APPSTREAM-UTIL(1)

πŸ’– APPSTREAM-UTIL πŸ’–

okay bestie, welcome to appstream-util β€” she lives in the User Commands section of the manual, and she is the girl for wrangling AppStream, AppData and MetaInfo metadata. let's get into it πŸŽ€


✨ NAME ✨

appstream-util β€” manipulate AppStream, AppData and MetaInfo metadata πŸ¦‹


🌸 SYNOPSIS 🌸

appstream-util [OPTION...]

like, that's it. that's the whole vibe. you pass her some OPTION... and she goes to work πŸ’…


πŸ‘‘ DESCRIPTION πŸ‘‘

so this manual page documents appstream-util β€” briefly, because she doesn't need a whole essay, she's got main character energy and she knows it ✨

appstream-util lets you manipulate and validate AppStream, AppData and MetaInfo β€” for syntax, for formatting, and for style guidelines. that's the whole job. she checks your metadata's fit, she fixes what needs fixing, and she does NOT let you submit something sloppy. periodt πŸ’€

ngl, if you're shipping software and your metadata is a mess, this is literally your bestie. run it before somebody else runs it on you πŸ™ˆ

🫢 AUTHOR 🫢

this manual page was written by Richard Hughes <richard@hughsie.com>. iconic. we love her. πŸ’œ


and that's the whole page, bestie πŸŽ€ β€” she's a User Commands girlie, filed under APPSTREAM-UTIL(1), and she ate. no cap. go validate something πŸ”₯πŸ’–