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# `desktop-entry-invalid-category`

This `desktop` entry shows a category that is not among the registered "main" or "additional" categories in the FreeDesktop specification.

The values are case-sensitive. Whitespace is only allowed just before and after the equals sign in the `Category` key, and nowhere else.

The `desktop-file-validate` tool in the `desktop-file-utils` package is useful when checking the syntax of desktop entries.

Severity: | `warning`
Experimental: | `false`

## See also

- https://specifications.freedesktop.org/menu-spec/latest/apa.html

- list of all the affected packages
- the source of this tag