4 http://www.freedesktop.org/wiki/Software/desktop-file-utils
6 desktop-file-utils contains a few command line utilities for working
9 desktop-file-validate: validates a desktop file and prints warnings/errors
10 about desktop entry specification violations.
12 desktop-file-install: installs a desktop file to the applications directory,
13 optionally munging it a bit in transit.
15 update-desktop-database: updates the database containing a cache of
16 MIME types handled by desktop files.
18 More information about desktop files and the "Desktop Entry
19 Specification" is available on:
21 http://freedesktop.org/wiki/Specifications/desktop-entry-spec
22 http://specifications.freedesktop.org/desktop-entry-spec/desktop-entry-spec-latest.html
24 You may download updates to the package from:
26 http://www.freedesktop.org/software/desktop-file-utils/releases/
28 To discuss desktop-file-utils, you may use the xdg mailing list:
30 http://lists.freedesktop.org/mailman/listinfo/xdg
36 See the file 'INSTALL'. If you are not using a released version of
37 desktop-file-utils (for example, if you checked out the code from git),
38 you first need to run './autogen.sh'.
44 Bugs should be reported to the freedesktop.org bug tracking system:
46 https://bugs.freedesktop.org/ (product desktop-file-utils)
48 You will need to create an account for yourself.
50 Please read the following page on how to prepare a useful bug report:
52 https://bugs.freedesktop.org/page.cgi?id=bug-writing.html
54 Please read the HACKING file for information on where to send changes or
55 bugfixes for this package.