%general-entities; ]> $LastChangedBy$ $Date$ shared-mime-info-&shared-mime-info-version; shared-mime-info Introduction to Shared Mime Info The Shared Mime Info package contains a MIME database. This allows central updates of MIME information for all supporting applications. &lfs101_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; Shared Mime Info Dependencies Required , , , and User Notes: Installation of Shared Mime Info Install Shared Mime Info by running the following commands: mkdir build && cd build && meson --prefix=/usr -Dupdate-mimedb=true .. && ninja To test the result, issue ninja test. Now, as the root user: ninja install Command Explanations -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. Contents 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