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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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[77566073] | 7 | <!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] | 8 | <!ENTITY desktop-file-utils-download-ftp " ">
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[93d2c72] | 9 | <!ENTITY desktop-file-utils-md5sum "8b930e9ad08ac6b8205dd00a1d694b0c">
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[f0ba6ba3] | 10 | <!ENTITY desktop-file-utils-size "341 KB">
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| 11 | <!ENTITY desktop-file-utils-buildsize "2.7 MB">
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[962d208] | 12 | <!ENTITY desktop-file-utils-time "less than 0.1 SBU">
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[c87e4dd] | 13 | ]>
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| 14 |
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[8d77de6] | 15 | <sect1 id="desktop-file-utils"
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[a70a184] | 16 | 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 | <othername>$LastChangedBy$</othername>
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| 21 | <date>$Date$</date>
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| 22 | </sect1info>
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[fc7afd0c] | 23 |
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[832dcb80] | 24 | <title>desktop-file-utils-&desktop-file-utils-version;</title>
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[fc7afd0c] | 25 |
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[a149f6fe] | 26 | <indexterm zone="desktop-file-utils">
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| 27 | <primary sortas="a-Desktop-file-utils">Desktop-file-utils</primary>
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| 28 | </indexterm>
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| 29 |
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| 30 | <sect2 role="package">
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[832dcb80] | 31 | <title>Introduction to desktop-file-utils</title>
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[fc7afd0c] | 32 |
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[8d77de6] | 33 | <para>The <application>desktop-file-utils</application> package contains
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| 34 | command line utilities for working with <ulink
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| 35 | url="http://www.freedesktop.org/Standards/desktop-entry-spec">desktop
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| 36 | entries</ulink>. These utilities are used by
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| 37 | <application>GNOME</application>-2 and other applications
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| 38 | to manipulate the MIME-types application databases and help
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[a149f6fe] | 39 | adhere to the desktop entries standards specification.</para>
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[fc7afd0c] | 40 |
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[a149f6fe] | 41 | <bridgehead renderas="sect3">Package Information</bridgehead>
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| 42 | <itemizedlist spacing="compact">
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| 43 | <listitem>
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| 44 | <para>Download (HTTP): <ulink url="&desktop-file-utils-download-http;"/></para>
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| 45 | </listitem>
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| 46 | <listitem>
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| 47 | <para>Download (FTP): <ulink url="&desktop-file-utils-download-ftp;"/></para>
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| 48 | </listitem>
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| 49 | <listitem>
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| 50 | <para>Download MD5 sum: &desktop-file-utils-md5sum;</para>
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| 51 | </listitem>
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| 52 | <listitem>
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| 53 | <para>Download size: &desktop-file-utils-size;</para>
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| 54 | </listitem>
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| 55 | <listitem>
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| 56 | <para>Estimated disk space required: &desktop-file-utils-buildsize;</para>
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| 57 | </listitem>
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| 58 | <listitem>
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| 59 | <para>Estimated build time: &desktop-file-utils-time;</para>
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| 60 | </listitem>
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| 61 | </itemizedlist>
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[fc7afd0c] | 62 |
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[832dcb80] | 63 | <bridgehead renderas="sect3">desktop-file-utils Dependencies</bridgehead>
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| 64 |
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| 65 | <bridgehead renderas="sect4">Required</bridgehead>
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| 66 | <para><xref linkend="glib2"/> and <xref linkend="popt"/></para>
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[fc7afd0c] | 67 |
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[a149f6fe] | 68 | <bridgehead renderas="sect4">Optional</bridgehead>
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| 69 | <para><xref linkend="emacs"/></para>
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[fc7afd0c] | 70 |
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[a149f6fe] | 71 | </sect2>
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[fc7afd0c] | 72 |
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[a149f6fe] | 73 | <sect2 role="installation">
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[832dcb80] | 74 | <title>Installation of desktop-file-utils</title>
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[a149f6fe] | 75 |
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[8d77de6] | 76 | <para>Install <application>desktop-file-utils</application> by running the
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[a149f6fe] | 77 | following commands:</para>
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| 78 |
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| 79 | <screen><userinput>./configure --prefix=/usr &&
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| 80 | make</userinput></screen>
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[fc7afd0c] | 81 |
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[a149f6fe] | 82 | <para>Now, as the <systemitem class="username">root</systemitem> user:</para>
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[fc7afd0c] | 83 |
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[a149f6fe] | 84 | <screen role="root"><userinput>make install</userinput></screen>
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[fc7afd0c] | 85 |
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[a149f6fe] | 86 | </sect2>
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[fc7afd0c] | 87 |
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[a149f6fe] | 88 | <sect2 role="configuration">
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[832dcb80] | 89 | <title>Configuring desktop-file-utils</title>
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[fc7afd0c] | 90 |
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[a149f6fe] | 91 | <sect3>
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| 92 | <title>Configuration Information</title>
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[fc7afd0c] | 93 |
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[807b609] | 94 | <para>The default location for the MIME-types application database is
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| 95 | <filename>/usr/share/applications/mimeinfo.cache</filename>. If you are
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| 96 | going to install, or have already installed, a desktop environment such
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| 97 | as <application>GNOME</application> or <application>KDE</application> in
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| 98 | a prefix other than <filename class='directory'>/usr</filename>, you'll
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| 99 | need to update the <envar>XDG_DATA_DIRS</envar> and
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| 100 | <envar>XDG_CONFIG_DIRS</envar> environment variables so that the
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| 101 | additional MIME-types application databases and desktop menu files are
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| 102 | properly maintained and discovered. Add the following to the system-wide
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| 103 | or personal profile:</para>
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[a149f6fe] | 104 |
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| 105 | <para>For <application>GNOME</application>:</para>
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| 106 |
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[807b609] | 107 | <screen><literal>XDG_DATA_DIRS=/usr/share:$GNOME_PREFIX/share
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| 108 | XDG_CONFIG_DIRS=/usr/share:/etc/gnome/xdg
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| 109 | export XDG_DATA_DIRS XDG_CONFIG_DIRS</literal></screen>
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[a149f6fe] | 110 |
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| 111 | <para>For <application>KDE</application>:</para>
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| 112 |
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[807b609] | 113 | <screen><literal>XDG_DATA_DIRS=/usr/share:$KDE_PREFIX/share
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| 114 | XDG_CONFIG_DIRS=/usr/share:/etc/kde/xdg
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| 115 | export XDG_DATA_DIRS XDG_CONFIG_DIRS</literal></screen>
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| 116 |
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| 117 |
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| 118 | <!-- This ends up messing up the menus and the GNOME and KDE stuff is simply
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| 119 | not yet interchangeable
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[a149f6fe] | 120 |
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[8d77de6] | 121 | <para>If you're installing both <application>GNOME</application> and
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[a149f6fe] | 122 | <application>KDE</application>:</para>
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| 123 |
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| 124 | <screen><literal>XDG_DATA_DIRS=$XDG_DATA_DIRS:$GNOME_PREFIX/share:$KDE_PREFIX/share
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| 125 | export XDG_DATA_DIRS</literal></screen>
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[fc7afd0c] | 126 |
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[807b609] | 127 | -->
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| 128 |
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[a149f6fe] | 129 | </sect3>
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[fc7afd0c] | 130 |
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[a149f6fe] | 131 | </sect2>
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[fc7afd0c] | 132 |
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[a149f6fe] | 133 | <sect2 role="content">
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| 134 | <title>Contents</title>
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| 135 |
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| 136 | <segmentedlist>
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| 137 | <segtitle>Installed Programs</segtitle>
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| 138 | <segtitle>Installed Libraries</segtitle>
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| 139 | <segtitle>Installed Directories</segtitle>
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[fc7afd0c] | 140 |
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[a149f6fe] | 141 | <seglistitem>
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[8d77de6] | 142 | <seg>desktop-file-install, desktop-file-validate, and
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[a149f6fe] | 143 | update-desktop-database</seg>
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| 144 | <seg>None</seg>
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| 145 | <seg>None</seg>
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| 146 | </seglistitem>
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| 147 | </segmentedlist>
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[fc7afd0c] | 148 |
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[a149f6fe] | 149 | <variablelist>
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| 150 | <bridgehead renderas="sect3">Short Descriptions</bridgehead>
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| 151 | <?dbfo list-presentation="list"?>
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| 152 | <?dbhtml list-presentation="table"?>
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[fc7afd0c] | 153 |
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[a149f6fe] | 154 | <varlistentry id="desktop-file-install">
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| 155 | <term><command>desktop-file-install</command></term>
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| 156 | <listitem>
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[8d77de6] | 157 | <para>is used to install a new, or modify an existing desktop file
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| 158 | entry. It is also used to rebuild or modify the MIME-types
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[a149f6fe] | 159 | application database.</para>
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| 160 | <indexterm zone="desktop-file-utils desktop-file-install">
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| 161 | <primary sortas="b-desktop-file-install">desktop-file-install</primary>
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| 162 | </indexterm>
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| 163 | </listitem>
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| 164 | </varlistentry>
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[fc7afd0c] | 165 |
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[a149f6fe] | 166 | <varlistentry id="desktop-file-validate">
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| 167 | <term><command>desktop-file-validate</command></term>
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| 168 | <listitem>
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| 169 | <para>is used to verify the integrity of a desktop file.</para>
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| 170 | <indexterm zone="desktop-file-utils desktop-file-validate">
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| 171 | <primary sortas="b-desktop-file-validate">desktop-file-validate</primary>
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| 172 | </indexterm>
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| 173 | </listitem>
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| 174 | </varlistentry>
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[fc7afd0c] | 175 |
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[a149f6fe] | 176 | <varlistentry id="update-desktop-database">
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| 177 | <term><command>update-desktop-database</command></term>
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| 178 | <listitem>
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[8d77de6] | 179 | <para>is used to update the MIME-types
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[a149f6fe] | 180 | application database.</para>
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| 181 | <indexterm zone="desktop-file-utils update-desktop-database">
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| 182 | <primary sortas="b-update-desktop-database">update-desktop-database</primary>
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| 183 | </indexterm>
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| 184 | </listitem>
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| 185 | </varlistentry>
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| 186 | </variablelist>
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| 187 |
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| 188 | </sect2>
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[c87e4dd] | 189 |
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| 190 | </sect1>
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