---
name: "File::IconTheme"
section: "3pm"
platform: "linux"
package: "perl-file-basedir"
version: "0.09-7"
release: "Arch Linux 2026-11-01"
platforms: ["linux"]
url: "https://new.carta.tech/File::IconTheme"
---

# File::IconTheme(3pm)

Find icon directories

## NAME

File::IconTheme - Find icon directories

## VERSION

version 0.09

## SYNOPSIS

```
 use File::IconTheme qw(xdg_icon_theme_search_dirs);
 print join "\n", xdg_icon_theme_search_dirs;
```

## DESCRIPTION

This module can be used to find directories as specified by the Freedesktop.org Icon Theme Specification. Currently only a tiny (but most useful) part of the specification is implemented.

In case you want to **store** an icon theme, use the directory returned by:

```
 use File::BaseDir qw(data_dirs);
 print scalar data_dirs('icons');
```

## FUNCTIONS

Can be exported on request.

### xdg\_icon\_theme\_search\_dirs

```
 my @dirs = xdg_icon_theme_search_dir;
```

Returns a list of the base directories of icon themes.

## CONFIGURATION AND ENVIRONMENT

`$XDG_DATA_HOME`, `$XDG_DATA_DIRS`

## SEE ALSO

\<http://standards.freedesktop.org/icon-theme-spec/\>

## AUTHORS

- •

  Jaap Karssenberg \|\| Pardus \[Larus\] \<pardus@cpan.org\>

- •

  Graham Ollis \<plicease@cpan.org\>

## COPYRIGHT AND LICENSE

This software is copyright (c) 2003-2021 by Jaap Karssenberg \|\| Pardus \[Larus\] \<pardus@cpan.org\>.

This is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the same terms as the Perl 5 programming language system itself.