APPSTREAMCLI(1) appstreamcli APPSTREAMCLI(1) (NAME) appstreamcli - AppStream AppStream (SYNOPSIS) appstreamcli [COMMAND] (DESCRIPTION) appstreamcli . appstreamcli AppStream AppStream . AppStream . AppStream XML Debian DEP-11 . AppStream AppStream Freedesktop.org[1]. . (OPTIONS) get ID . s, search TERM AppStream . what-provides TYPE TERM . TYPE TERM . : "text/xml" . appstreamcli what-provides mediatype "text/xml" "libfoo.so.2" . appstreamcli what-provides lib libfoo.so.2 list-reviews ID Open Desktop Ratings Service (ODRS). --limit . --start . --locale . --server ODRS . refresh, refresh-cache . --force . root . status . os-info . operating-system . dump ID XML . validate FILES AppStream XML . XML XML (upstream) (distro) . . --pedantic . validate-tree DIRECTORY AppStream XML . .desktop . check-license LICENSE . AppStream . (canonical ID) AppStream . AppStream (FSF) (OSI) (DFSG) . install ID Flatpak. AppStream Flatpak ( ) . remove ID Flatpak. Flatpak ( ) . put FILE . compare-versions, vercmp VER1 [CMP] VER2 . . appstreamcli . : o eq - o ne - o lt - o gt - o le - o ge - new-template TYPE FILE metainfo . --from-desktop .desktop . . TYPE AppStream . [2] appstreamcli . make-desktop-file MI_FILE DESKTOP_FILE desktop-entry XDG metainfo. desktop-entry DESKTOP_FILE metainfo . binary provides Exec= desktop-entry . --exec . . desktop-entry AppStream "stock" . news-to-metainfo NEWS_FILE MI_FILE [OUT_FILE] NEWS XML AppStream . NEWS (heuristics) . YAML AppStream XML . metainfo MI_FILE NEWS_FILE . MI_FILE "-" metainfo . [OUT_FILE] MI_FILE . "-" . metainfo MI_FILE XML releases . . . *.releases.xml . --format ("text" "markdown" "yaml") . --limit ( ). --translatable-count . translate="no" . metainfo-to-news MI_FILE NEWS_FILE news-to-metainfo XML metainfo NEWS YAML . NEWS_FILE "-" . MI_FILE metainfo () metainfo . --format ("yaml" "text" "markdown") . appstreamcli NEWS_FILE . convert FILE1 FILE1 AppStream XML YAML . compose AppStream metainfo. org.freedesktop.appstream.compose . appstreamcli- compose(1) . --details . --no-color . --no-net . AS_VALIDATE_NONET appstreamcli . --version appstreamcli (SEE ALSO) pkgcli(1). (AUTHOR) Matthias Klumpp . (COPYRIGHT) Copyright (C) 2012-2026 Matthias Klumpp (NOTES) 1. Freedesktop.org https://www.freedesktop.org/wiki/Distributions/AppStream 2. https://www.freedesktop.org/software/appstream/docs/chap- Metadata.html AppStream APPSTREAMCLI(1)