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12/16/2004 01:41:36 AM (19 years ago)
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Randy McMurchy <randy@…>
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Updated to KDE-3.3.2 and Samba-3.0.9, added configuration section to desktop-file-utils; added instruction to GNOME core configuration to run update-desktop-database

git-svn-id: svn://svn.linuxfromscratch.org/BLFS/trunk/BOOK@3103 af4574ff-66df-0310-9fd7-8a98e5e911e0

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  • general/genutils/desktop-file-utils.xml

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    2626<para>The <application>desktop-file-utils</application> package contains
    2727command line utilities for working with <ulink
    28 url="http://www.freedesktop.org/standards/desktop-entry-spec/">desktop
    29 entries</ulink>. These are used by
     28url="http://www.freedesktop.org/Standards/desktop-entry-spec/">desktop
     29entries</ulink>. These utilities are used by
    3030<application><acronym>GNOME</acronym></application>-2 and other applications
    31 to adhere to the desktop entries standards specification.</para>
     31to manipulate the <acronym>MIME</acronym> application databases and help
     32adhere to the desktop entries standards specification.</para>
    3233
    3334<sect3><title>Package information</title>
     
    3738<listitem><para>Download (FTP):
    3839<ulink url="&desktop-file-utils-download-ftp;"/></para></listitem>
    39 <listitem><para>MD5 sum: &desktop-file-utils-md5sum;</para></listitem>
     40<listitem><para>Download MD5 sum: &desktop-file-utils-md5sum;</para></listitem>
    4041<listitem><para>Download size: &desktop-file-utils-size;</para></listitem>
    4142<listitem><para>Estimated disk space required:
     
    4748<sect3><title><application>desktop-file-utils</application> dependencies</title>
    4849<sect4><title>Required</title>
    49 <para><xref linkend="GLib2"/> and
    50 <xref linkend="popt"/></para>
     50<para><xref linkend="GLib2"/> and <xref linkend="popt"/></para>
    5151</sect4>
    5252
     
    7171
    7272<sect2>
     73<title>Configuring <application>desktop-file-utils</application></title>
     74
     75<sect3><title>Configuration information</title>
     76<para>The default location for the <acronym>MIME</acronym>-types application
     77database is <filename>/usr/share/applications/mimeinfo.cache</filename>. If
     78you are going to install, or have already installed, a desktop environment
     79such as <application><acronym>GNOME</acronym></application> or
     80<acronym>KDE</acronym> in a prefix other than
     81<filename class='directory'>/usr</filename>, you'll need to update the
     82<envar>XDG_DATA_DIRS</envar> environment variable so that additional
     83<acronym>MIME</acronym>-types application databases are properly maintained.
     84Add the following to the system-wide or personal profile:</para>
     85
     86<para>For <application><acronym>GNOME</acronym></application>:</para>
     87
     88<screen><userinput>XDG_DATA_DIRS=$XDG_DATA_DIRS:$GNOME_PREFIX/share
     89export XDG_DATA_DIRS</userinput></screen>
     90
     91<para>For <application><acronym>KDE</acronym></application>:</para>
     92
     93<screen><userinput>XDG_DATA_DIRS=$XDG_DATA_DIRS:$KDE_PREFIX/share
     94export XDG_DATA_DIRS</userinput></screen>
     95
     96<para>If you're installing both
     97<application><acronym>GNOME</acronym></application> and
     98<application><acronym>KDE</acronym></application>:</para>
     99
     100<screen><userinput>XDG_DATA_DIRS=$XDG_DATA_DIRS:$GNOME_PREFIX/share:$KDE_PREFIX/share
     101export XDG_DATA_DIRS</userinput></screen>
     102
     103</sect3>
     104
     105</sect2>
     106
     107<sect2>
    73108<title>Contents</title>
    74109
     
    85120<para><command>desktop-file-install</command> is used to install a new, or
    86121modify an existing desktop file entry. It is also used to rebuild or modify
    87 the <acronym>mime</acronym>-types application database.</para></sect3>
     122the <acronym>MIME</acronym>-types application database.</para></sect3>
    88123
    89124<sect3><title>desktop-file-validate</title>
     
    93128<sect3><title>update-desktop-database</title>
    94129<para><command>update-desktop-database</command> is used to update the
    95 <acronym>mime</acronym>-types application database.</para></sect3>
     130<acronym>MIME</acronym>-types application database.</para></sect3>
    96131
    97132</sect2>
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