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# `global-data-in-games-directory`

This package contains files under `/usr/share/games`, such as desktop files, icons, pixmaps, or MIME type entries, that are global system data. The user's desktop environment will only check in the directories directly under `/usr/share` and this information should be put in the global directory even if it is for games.

The most common cause of this problem is using a `--datadir=/usr/share/games` argument to configure or an equivalent and using the upstream installation rules. These files need to be moved into the corresponding directories directly under `/usr/share`.

Severity: | `error`
Experimental: | `false`

## See also

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