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.TH "APPDATA2SOLV" "1" "07/25/2017" "libsolv" "LIBSOLV"
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.SH "NAME"
appdata2solv \- convert application meta data into a solv file
.SH "SYNOPSIS"
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\fBappdata2solv\fR [\fIOPTIONS\fR]
.SH "DESCRIPTION"
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The appdata format contains metadata about application\&. It can be available both in repositories (for available applications) and in the installed system (for installed applications)\&. The appdata2solv tool reads the metadata from stdin and writes the parsed data as solv file to standard output\&. The parser will create \fBapplication:\fR pseudo packages for each entry\&.
.PP
\fB\-d\fR \fIAPPDATADIR\fR
.RS 4
Do not read from standard input, instead scan the specified directory for appdata entries\&.
\fIAPPDATADIR\fR
is normally set to
\fB/usr/share/appdata\fR\&.
.RE
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\fB\-r\fR \fIROOTDIR\fR
.RS 4
Use
\fIROOTDIR\fR
as root directory\&.
.RE
.SH "SEE ALSO"
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mergesolv(1)
.SH "AUTHOR"
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Michael Schroeder <mls@suse\&.de>