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16.1.5 AppData - freedesktop.org application description

This file format is specified in https://www.freedesktop.org/software/appstream/docs/.

RPMs

appdata-tools, appstream, libappstream-glib, libappstream-glib-builder

Ubuntu packages

appdata-tools, appstream, libappstream-glib-dev

File extension

appdata.xml, metainfo.xml

Extractor

xgettext, intltool-extract, itstool