DESKTOP-FILE-INSTALL(1)	    General Commands Manual    DESKTOP-FILE-INSTALL(1)

NAME
       desktop-file-install, desktop-file-edit - Installation and edition of
       desktop files

SYNOPSIS
       desktop-file-install [--dir=DIR] [-m MODE|--mode=MODE]
       [--vendor=VENDOR] [--delete-original] [--rebuild-mime-info-cache]
       [EDITOPTION]... FILE...

       desktop-file-edit [EDITOPTION]... FILE

DESCRIPTION
       The desktop-file-install program is a tool to install, and optionally
       edit, desktop files. The desktop-file-edit program is a tool to edit a
       desktop file. They are mostly useful for developers and packagers.

       Various options are available to edit the desktop files. The edit
       options can be specified more than once and will be processed in the
       same order as the options passed to the program.

       desktop-file-install and desktop-file-edit will always try to validate
       the resulting desktop file. A failure to validate might lead to the
       abortion of the installation of the desktop files.

       The list of registered categories and desktop environments is defined
       in the Menu specification:
       http://freedesktop.org/wiki/Specifications/menu-spec.

OPTIONS
       The following options are supported:

       --dir=DIR
	      Install desktop files to the DIR directory.

       -m, --mode=MODE
	      Set the permissions of the destination files to MODE.

       --vendor=VENDOR
	      Add a vendor prefix to the desktop files. If a file already has
	      this prefix, nothing happens; else, the file will be named
	      VENDOR-FILE. For example: if VENDOR is freedesktop.org and FILE
	      is specification.desktop, the result file will be
	      freedesktop.org-specification.desktop.

       --delete-original
	      Delete the source desktop files, leaving only the target files.
	      Effectively "renames" the desktop files.

       --rebuild-mime-info-cache
	      Rebuild the MIME types application database after installing the
	      desktop files. See update-desktop-database(1) for information
	      about this database.

EDIT OPTIONS
       The following edit options are supported:

       --set-key=KEY
	      Set the KEY key to the value passed to the next --set-value
	      option. A matching --set-value option is mandatory.

       --set-value=VALUE
	      Set the key specified with the previous --set-key option to
	      VALUE.  A matching --set-key option is mandatory.

       --set-name=NAME
	      Set the name (key Name) to NAME. If a name was already set, it
	      will be overridden. Localizations of the old name will be
	      removed.

       --copy-name-to-generic-name
	      Copy the value of the Name key to the GenericName key. Note that
	      a desktop file requires a Name key to be valid, so this option
	      will always have an effect.

       --set-generic-name=GENERIC-NAME
	      Set the generic name (key GenericName) to GENERIC-NAME. If a
	      generic name was already set, it will be overridden.
	      Localizations of the old generic name will be removed.

       --copy-generic-name-to-name
	      Copy the value of the GenericName key to the Name key, if the
	      GenericName key is present.

       --set-comment=COMMENT
	      Set the comment (key Comment) to COMMENT. If a comment was
	      already set, it will be overridden. Localizations of the old
	      comment will be removed.

       --set-icon=ICON
	      Set the icon (key Icon) to ICON. If an icon was already set, it
	      will be overridden. Localizations of the old icon will be
	      removed.

       --add-category=CATEGORY
	      Add CATEGORY to the list of categories (key Categories). If
	      CATEGORY was already present in the list, this operation is a
	      no-op. A non-registered category should be prefixed with X-.

       --remove-category=CATEGORY
	      Remove CATEGORY from the list of categories (key Categories). If
	      CATEGORY was not present in the list, this operation is a no-op.

       --add-mime-type=MIME-TYPE
	      Add MIME-TYPE to the list of MIME types (key MimeType). If MIME-
	      TYPE was already present in the list, this operation is a no-op.

       --remove-mime-type=MIME-TYPE
	      Remove MIME-TYPE from the list of MIME types (key MimeType).  If
	      MIME-TYPE was not present in the list, this operation is a no-
	      op.

       --add-only-show-in=ENVIRONMENT
	      Add ENVIRONMENT to the list of desktop environments where the
	      desktop files should be displayed (key OnlyShowIn). If
	      ENVIRONMENT was already present in the list, this operation is a
	      no-op. A non-registered desktop environment should be prefixed
	      with X-. Note that an empty OnlyShowIn key in a desktop file
	      means that the desktop file will be displayed in all
	      environments.

       --remove-only-show-in=ENVIRONMENT
	      Remove ENVIRONMENT from the list of desktop environments where
	      the desktop files should be displayed (key OnlyShowIn). If
	      ENVIRONMENT was not present in the list, this operation is a no-
	      op.

       --add-not-show-in=ENVIRONMENT
	      Add ENVIRONMENT to the list of desktop environments where the
	      desktop files should not be displayed (key NotShowIn). If
	      ENVIRONMENT was already present in the list, this operation is a
	      no-op. A non-registered desktop environment should be prefixed
	      with X-. Note that an empty NotShowIn key in a desktop file
	      means that the desktop file will be displayed in all
	      environments.

       --remove-not-show-in=ENVIRONMENT
	      Remove ENVIRONMENT from the list of desktop environments where
	      the desktop files should not be displayed (key NotShowIn). If
	      ENVIRONMENT was not present in the list, this operation is a no-
	      op.

       --remove-key=KEY
	      Remove the KEY key from the desktop files, if present.

ENVIRONMENT
       Some environment variables change the behavior of desktop-file-install:

       DESKTOP_FILE_VENDOR

	      This variable can be used as an alternative to the --vendor
	      option. If the --vendor option is used, this environment
	      variable will be ignored.

       DESKTOP_FILE_INSTALL_DIR

	      This variable can be used as an alternative to the --dir option.
	      If the --dir option is used, this environment variable will be
	      ignored.

       RPM_BUILD_ROOT

	      This variable is set when building RPM packages. If the --dir
	      option and the DESKTOP_FILE_INSTALL_DIR environment variable are
	      not used, it will automatically be prepended to the default
	      install directory to install the desktop files appropriately
	      when building packages.

BUGS
       If you find bugs in the desktop-file-install program, please report
       these on https://bugs.freedesktop.org.

SEE ALSO
       desktop-file-validate(1) update-desktop-database(1)

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