---
name: "appstream-index"
section: "1"
platform: "linux"
package: "appstream-index"
version: "0.7.3-1"
release: "Debian 8 (Jessie)"
platforms: ["linux"]
url: "https://new.carta.tech/appstream-index"
---

# appstream-index(1)

Manage the AppStream component index

## NAME

appstream-index - Manage the AppStream component index

## SYNOPSIS

**appstream-index** \[**COMMAND**\]

## DESCRIPTION

This manual page documents briefly the **appstream-index** command.

**appstream-index** manages the AppStream index. The AppStream component index contains a list of all available applications for your distribution, matched with their native package names. It is generated using either AppStream-XML, Debian-DEP-11 or Ubuntu AppInstall data, which is provided by your distributor.

For more information about the AppStream project and the other components which are part of it, take a look at the AppStream pages at **Freedesktop.org**\[1\].

## OPTIONS

**get** *ID*

Get a component by it's identifier.

**s**, **search** *TERM*

Search the AppStream component database for a given search term.

**what-provides** *TYPE* *TERM*

Return components which provide a given item. An item type can be specified using the *TYPE* parameter, a value to search for has to be supplied using the *TERM* parameter.

Examples:

Get components which handle the "text/xml" mimetype.

**appstream-index** what-provides mimetype "text/xml"

Get component which provides the "libfoo.so.2" library.

**appstream-index** what-provides lib libfoo.so.2

**refresh**

Trigger a database refresh, if necessary. In case you want to force the database to be rebuilt, supply the **--force** flag.

This command must be executed with root permission.

- **--details**

  Print out more information about a found component.

- **--no-color**

  Don't print colored output.

- **--version**

  Display the version number of appstream-index

## SEE ALSO

pkcon (1).

## AUTHOR

This manual page was written by Matthias Klumpp \<matthias@tenstral.net\>.

## COPYRIGHT

Copyright © 2012-2014 Matthias Klumpp\

## NOTES

- 1\.

  Freedesktop.org

  http://www.freedesktop.org/wiki/Distributions/AppStream/