appstream-index(1)

Usage

appstream-index [COMMAND]

Overview

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

Notes

1.: Freedesktop.org

http://www.freedesktop.org/wiki/Distributions/AppStream/