NAME

       appstream-index - Manage the AppStream application index

SYNOPSIS

       appstream-index [COMMAND]

DESCRIPTION

       This manual page documents briefly the appstream-index command.

       appstream-index 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[1].

OPTIONS

       --version
           Display version number of appstream-index

       -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>.

COPYRIGHT

       Copyright © 2012-2013 Matthias Klumpp

NOTES

        1. Freedesktop.org
           http://www.freedesktop.org/wiki/Distributions/AppStream/