How To Install desktop-file-utils on CentOS 8
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install desktop-file-utils on CentOS 8.
What is desktop-file-utils
.desktop files are used to describe an application for inclusion in GNOME or KDE menus. This package contains desktop-file-validate which checks whether a .desktop file complies with the specification at http which installs a desktop file to the standard directory, optionally fixing it up in the process.
We can use yum or dnf to install desktop-file-utils on CentOS 8. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install desktop-file-utils.
Install desktop-file-utils on CentOS 8 Using dnf
Update yum database with dnf using the following command.
sudo dnf makecache --refresh
The output should look something like this:
CentOS Linux 8 - AppStream 43 kB/s | 4.3 kB 00:00
CentOS Linux 8 - BaseOS 65 kB/s | 3.9 kB 00:00
CentOS Linux 8 - ContinuousRelease 43 kB/s | 3.0 kB 00:00
CentOS Linux 8 - Extras 23 kB/s | 1.5 kB 00:00
CentOS Linux 8 - FastTrack 40 kB/s | 3.0 kB 00:00
CentOS Linux 8 - HighAvailability 36 kB/s | 3.9 kB 00:00
CentOS Linux 8 - Plus 24 kB/s | 1.5 kB 00:00
CentOS Linux 8 - PowerTools 50 kB/s | 4.3 kB 00:00
Extra Packages for Enterprise Linux Modular 8 - x86_64 13 kB/s | 9.2 kB 00:00
Extra Packages for Enterprise Linux 8 - x86_64 24 kB/s | 8.5 kB 00:00
Metadata cache created.
After updating yum database, We can install desktop-file-utils using dnf by running the following command:
sudo dnf -y install desktop-file-utils
Install desktop-file-utils on CentOS 8 Using yum
Update yum database with yum using the following command.
sudo yum makecache --refresh
The output should look something like this:
CentOS Linux 8 - AppStream 43 kB/s | 4.3 kB 00:00
CentOS Linux 8 - BaseOS 65 kB/s | 3.9 kB 00:00
CentOS Linux 8 - ContinuousRelease 43 kB/s | 3.0 kB 00:00
CentOS Linux 8 - Extras 23 kB/s | 1.5 kB 00:00
CentOS Linux 8 - FastTrack 40 kB/s | 3.0 kB 00:00
CentOS Linux 8 - HighAvailability 36 kB/s | 3.9 kB 00:00
CentOS Linux 8 - Plus 24 kB/s | 1.5 kB 00:00
CentOS Linux 8 - PowerTools 50 kB/s | 4.3 kB 00:00
Extra Packages for Enterprise Linux Modular 8 - x86_64 13 kB/s | 9.2 kB 00:00
Extra Packages for Enterprise Linux 8 - x86_64 24 kB/s | 8.5 kB 00:00
Metadata cache created.
After updating yum database, We can install desktop-file-utils using yum by running the following command:
sudo yum -y install desktop-file-utils
How To Uninstall desktop-file-utils on CentOS 8
To uninstall only the desktop-file-utils package we can use the following command:
sudo dnf remove desktop-file-utils
desktop-file-utils Package Contents on CentOS 8
/usr/bin/desktop-file-edit
/usr/bin/desktop-file-install
/usr/bin/desktop-file-validate
/usr/bin/update-desktop-database
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/12
/usr/lib/.build-id/12/802fc85fc095e5a5c496193523c22caa6a0480
/usr/lib/.build-id/1a
/usr/lib/.build-id/1a/9afaa23133a53ccb480353faea106a1c338e84
/usr/lib/.build-id/63
/usr/lib/.build-id/63/9fd88b08f80c51c733dbe603748099c8696d1d
/usr/share/doc/desktop-file-utils
/usr/share/doc/desktop-file-utils/AUTHORS
/usr/share/doc/desktop-file-utils/NEWS
/usr/share/doc/desktop-file-utils/README
/usr/share/emacs/site-lisp/desktop-file-utils
/usr/share/emacs/site-lisp/desktop-file-utils/desktop-entry-mode.el
/usr/share/emacs/site-lisp/desktop-file-utils/desktop-entry-mode.elc
/usr/share/emacs/site-lisp/site-start.d/desktop-entry-mode-init.el
/usr/share/emacs/site-lisp/site-start.d/desktop-entry-mode-init.elc
/usr/share/licenses/desktop-file-utils
/usr/share/licenses/desktop-file-utils/COPYING
/usr/share/man/man1/desktop-file-edit.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/desktop-file-install.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/desktop-file-validate.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/update-desktop-database.1.gz
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install desktop-file-utils on CentOS 8 using yum and dnf.