| PackageDescription | Software component index
AppStream is a cross-distribution effort for creating and sharing
metadata of software components available in the package repositories
of a distribution.
It provides specifications for an unified software component metadata format,
screenshot and icon services and various other metadata to describe software
in repositories.
The metadata can be used to show details about the actual software in software
management tools instead of just listing packages, making software management
intuitive and easy.
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This package provides tools to generate, maintain and query the
AppStream database of installed and available software, and enables AppStream
integration in APT.
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The 'appstreamcli' tool can be used for accessing the software component
database as well as for working with AppStream XML metadata directly, including
validating it for compliance with the specification. |