shared-mime-info-1.10

#### Beyond Linux® From Scratch - Version 2019-02-27

### Chapter 11. General Utilities

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# shared-mime-info-1.10

## Introduction to Shared Mime Info

The Shared Mime Info package contains a MIME database. This allows central updates of MIME information for all supporting applications.

This package is known to build and work properly using an LFS-8.4 platform.

### Package Information

- Download (HTTP): https://people.freedesktop.org/~hadess/shared-mime-info-1.10.tar.xz

- Download MD5 sum: 418c2ced9dc4dd5ca8b06a755e6d64e9

- Download size: 604 KB

- Estimated disk space required: 22 MB

- Estimated build time: 0.2 SBU (on a minimal system, up to 0.4 SBU on a fully loaded desktop)

### Shared Mime Info Dependencies

#### Required

GLib-2.58.3 and libxml2-2.9.9

User Notes: http://wiki.linuxfromscratch.org/blfs/wiki/shared-mime-info

## Installation of Shared Mime Info

### Note

If your processor is not a very recent Intel, you may need to use `make -j1` for this package.

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

## Contents

Installed Program: update-mime-database
Installed Library: None
Installed Directory: /usr/share/mime

### Short Descriptions

update-mime-database | assists in adding MIME data to the database.

Last updated on 2019-02-15 15:01:29 -0600

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