NAME
desktop-file-install - install a desktop file to the applications directory
SYNOPSIS
desktop-file-install [options] file
DESCRIPTION
desktop-file-install installs a specified .desktop file to the applications directory, optionally munging it a bit in transit.
OPTIONS
- --dir path
-
Specify the directory where files should be installed.
- --vendor vendor
-
Add a vendor prefix to the desktop file. If the file already has this prefix, nothing happens.
- --add-category category
-
Add a category to the Categories field.
- --remove-category category
-
Remove a category from the Categories field.
- --add-only-show-in product
-
Add a product name to the OnlyShowIn field.
- --remove-only-show-in product
-
Remove a product name from the OnlyShowIn field.
- --delete-original
-
Delete the source desktop file, leaving only the target file. Effectively "renames" a desktop file.
- -m, --mode mode
-
Set the given permissions on the destination file.
- --copy-name-to-generic-name
-
Copy the contents of the Name field to the GenericName field.
- --copy-generic-name-to-name
-
Copy the contents of the GenericName field to the Name field.
- --remove-key key
-
Remove a specific key from the desktop file.
- -h, --help
-
Show summary of options.
- --usage
-
Display brief usage message.
- -v, --version
-
Show version of program.
SEE ALSO
The Free Desktop .desktop file specification at www.freedesktop.org.
AUTHOR
This manual page was written by Ross Burton <[email protected]>, for the Debian GNU/Linux system (but may be used by others).