source: x/lib/shared-mime-info.xml@ 7c461b3

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<sect1 id="shared-mime-info" 
xreflabel="shared-mime-info-&shared-mime-info-version;">
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<othername>$LastChangedBy$</othername>
<date>$Date$</date>
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<title>shared-mime-info-&shared-mime-info-version;</title>

<sect2>
<title>Introduction to <application>shared-mime-info</application></title>

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

<sect3><title>Package information</title>
<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 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>
</sect3>

<sect3><title><application>shared-mime-info</application> dependencies</title>
<sect4><title>Required</title>
<para><xref linkend="glib2"/>, 
<xref linkend="libxml2"/> and 
<xref linkend="perl-modules"/>: XML-Parser</para>
</sect4>
</sect3>

</sect2>

<sect2>
<title>Installation of <application>shared-mime-info</application></title>

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

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

</sect2>

<sect2>
<title>Configuring <application>shared-mime-info</application></title>

<sect3><title>Configuration information</title>

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

<screen><userinput>XDG_DATA_DIRS=/usr/share
export XDG_DATA_DIRS</userinput></screen>
</sect3>

</sect2>

<sect2>
<title>Contents</title>

<para>The <application>shared-mime-info</application> package contains 
<command>update-mime-database</command> and 
<filename>/usr/share/mime/*</filename>.</para>

</sect2>

<sect2><title>Description</title>

<sect3><title>update-mime-database</title>
<para><command>update-mime-database</command> assists in adding
<acronym>MIME</acronym> data to the database.</para></sect3>

<sect3><title>MIME Database</title>
<para><filename>/usr/share/mime/*</filename> contains the centralized
<acronym>MIME</acronym> database.</para></sect3>

</sect2>

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