gdk-pixbuf-query-loaders(1)

gdk-pixbuf-query-loaders1

Gdkpixbuf loader registration utility

Usage

gdk-pixbuf-query-loaders [OPTIONS...] [MODULES..]

Overview

gdk-pixbuf-query-loaders collects information about loadable modules for gdk-pixbuf and writes it to the default cache file location, or to stdout.

If called without arguments, it looks for modules in the gdk-pixbuf loader directory.

If called with arguments, it looks for the specified modules. The arguments may be absolute or relative paths.

Normally, the output of gdk-pixbuf-query-loaders is written to $libdir/gdk-pixbuf-2.0/2.10.0/loaders.cache, where gdk-pixbuf looks for it by default. If it is written to some other location, the environment variable GDK_PIXBUF_MODULE_FILE can be set to point gdk-pixbuf at the file.

Options

--update-cache

Writes the output to the default cache location instead of the standard output.

Environment

The environment variable GDK_PIXBUF_MODULEDIR can be used to specify a different loader directory.

The default gdk-pixbuf loader directory is LIBDIR/gdk-pixbuf-2.0/VERSION/loaders, where:

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LIBDIR is the libdir used when building gdk-pixbuf

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VERSION is the ABI version for gdk-pixbuf loaders

Releases

12 releases since Debian 3.1 (Sarge); the text changed 9 times.

  1. 3.1–5.0
  2. 6.0
  3. 7
  4. 8
  5. 9
  6. 10
  7. 11
  8. 12
  9. 13
  10. Arch

--update-cache since Debian 7 (Wheezy).

From gdk-pixbuf2 2.44.8-1 in Arch Linux 2026-11-01. Parsed by carta from the page's man source.