SYNOPSIS
- appstream-index [COMMAND]
DESCRIPTION
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 m[blue]Freedesktop.orgm[][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
AUTHOR
This manual page was written by Matthias Klumpp <[email protected]>.
COPYRIGHT
Copyright © 2012-2014 Matthias Klumpp
NOTES
- 1.
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Freedesktop.org