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📛 NAME

desktop2menu - create a menu file skeleton from a desktop file

🚀 Quick Reference

Use Case	Command	Description
Convert a .desktop file to a menu file skeleton	desktop2menu example.desktop	Generates a skeleton menu file from the given freedesktop.org desktop file
Specify a custom package name	desktop2menu example.desktop mypackage	Generates a menu file using the provided package name instead of auto‑detection
Display help	desktop2menu --help	Shows usage information and options
Show version	desktop2menu --version	Displays the version of the program

📋 SYNOPSIS

desktop2menu --help|--version
desktop2menu desktop file [package name]

📝 DESCRIPTION

desktop2menu generates a skeleton menu file from the supplied freedesktop.org desktop file.

The package name to be used in the menu file may be passed as an additional argument. If it is not supplied then desktop2menu will attempt to derive the package name from the data in the desktop file.

📜 LICENSE

This program is Copyright © 2007 by Sune Vuorela <debian@pusling.com>. It was modified by Adam D. Barratt <adam@adam-barratt.uk> for the devscripts package. This program comes with ABSOLUTELY NO WARRANTY. You are free to redistribute this code under the terms of the GNU General Public License, version 2 or later.

👤 AUTHOR

Sune Vuorela <debian@pusling.com> with modifications by Adam D. Barratt <adam@adam-barratt.uk>

Debian Utilities   2026-03-04   DESKTOP2MENU(1)

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