DESKTOP2MENU(1)

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version 2.23.7ubuntu0.2 · 6 versions
, in ubuntu noble

👑 DESKTOP2MENU(1) 💅

okay so bestie, pull up a chair, we're talking about desktop2menu from the Debian Utilities manual, section 1 (that's the user commands girlies 🎀). it's giving ✨ tiny tool, huge main character energy ✨ and honestly? obsessed.

🌸 NAME 🌸

desktop2menu — create a menu file skeleton from a desktop file 🦋

like. that's it. that's the job. she takes a desktop file and pops out a lil skeleton menu file. no cap.

✨ SYNOPSIS ✨

desktop2menu --help|--version

desktop2menu desktop file [package name]

periodt. that's the whole vibe check. 💅

💖 DESCRIPTION 💖

so here's the tea, bestie 🍓: desktop2menu generates a skeleton menu file from the freedesktop.org desktop file you hand it. like, you give her a desktop file, she gives you back the bones of a menu file. iconic behaviour, truly. 🔥

and the package name to be used in that menu file? you can pass it as an extra argument. [package name] goes in, vibes go out. 🌈

but — and this is the part where she's lowkey self-sufficient — if you don't supply it, then desktop2menu will attempt to derive the package name from the data already sitting in the desktop file. she's resourceful like that. she read the file. she did the homework. 📚✨

so basically: give her the package name if you want to be bossy about it, or let her figure it out herself. either way she's serving. 🫶

🎀 LICENSE 🎀

okay legal bestie time, but make it cute 💜:

This program is Copyright (C) 2007 by Sune Vuorela <debian@pusling.com>. It was modified by Adam D. Barratt <adam@adam-barratt.org.uk> for the devscripts package.

This program comes with ABSOLUTELY NO WARRANTY. like. none. zero. nada. 😭 fr fr read that twice.

You are free to redistribute this code under the terms of the GNU General Public License, version 2 or later. slay, open source. 👑

🦋 AUTHOR 🦋

Sune Vuorela <debian@pusling.com> with modifications by Adam D. Barratt <adam@adam-barratt.org.uk>. 💖 two legends, one manpage, we love to see it.

and that's the whole page, bestie!! this one's from the Debian Utilities corner of the world, dated 2026-02-25 ✨ — go make some menu skeletons, you absolute icon, and remember: no warranty, only vibes. 💅🎀🦋💖

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