem>
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| 185 | </varlistentry>
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[fc7afd0c] | 186 |
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[a149f6fe] | 187 | <varlistentry id="desktop-file-validate">
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| 188 | <term><command>desktop-file-validate</command></term>
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| 189 | <listitem>
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| 190 | <para>is used to verify the integrity of a desktop file.</para>
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| 191 | <indexterm zone="desktop-file-utils desktop-file-validate">
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| 192 | <primary sortas="b-desktop-file-validate">desktop-file-validate</primary>
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| 193 | </indexterm>
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| 194 | </listitem>
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| 195 | </varlistentry>
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[fc7afd0c] | 196 |
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[a149f6fe] | 197 | <varlistentry id="update-desktop-database">
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| 198 | <term><command>update-desktop-database</command></term>
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| 199 | <listitem>
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[8d77de6] | 200 | <para>is used to update the MIME-types
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[a149f6fe] | 201 | application database.</para>
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| 202 | <indexterm zone="desktop-file-utils update-desktop-database">
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| 203 | <primary sortas="b-update-desktop-database">update-desktop-database</primary>
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| 204 | </indexterm>
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| 205 | </listitem>
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| 206 | </varlistentry>
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| 207 | </variablelist>
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| 208 |
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| 209 | </sect2>
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[c87e4dd] | 210 |
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| 211 | </sect1>
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