%general-entities; ]> $LastChangedBy$ $Date$ The shared-mime-info package contains a MIME database. This allows central updates of MIME information for all supporting applications. Download (HTTP): Download (FTP): Download size: &shared-mime-info-size; Estimated Disk space required: &shared-mime-info-buildsize; Estimated build time: &shared-mime-info-time; , and : XML-Parser Install shared-mime-info by running the following commands: ./configure --prefix=/usr && make && make install Some applications (including GNOME-2) require a properly set enviroment 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 The shared-mime-info package contains update-mime-database and /usr/share/mime/*. update-mime-database assists in adding MIME data to the database. /usr/share/mime/* contains the centralized MIME database.