1 | <?xml version="1.0" encoding="ISO-8859-1"?>
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2 | <!DOCTYPE sect1 PUBLIC "-//OASIS//DTD DocBook XML V4.3//EN"
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3 | "http://www.oasis-open.org/docbook/xml/4.3/docbookx.dtd" [
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4 | <!ENTITY % general-entities SYSTEM "../../general.ent">
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5 | %general-entities;
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6 |
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7 | <!ENTITY shared-mime-info-download-http "http://freedesktop.org/software/shared-mime-info/shared-mime-info-&shared-mime-info-version;.tar.gz">
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8 | <!ENTITY shared-mime-info-download-ftp "ftp://ftp.fu-berlin.de/unix/linux/mirrors/gentoo/distfiles/shared-mime-info-&shared-mime-info-version;.tar.gz">
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9 | <!ENTITY shared-mime-info-md5sum "51793b041edc68717c3f87e26a4bc087">
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10 | <!ENTITY shared-mime-info-size "422 KB">
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11 | <!ENTITY shared-mime-info-buildsize "4.4 MB">
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12 | <!ENTITY shared-mime-info-time "0.03 SBU">
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13 | ]>
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14 |
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15 | <sect1 id="shared-mime-info"
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16 | xreflabel="shared-mime-info-&shared-mime-info-version;">
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17 | <sect1info>
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18 | <othername>$LastChangedBy$</othername>
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19 | <date>$Date$</date>
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20 | </sect1info>
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21 | <?dbhtml filename="shared-mime-info.html" ?>
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22 | <title>shared-mime-info-&shared-mime-info-version;</title>
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23 |
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24 | <sect2>
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25 | <title>Introduction to <application>shared-mime-info</application></title>
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26 |
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27 | <para>The <application>shared-mime-info</application> package contains a
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28 | <acronym>MIME</acronym> database. This allows central updates of
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29 | <acronym>MIME</acronym> information for all supporting applications.</para>
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30 |
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31 | <sect3><title>Package information</title>
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32 | <itemizedlist spacing='compact'>
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33 | <listitem><para>Download (HTTP):
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34 | <ulink url="&shared-mime-info-download-http;"/></para></listitem>
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35 | <listitem><para>Download (FTP):
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36 | <ulink url="&shared-mime-info-download-ftp;"/></para></listitem>
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37 | <listitem><para>Download MD5 sum:
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38 | &shared-mime-info-md5sum;</para></listitem>
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39 | <listitem><para>Download size:
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40 | &shared-mime-info-size;</para></listitem>
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41 | <listitem><para>Estimated disk space required:
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42 | &shared-mime-info-buildsize;</para></listitem>
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43 | <listitem><para>Estimated build time:
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44 | &shared-mime-info-time;</para></listitem></itemizedlist>
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45 | </sect3>
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46 |
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47 | <sect3><title><application>shared-mime-info</application> dependencies</title>
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48 | <sect4><title>Required</title>
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49 | <para><xref linkend="glib2"/>,
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50 | <xref linkend="libxml2"/> and
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51 | <xref linkend="perl-modules"/>: XML-Parser</para>
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52 | </sect4>
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53 | </sect3>
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54 |
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55 | </sect2>
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56 |
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57 | <sect2>
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58 | <title>Installation of <application>shared-mime-info</application></title>
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59 |
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60 | <para>Install <application>shared-mime-info</application> by running the
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61 | following commands:</para>
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62 |
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63 | <screen><userinput><command>./configure --prefix=/usr &&
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64 | make &&
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65 | make install</command></userinput></screen>
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66 |
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67 | </sect2>
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68 |
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69 | <sect2>
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70 | <title>Configuring <application>shared-mime-info</application></title>
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71 |
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72 | <sect3><title>Configuration information</title>
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73 |
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74 | <para>Some applications
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75 | (including <application><acronym>GNOME</acronym></application>-2) require
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76 | a properly set enviroment variable to locate the <acronym>MIME</acronym>
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77 | database. Satisfy this requirement by setting the following variable in your
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78 | local shell profile, or the system-wide profile:</para>
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79 |
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80 | <screen><userinput>XDG_DATA_DIRS=/usr/share
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81 | export XDG_DATA_DIRS</userinput></screen>
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82 | </sect3>
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83 |
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84 | </sect2>
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85 |
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86 | <sect2>
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87 | <title>Contents</title>
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88 |
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89 | <para>The <application>shared-mime-info</application> package contains
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90 | <command>update-mime-database</command> and
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91 | <filename>/usr/share/mime/*</filename>.</para>
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92 |
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93 | </sect2>
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94 |
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95 | <sect2><title>Description</title>
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96 |
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97 | <sect3><title>update-mime-database</title>
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98 | <para><command>update-mime-database</command> assists in adding
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99 | <acronym>MIME</acronym> data to the database.</para></sect3>
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100 |
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101 | <sect3><title>MIME Database</title>
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102 | <para><filename>/usr/share/mime/*</filename> contains the centralized
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103 | <acronym>MIME</acronym> database.</para></sect3>
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104 |
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105 | </sect2>
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106 |
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107 | </sect1>
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108 |
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