desktop-file-install - install a desktop file to the applications directory

desktop-file-install [options] file

desktop-file-install installs a specified .desktop file to the applications directory, optionally munging it a bit in transit.

--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.

The Free Desktop .desktop file specification at www.freedesktop.org.

This manual page was written by Ross Burton <ross@burtonini.com>, for the Debian GNU/Linux system (but may be used by others).