On 19-02-2015 07:58, Pierre Labastie wrote: > I do not know what update-desktop-database is supposed to do, so I trust you, > Fernando. OTOH, I have a DE (KDE), I haven't run that command, and libreoffice > appears in the application menu, so what should I expect more? > (I want to understand if I am to explain something in the book).
From the man page: "DESCRIPTION The update-desktop-database program is a tool to build a cache database of the MIME types handled by desktop files. The cache database contains the list of MIME types that can be handled by desktop files, as well as, for each MIME type, a list of desktop files that can handle this MIME type. This cache database ease the work of applications that need to find an application that can open a docu‐ ment of a specific MIME type: those applications will not have to parse all the desktop files existing on the system, and can instead parse this cache database." > > Maybe it is useful only for other desktops (lxde, xfce). I have not tested > those. So, it appears tp be always useful, for DE's > Let me suggest the following: > > - add DFU as optional dep. > - separate the "update-deskto-database" instruction, and add a sentence > explaining what it does, and that you need DFU. > > I think it is not really "configuration" (that is, something about the way the > package runs), but rather "installation" (that is, something that is needed > for the package to run smoothly). Thanks. Agreed. Thanks also for reporting. :-) I missed the dependency completely. :-( -- []s, Fernando -- http://lists.linuxfromscratch.org/listinfo/blfs-dev FAQ: http://www.linuxfromscratch.org/blfs/faq.html Unsubscribe: See the above information page
