%general-entities; ]> shared-mime-info The Shared Mime Info package contains a MIME database. This allows central updates of MIME information for all supporting applications. &lfs121_checked; Package Information Download (HTTP): Download (FTP): Download MD5 sum: &shared-mime-info-md5sum; Download size: &shared-mime-info-size; Estimated disk space required: &shared-mime-info-buildsize; Estimated build time: &shared-mime-info-time; Additional Downloads Optional download, required to run the test suite: xdgmime md5sum: &xdgmime-md5sum; Shared Mime Info Dependencies Required and Optional Install Shared Mime Info by running the following commands: If you wish to run the test suite, you must first extract the xdgmime tarball into the current directory, and compile it so that meson can find it: tar -xf ../xdgmime.tar.xz && make -C xdgmime Now build the package: mkdir build && cd build && meson setup --prefix=/usr --buildtype=release -Dupdate-mimedb=true .. && ninja If you have followed the instructions above to build xdgmime, to test the result issue ninja test. Now, as the root user: ninja install -Dupdate-mimedb=true: This parameter tells the build system to run update-mime-database during installation. Otherwise, this must be done manually in order to be able to use the MIME database. Installed Program Installed Library Installed Directory update-mime-database None /usr/share/mime Short Descriptions update-mime-database assists in adding MIME data to the database update-mime-database