# Installer desktop-file-utils avec Homebrew, apk, apt, dnf, MacPorts, Nix, pacman, zypper

Consultez les chemins d'installation, exécutables, métadonnées et notes de sécurité de desktop-file-utils pour les workflows d'agents IA.

## installation

```sh
sudo av install brew:desktop-file-utils
```

Commandes d'installation supplémentaires:

### macOS

- Homebrew (100%):

```sh
brew install desktop-file-utils
```

  Preuve: local Homebrew formula metadata

- MacPorts (94%):

```sh
sudo port install desktop-file-utils
```

  Preuve: MacPorts ports tree: gnome/desktop-file-utils/Portfile from https://api.github.com/repos/macports/macports-ports/git/trees/master?recursive=1

### Linux

- apk (92%):

```sh
sudo apk add desktop-file-utils
```

  Preuve: Alpine Linux edge package indexes: desktop-file-utils from https://dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org/alpine/edge/community/x86_64/APKINDEX.tar.gz

- Debian apt (92%):

```sh
sudo apt install desktop-file-utils
```

  Preuve: Debian stable package indexes: desktop-file-utils from https://deb.debian.org/debian/dists/stable/main/binary-amd64/Packages.xz

- dnf (92%):

```sh
sudo dnf install desktop-file-utils
```

  Preuve: Fedora Rawhide package metadata: desktop-file-utils from https://dl.fedoraproject.org/pub/fedora/linux/development/rawhide/Everything/x86_64/os/repodata/07190dc5ae9f35ae73866675fed6d95fe6e8d9fe22c9d7cdf85862cb2ed24a4c-primary.xml.zst

- Nix (92%):

```sh
nix profile install nixpkgs#desktop-file-utils
```

  Preuve: nixpkgs package indexes: pkgs/by-name/de/desktop-file-utils/package.nix from https://api.github.com/repos/NixOS/nixpkgs/git/trees/master?recursive=1

- pacman (92%):

```sh
sudo pacman -S desktop-file-utils
```

  Preuve: Arch Linux sync databases: desktop-file-utils from https://geo.mirror.pkgbuild.com/extra/os/x86_64/extra.db.tar.gz

- zypper (92%):

```sh
sudo zypper install desktop-file-utils
```

  Preuve: openSUSE Tumbleweed package metadata: desktop-file-utils from https://download.opensuse.org/tumbleweed/repo/oss/repodata/50b07339cb64c8ed4091bdbabddadc1ff5737b090e478818a195b40d8a3292861a879139b4a3987c31109699fde9fbf4a716367ddf4eef77da75f96e3193d6ed-primary.xml.zst

## Faits du paquet

- **Clé du paquet:** brew:desktop-file-utils
- **Gestionnaire de paquets:** Homebrew
- **Version:** 0.28
- **Résumé source:** Command-line utilities for working with desktop entries
- **Page d'accueil:** <https://wiki.freedesktop.org/www/Software/desktop-file-utils/>
- **Généré:** 2026-08-03T19:37:03+00:00

## exécutables

- desktop-file-edit (alias)
- desktop-file-install (alias)
- desktop-file-validate (alias)
- update-desktop-database (alias)

## Comportement d'installation

- Bouteille: non disponible

## Version et fraîcheur

- page générée: 2026-08-03
- version du gestionnaire: 0.28
## Historique du projet et usages

desktop-file-utils is a freedesktop.org utility collection for working with desktop entry files. Its commands validate .desktop files, install or edit them, and update the MIME-type cache derived from desktop entries.

### Historique du projet

The release archive starts with version 0.1 in September 2003, and the NEWS file describes that initial release as containing desktop-file-validate and desktop-file-install. Over time the project added update-desktop-database, support for newer desktop-entry specification versions, Meson builds, and a wider set of recognized desktop environments.

### Historique d'adoption

desktop-file-utils became part of the practical plumbing of Linux desktop packaging because application packages ship .desktop launchers and MIME handlers that need validation and cache updates. The freedesktop.org page documents development in the xdg/desktop-file-utils GitLab repository and release tarballs on freedesktop.org.

### Modes d'utilisation

Packagers and desktop maintainers use desktop-file-validate to catch desktop-entry specification violations, desktop-file-install and desktop-file-edit to install or modify entries, and update-desktop-database to rebuild the cache of MIME types handled by desktop files.

### Pourquoi les passionnés de paquets s'y intéressent

For package nerds, desktop-file-utils is classic Linux desktop infrastructure: it rarely appears in screenshots, but it enforces the metadata that makes launchers, menus, MIME associations, and desktop integration work consistently across distributions.

### Chronologie

- 2003: Version 0.1 initial release contained desktop-file-validate and desktop-file-install.
- 2004: Version 0.7 added update-desktop-database.
- 2020: Version 0.25 added Meson build support and deprecated Autotools.
- 2023: Version 0.27 removed Autotools support and added desktop spec 1.5 support.
- 2024: Version 0.28 was released.

### Related projects

- Related freedesktop.org standards include the Desktop Entry Specification and the broader XDG desktop integration specifications.

### Sources

- <https://www.freedesktop.org/wiki/Software/desktop-file-utils>
- <https://www.freedesktop.org/software/desktop-file-utils/releases/>
- <https://gitlab.freedesktop.org/xdg/desktop-file-utils/-/raw/master/NEWS>


## Notes de sécurité

broad file, network, media, or database tool signal.

- **Risque Geiger:** blue / moyen
- broad file, network, media, or database tool signal

## Autres enregistrements de gestionnaires de paquets

- Debian apt - desktop-file-utils - 0.28-1: normalized package name match | Debian stable package indexes: desktop-file-utils from https://deb.debian.org/debian/dists/stable/main/binary-amd64/Packages.xz | Utilities for .desktop files | https://www.freedesktop.org/wiki/Software/desktop-file-utils
- Nix - desktop-file-utils: normalized package name match | nixpkgs package indexes: pkgs/by-name/de/desktop-file-utils/package.nix from https://api.github.com/repos/NixOS/nixpkgs/git/trees/master?recursive=1
- Ubuntu apt - desktop-file-utils - 0.27-2build1: normalized package name match | Ubuntu 24.04 LTS package indexes: desktop-file-utils from https://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/noble/main/binary-amd64/Packages.gz | Utilities for .desktop files | https://www.freedesktop.org/wiki/Software/desktop-file-utils
- apk - desktop-file-utils - 0.28-r0: normalized package name match | Alpine Linux edge package indexes: desktop-file-utils from https://dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org/alpine/edge/community/x86_64/APKINDEX.tar.gz | Command line utilities for working with desktop entries | https://www.freedesktop.org/wiki/Software/desktop-file-utils
- apk - desktop-file-utils-doc - 0.28-r0: normalized package name match | Alpine Linux edge package indexes: desktop-file-utils-doc from https://dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org/alpine/edge/community/x86_64/APKINDEX.tar.gz | Command line utilities for working with desktop entries (documentation) | https://www.freedesktop.org/wiki/Software/desktop-file-utils
- apk - desktop-file-utils-emacs - 0.28-r0: normalized package name match | Alpine Linux edge package indexes: desktop-file-utils-emacs from https://dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org/alpine/edge/community/x86_64/APKINDEX.tar.gz | Emacs mode for desktop-file-utils | https://www.freedesktop.org/wiki/Software/desktop-file-utils
- dnf - desktop-file-utils - 0.28-8.fc45: normalized package name match | Fedora Rawhide package metadata: desktop-file-utils from https://dl.fedoraproject.org/pub/fedora/linux/development/rawhide/Everything/x86_64/os/repodata/07190dc5ae9f35ae73866675fed6d95fe6e8d9fe22c9d7cdf85862cb2ed24a4c-primary.xml.zst | Utilities for manipulating .desktop files | https://www.freedesktop.org/software/desktop-file-utils
- pacman - desktop-file-utils - 0.28-1: normalized package name match | Arch Linux sync databases: desktop-file-utils from https://geo.mirror.pkgbuild.com/extra/os/x86_64/extra.db.tar.gz | Command line utilities for working with desktop entries | https://www.freedesktop.org/wiki/Software/desktop-file-utils
- zypper - desktop-file-utils - 0.28-3.4: normalized package name match | openSUSE Tumbleweed package metadata: desktop-file-utils from https://download.opensuse.org/tumbleweed/repo/oss/repodata/50b07339cb64c8ed4091bdbabddadc1ff5737b090e478818a195b40d8a3292861a879139b4a3987c31109699fde9fbf4a716367ddf4eef77da75f96e3193d6ed-primary.xml.zst | Utilities for Manipulating Desktop Files | https://www.freedesktop.org/wiki/Software/desktop-file-utils
- MacPorts - desktop-file-utils: normalized package name match | MacPorts ports tree: gnome/desktop-file-utils/Portfile from https://api.github.com/repos/macports/macports-ports/git/trees/master?recursive=1


## Combined YAML source

View the package source record on GitHub. [combined/desktop-file-utils.yml](https://github.com/mxcl/pkgdb/blob/main/combined/desktop-file-utils.yml)


## Sources

- pkg.so package database
- Geiger risk classifier
- curated package history
- pkgdb category and tag curation
- external package-manager database matches
- cross-ecosystem install command graph