Beyond Linux® From Scratch (systemd Edition) - Version 11.3

Chapter 11. General Utilities

Xdg-user-dirs-0.18

Introduction to Xdg-user-dirs

Xdg-user-dirs is a tool to help manage “well known” user directories like the desktop folder and the music folder. It also handles localization (i.e. translation) of the filenames.

This package is known to build and work properly using an LFS 11.3 platform.

Package Information

User Notes: https://wiki.linuxfromscratch.org/blfs/wiki/xdg-user-dirs

Installation of Xdg-user-dirs

Install xdg-user-dirs by running the following commands: 

./configure --prefix=/usr --sysconfdir=/etc &&
make

This package does not come with a test suite.

Now, as the root user: 

make install

Configuring Xdg-user-dirs

Config Files

~/.config/user-dirs.dirs, /etc/xdg/user-dirs.conf, and /etc/xdg/user-dirs.defaults. Those default locations can be overridden by XDG_CONFIG_HOME and XDG_CONFIG_DIRS

Contents

Installed Programs: xdg-user-dir and xdg-user-dirs-update
Installed Library: None
Installed Directory: None

Short Descriptions

xdg-user-dir

looks up the current path for one of the XDG user directories

xdg-user-dirs-update

creates localized versions of the user directories