desktop-file-utils

Utilities for working with desktop entries

This package contains a few command line utilities for working with desktop entries:

desktop-file-validate: Validates a desktop file and prints warnings/errors about desktop entry specification violations.
desktop-file-install: Installs a desktop file to the applications directory, optionally munging it a bit in transit.
update-desktop-database: Updates the database containing a cache of MIME types handled by desktop files.

Versions: 0.26
Website: https://www.freedesktop.org/wiki/Software/desktop-file-utils/
Licenses: GPL 2+
Package source: gnu/packages/freedesktop.scm
Builds: See build status
Issues: See known issues

Installation

Install the latest version of desktop-file-utils as follows:

guix install desktop-file-utils

Or install a particular version:

guix install desktop-file-utils@0.26

You can also install packages in augmented, pure or containerized environments for development or simply to try them out without polluting your user profile. See the guix shell documentation for more information.