dev-libs/appstream

Tools and libraries to work with AppStream XML/YAML metadata.

Versions

Slot Version Repository Platforms
5.3 scm desktop ~amd64 arm? armv7? armv8? x86?
1.1.1 desktop ~amd64 arm? armv7? armv8? x86?
0 0.16.3-r1 desktop ~amd64 arm? armv7? armv8? x86?

Metadata

Homepage (
    https://github.com/ximion/appstream
    https://www.freedesktop.org/wiki/Distributions/AppStream/
)
Summary Tools and libraries to work with AppStream XML/YAML metadata
Description AppStream is a cross-distribution effort for enhancing the way we interact with the software repositories provided by (Linux) distributions by standardizing software component metadata. It provides the foundation to build software-center applications, by providing metadata necessary for an application-centric view on package repositories. AppStream additionally provides specifications for things like an unified software metadata database, screenshot services and various other things needed to create user-friendly application-centers for (Linux) distributions.
Upstream documentation https://www.freedesktop.org/software/appstream/docs/
Dependencies (
    (
        build:
        sys-devel/ninja
    )
    (
        build:
        sys-devel/meson[>=1.4.0]
    )
    (
        install:
        app-admin/eclectic[>=2.0.13]
    )
    (
        build:
        dev-lang/python:*[>=3]
        dev-libs/libxslt
        dev-util/gperf
        dev-util/itstool
        sys-devel/gettext
        virtual/pkg-config
        build+run:
        dev-libs/glib:2[>=2.62]
        dev-libs/libxml2:2.0
        net-misc/curl[>=7.62]
        compose? (
            gnome-desktop/librsvg:2[>=2.48]
            media-libs/fontconfig
            media-libs/freetype:2
            x11-libs/cairo[>=1.12]
            x11-libs/gdk-pixbuf:2.0
            x11-libs/pango
        )
        gobject-introspection? (
            gnome-desktop/gobject-introspection:1[>=1.56]
        )
        systemd? (
            sys-apps/systemd
        )
        run:
        !dev-libs/appstream:0[<0.16.3-r1]
        build:
        app-text/docbook-xsl-stylesheets
        doc? (
            dev-doc/gi-docgen[>=2021.1]
        )
        build+run:
        app-arch/zstd
        dev-libs/libxmlb[>=0.3.14]
        dev-libs/libfyaml[>=0.8]
        providers:qt6? (
            x11-libs/qtbase:6[>=6.4.2]
        )
        test:
        providers:qt6? (
            x11-libs/qtbase:6[>=6.4.2][glib]
        )
    )
)
Downloads https://www.freedesktop.org/software/appstream/releases/AppStream-1.1.1.tar.xz
Licences LGPL-2.1

Choices

OPTIONS

compose Experimental lib for composing AppStream metadata
doc Adds extra documentation (API, Javadoc, etc)
gobject-introspection Build XML data for exposed APIs for generating language bindings
systemd Add support for integration with the systemd init daemon

providers

qt6 Use Qt6 as the Qt provider