---
name: "kdelnk2desktop.py"
section: "1"
platform: "linux"
package: "kdesdk-scripts"
version: "4:18.08.0-1"
release: "Debian 10 (Buster)"
platforms: ["linux"]
url: "https://new.carta.tech/kdelnk2desktop.py"
---

# kdelnk2desktop.py(1)

converts .kdelnk to .desktop

## NAME

kdelnk2desktop.py - converts .kdelnk to .desktop

## SYNOPSIS

**kdelnk2desktop.py** \[ *kdelnk-file* \] ...

## DESCRIPTION

**kdelnk2desktop.py** is used to convert a *.kdelnk* file (used by KDE 1) into a *.desktop* file (used by KDE 2 and later).

File *kdelnk-file* must have a name ending in *.kdelnk*. After kdelnk2desktop.py is run, this will be replaced by a new file ending in *.desktop*.  The original *kdelnk-file* will be removed.

This utility is part of the KDE Software Development Kit.

## WARNING

If *kdelnk-file* does not end in *.kdelnk*, the results of this script are unpredictable.

## AUTHOR

This manual page was prepared by Ben Burton \<bab@debian.org\> for the Debian GNU/Linux system (but may be used by others).