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<html><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=ISO-8859-1"><title>xdg-desktop-icon</title><meta name="generator" content="DocBook XSL Stylesheets V1.68.1"></head><body bgcolor="white" text="black" link="#0000FF" vlink="#840084" alink="#0000FF"><div class="refentry" lang="en"><a name="xdg-desktop-icon"></a><div class="titlepage"></div><div class="refnamediv"><h2>Name</h2><p>xdg-desktop-icon — command line tool for (un)installing icons to the desktop</p></div><div class="refsynopsisdiv"><h2>Synopsis</h2><div class="cmdsynopsis"><p><code class="command">xdg-desktop-icon</code> install [<code class="option">--vendor <em class="replaceable"><code>vendor-id</code></em></code>] <em class="replaceable"><code>FILE</code></em> </p></div><div class="cmdsynopsis"><p><code class="command">xdg-desktop-icon</code> uninstall [<code class="option">--vendor <em class="replaceable"><code>vendor-id</code></em></code>] <em class="replaceable"><code>FILE</code></em> </p></div><div class="cmdsynopsis"><p><code class="command">xdg-desktop-icon</code> { <code class="option">--help</code> | <code class="option">--manual</code> | <code class="option">--version</code> }</p></div></div><div class="refsect1" lang="en"><a name="description"></a><h2>Description</h2><p>
The xdg-desktop-icon program can be used to install an application launcher
or other file on the desktop of the current user.
</p><p>
An application launcher is represented by a *.desktop file.
Desktop files are defined by the freedesktop.org Desktop Entry
Specification. The most important aspects of *.desktop files
are summarized below.
</p></div><div class="refsect1" lang="en"><a name="commands"></a><h2>Commands</h2><div class="variablelist"><dl><dt><span class="term">install</span></dt><dd>
Installs <em class="replaceable"><code>FILE</code></em> to the desktop of the current user.
<em class="replaceable"><code>FILE</code></em> can be a *.desktop file or any
other type of file.
</dd><dt><span class="term">uninstall</span></dt><dd>
Removes <em class="replaceable"><code>FILE</code></em> from the desktop
of the current user.
</dd></dl></div></div><div class="refsect1" lang="en"><a name="options"></a><h2>Options</h2><div class="variablelist"><dl><dt><span class="term"><code class="option">--vendor</code> <em class="replaceable"><code>vendor-id</code></em></span></dt><dd>
Adds <em class="replaceable"><code>vendor-id</code></em> as a prefix when installing desktop
files.
</dd><dt><span class="term"><code class="option">--help</code></span></dt><dd>
Show command synopsis.
</dd><dt><span class="term"><code class="option">--manual</code></span></dt><dd>
Show this manualpage.
</dd><dt><span class="term"><code class="option">--version</code></span></dt><dd>
Show the xdg-utils version information.
</dd></dl></div></div><div class="refsect1" lang="en"><a name="desktopfiles"></a><h2>Desktop Files</h2><p>
An application launcher can be added to the desktop by installing a
*.desktop file. A *.desktop file consists of a
<span class="emphasis"><em>[Desktop Entry]</em></span> header followed by several
<em class="replaceable"><code>Key</code></em>=<em class="replaceable"><code>Value</code></em> lines.
</p><p>
A *.desktop file can provide a name and description for an application
in several different languages. This is done by adding a language
code as used by LC_MESSAGES in square brackets behind the
<em class="replaceable"><code>Key</code></em>. This way one can specify different
values for the same <em class="replaceable"><code>Key</code></em> depending on the
currently selected language.
</p><p>
The following keys are often used:
</p><div class="variablelist"><dl><dt><span class="term">Value=1.0</span></dt><dd>
This is a mandatory field to indicate that the *.desktop file
follows the 1.0 version of the specification.
</dd><dt><span class="term">Type=Application</span></dt><dd>
This is a mandatory field that indicates that the *.desktop file
describes an application launcher.
</dd><dt><span class="term">Name=<em class="replaceable"><code>Application Name</code></em></span></dt><dd>
The name of the application.
For example <span class="emphasis"><em>Mozilla</em></span>
</dd><dt><span class="term">GenericName=<em class="replaceable"><code>Generic Name</code></em></span></dt><dd>
A generic description of the application.
For example <span class="emphasis"><em>Web Browser</em></span>
</dd><dt><span class="term">Comment=<em class="replaceable"><code>Comment</code></em></span></dt><dd>
Optional field to specify a tooltip for the application.
For example <span class="emphasis"><em>Visit websites on the Internet</em></span>
</dd><dt><span class="term">Icon=<em class="replaceable"><code>Icon File</code></em></span></dt><dd>
The icon to use for the application. This can either be
an absolute path to an image file or an icon-name.
If an icon-name is provided an image lookup by name is done
in the user's current icon theme. The <span><strong class="command">xdg-icon-resource</strong></span>
command can be used to install image files into icon themes.
The advantage of using an icon-name instead of an absolute
path is that with an icon-name the application icon can be
provided in several different sizes as well as in several
differently themed styles.
</dd><dt><span class="term">Exec=<em class="replaceable"><code>Command Line</code></em></span></dt><dd>
The command line to start the application. If the application
can open files the %f placeholder should be specified. When
a file is dropped on the application launcher the %f is replaced
with the file path of the dropped file. If multiple files
can be specified on the command line the %F placeholder should
be used instead of %f. If the application is able to open URLs
in addition to local files then %u or %U can be used instead
of %f or %F.
</dd></dl></div><p>
For a complete oveview of the *.desktop file format please
visit http://www.freedesktop.org/wiki/Standards/desktop-entry-spec
</p></div><div class="refsect1" lang="en"><a name="env_vars"></a><h2>Environment Variables</h2><p>
xdg-desktop-icon honours the following environment variables:
</p><div class="variablelist"><dl><dt><span class="term">XDG_UTILS_DEBUG_LEVEL</span></dt><dd>
Setting this environment variable to a non-zero numerical value
makes xdg-desktop-icon do more verbose reporting on stderr.
Setting a higher value increases the verbosity.
</dd></dl></div></div><div class="refsect1" lang="en"><a name="exitcodes"></a><h2>Exit Codes</h2><p>
An exit code of 0 indicates success while a non-zero exit code
indicates failure. The following failure codes can be returned:
</p><div class="variablelist"><dl><dt><span class="term"><code class="option">1</code></span></dt><dd>
Error in command line syntax.
</dd><dt><span class="term"><code class="option">2</code></span></dt><dd>
One of the files passed on the command line did not exist.
</dd><dt><span class="term"><code class="option">3</code></span></dt><dd>
A required tool could not be found.
</dd><dt><span class="term"><code class="option">4</code></span></dt><dd>
The action failed.
</dd><dt><span class="term"><code class="option">5</code></span></dt><dd>
No permission to read one of the files passed on the command
line.
</dd></dl></div></div><div class="refsect1" lang="en"><a name="seealso"></a><h2>See Also</h2><p><span class="citerefentry"><span class="refentrytitle">xdg-icon-resource</span>(1)</span>
</p></div><div class="refsect1" lang="en"><a name="examples"></a><h2>Examples</h2><p>
The company ShinyThings Inc. has developed an application named
"WebMirror" and would like to add a launcher for for on the desktop.
The company will use "shinythings" as its vendor id.
In order to add the application to the desktop there needs to be a
.desktop file for the application:
</p><pre class="programlisting">
webmirror.desktop:
[Desktop Entry]
Encoding=UTF-8
Type=Application
Exec=webmirror
Icon=webmirror
Name=WebMirror
Name[nl]=WebSpiegel
</pre><p>
</p><p>Now the xdg-desktop-icon tool can be used to add the webmirror.desktop file
to the desktop:
</p><pre class="programlisting">
xdg-desktop-icon install --vendor shinythings ./webmirror.desktop
</pre><p>
</p><p>To add a README file to the desktop as well, the following command can be used:
</p><pre class="programlisting">
xdg-desktop-icon install ./shinythings-README
</pre><p>
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