appstream-index

2012-2013 Matthias Klumpp
AppStream &date;
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&package; Manage the AppStream application index
`&package;` `COMMAND`

## Description

This manual page documents briefly the `&package;` command.

`&package;` manages the AppStream index. The AppStream application index contains a list of all available applications for your distribution, matched with their native package names. It is generated using either AppStream-XML, Debian-DEP-11 or Ubuntu AppInstall data, which is provided by your distributor. The database is managed using a small DBus-activated daemon. This tool connects to the daemon and allows sending simple commands.

For more information about the AppStream project and the other components which are part of it, take a look at the AppStream pages at Freedesktop.org.

## Options

`--version`

  Display version number of &package;

`-s`
`--search TERM`

  Search the AppStream application database for a given search term.

## See Also

pkcon (1).

## AUTHOR

This manual page was written by Matthias Klumpp matthias@tenstral.net.