source: x/lib/shared-mime-info.xml@ de53c9be

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  <!ENTITY shared-mime-info-buildsize     "12 MB">
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<sect1 id="shared-mime-info"
xreflabel="shared-mime-info-&shared-mime-info-version;">
  <?dbhtml filename="shared-mime-info.html" ?>

  <sect1info>
    <othername>$LastChangedBy$</othername>
    <date>$Date$</date>
  </sect1info>

  <title>shared-mime-info-&shared-mime-info-version;</title>

  <indexterm zone="shared-mime-info">
    <primary sortas="a-shared-mime-info">shared-mime-info</primary>
  </indexterm>

  <sect2 role="package">
    <title>Introduction to shared-mime-info</title>

    <para>The <application>shared-mime-info</application> package contains a
    MIME database. This allows central updates of MIME information for all
    supporting applications.</para>

    &lfs65_checked;

    <bridgehead renderas="sect3">Package Information</bridgehead>
    <itemizedlist spacing="compact">
      <listitem>
        <para>Download (HTTP): <ulink url="&shared-mime-info-download-http;"/></para>
      </listitem>
      <listitem>
        <para>Download (FTP): <ulink url="&shared-mime-info-download-ftp;"/></para>
      </listitem>
      <listitem>
        <para>Download MD5 sum: &shared-mime-info-md5sum;</para>
      </listitem>
      <listitem>
        <para>Download size: &shared-mime-info-size;</para>
      </listitem>
      <listitem>
        <para>Estimated disk space required: &shared-mime-info-buildsize;</para>
      </listitem>
      <listitem>
        <para>Estimated build time: &shared-mime-info-time;</para>
      </listitem>
    </itemizedlist>

    <bridgehead renderas="sect3">shared-mime-info Dependencies</bridgehead>

    <bridgehead renderas="sect4">Required</bridgehead>
    <para role="required"><xref linkend="glib2"/>,
    <xref linkend="intltool"/>, and
    <xref linkend="libxml2"/></para>

    <para condition="html" role="usernotes">User Notes:
    <ulink url="&blfs-wiki;/shared-mime-info"/></para>

  </sect2>

  <sect2 role="installation">
    <title>Installation of shared-mime-info</title>

    <para>Install <application>shared-mime-info</application> by running the
    following commands:</para>

<screen><userinput>./configure --prefix=/usr &amp;&amp;
make</userinput></screen>

    <para>To test the results, issue: <command>make check</command>.</para>

    <para>Now, as the <systemitem class="username">root</systemitem> user:</para>

<screen role="root"><userinput>make install</userinput></screen>

  </sect2>

  <sect2 role="configuration">
    <title>Configuring shared-mime-info</title>

    <sect3>
      <title>Configuration Information</title>

      <para>Some applications (including <application>GNOME</application>-2)
      require a properly set environment variable to locate the MIME database.
      Satisfy this requirement by setting the following variable in your
      local shell profile, or the system-wide profile:</para>

<screen><literal>XDG_DATA_DIRS=/usr/share
export XDG_DATA_DIRS</literal></screen>

    </sect3>

  </sect2>

  <sect2 role="content">
    <title>Contents</title>

    <segmentedlist>
      <segtitle>Installed Program</segtitle>
      <segtitle>Installed Libraries</segtitle>
      <segtitle>Installed Directory</segtitle>

      <seglistitem>
        <seg>update-mime-database</seg>
        <seg>None</seg>
        <seg>/usr/share/mime/{application,audio,image,inode,message,model,
        multipart,packages,text,video,x-content,x-epoc}</seg>
      </seglistitem>
    </segmentedlist>

    <variablelist>
      <bridgehead renderas="sect3">Short Descriptions</bridgehead>
      <?dbfo list-presentation="list"?>
      <?dbhtml list-presentation="table"?>

      <varlistentry id="update-mime-database">
        <term><command>update-mime-database</command></term>
        <listitem>
          <para>assists in adding MIME data to the database.</para>
          <indexterm zone="shared-mime-info update-mime-database">
            <primary sortas="b-update-mime-database">update-mime-database</primary>
          </indexterm>
        </listitem>
      </varlistentry>

    </variablelist>

  </sect2>

</sect1>