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I have built the latest version of Paraview from source and I am trying to add the desktop file to the dash.

Running

sudo desktop-file-install /opt/ParaView5.1.2/Applications/ParaView/paraview.desktop

Produces the error

/usr/share/applications/paraview.desktop: error: value "5.12" for key "Version" in group "Desktop Entry" is not a known version
Error on file "/opt/ParaView5.1.2/Applications/ParaView/paraview.desktop": Failed to validate the created desktop file

The desktop file is 

[Desktop Entry]
Version=5.1.2
Type=Application
Name=ParaView
Comment=Parallel visualization application
TryExec=paraview
Icon=paraview
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The Version entry in a .desktop file doesn't refer to the version of the target program. It's the version of the desktop file specification that this desktop file conforms to. As explained in the Freedesktop.org specification (emphasis mine):

Version of the Desktop Entry Specification that the desktop entry conforms with. Entries that confirm with this version of the specification should use 1.0. Note that the version field is not required to be present.

So, most importantly, you can just remove the version entry, it isn't needed. If you really want it though, it will have to be a valid desktop specification version like 1.0.

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