xdg-desktop-menu

Command-line tool for installing or uninstalling desktop menu items. More information: <https://manned.org/xdg-desktop-menu>.

Install

All systems
curl cmd.cat/xdg-desktop-menu.sh
Debian Debian
apt-get install xdg-utils
Ubuntu
apt-get install xdg-utils
Alpine
apk add xdg-utils
Arch Arch Linux
pacman -S xdg-utils
image/svg+xml Kali Linux
apt-get install xdg-utils
CentOS
yum install xdg-utils
Fedora
dnf install xdg-utils
Windows (WSL2)
sudo apt-get update sudo apt-get install xdg-utils
Raspbian
apt-get install xdg-utils
Docker
docker run cmd.cat/xdg-desktop-menu xdg-desktop-menu powered by Commando

Command-line tool for installing or uninstalling desktop menu items. More information: <https://manned.org/xdg-desktop-menu>.

  • Install an application to the desktop menu system:
    xdg-desktop-menu install path/to/file.desktop
  • Install an application to the desktop menu system with the vendor prefix check disabled:
    xdg-desktop-menu install --novendor path/to/file.desktop
  • Uninstall an application from the desktop menu system:
    xdg-desktop-menu uninstall path/to/file.desktop
  • Force an update of the desktop menu system:
    xdg-desktop-menu forceupdate --mode user|system

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