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?
1.0.5 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
        dev-libs/libyaml
        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]
        providers:qt5? (
            x11-libs/qtbase:5[>=5.15]
        )
        providers:qt6? (
            x11-libs/qtbase:6[>=6.2.4]
        )
        test:
        providers:qt5? (
            x11-libs/qtbase:5[>=5.15][glib]
        )
        providers:qt6? (
            x11-libs/qtbase:6[>=6.2.4][glib]
        )
    )
)
Downloads https://www.freedesktop.org/software/appstream/releases/AppStream-1.0.5.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

qt5 Use Qt5 as the Qt provider
qt6 Use Qt6 as the Qt provider