%general-entities; ]> $LastChangedBy$ $Date$ shared-mime-info The shared-mime-info package contains a MIME database. This allows central updates of MIME information for all supporting applications. &lfs70_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: Install shared-mime-info by running the following commands: ./configure --prefix=/usr && make To test the results, issue: make check. Now, as the root user: make install Some applications (including GNOME-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: XDG_DATA_DIRS=/usr/share export XDG_DATA_DIRS Installed Program Installed Libraries Installed Directory update-mime-database None /usr/share/mime/{application,audio,image,inode,message,model, multipart,packages,text,video,x-content,x-epoc} Short Descriptions update-mime-database assists in adding MIME data to the database. update-mime-database