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APPSTREAM-INDEX(1) appstream-index APPSTREAM-INDEX(1)

NAME

appstream-index - Manage the AppStream component index

SYNOPSIS

appstream-index [COMMAND]

DESCRIPTION

This manual page documents briefly the appstream-index command.
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 Freedesktop.org[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

SEE ALSO

pkcon (1).

AUTHOR

This manual page was written by Matthias Klumpp <matthias@tenstral.net>.

COPYRIGHT

Copyright © 2012-2014 Matthias Klumpp
 

NOTES

1.
Freedesktop.org
http://www.freedesktop.org/wiki/Distributions/AppStream/
26 July,2012 AppStream