glfs/general/genutils/shared-mime-info.xml

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   "http://www.oasis-open.org/docbook/xml/4.5/docbookx.dtd" [
  <!ENTITY % general-entities SYSTEM "../../general.ent">
  %general-entities;

  <!ENTITY shared-mime-info-download-http
           "https://gitlab.freedesktop.org/xdg/shared-mime-info/-/archive/&shared-mime-info-version;/shared-mime-info-&shared-mime-info-version;.tar.gz">
  <!ENTITY shared-mime-info-download-ftp  " ">
  <!ENTITY shared-mime-info-md5sum        "aac56db912b7b12a04fb0018e28f2f36">
  <!ENTITY shared-mime-info-size          "7.5 MB">
  <!ENTITY shared-mime-info-buildsize     "26 MB (with tests)">
  <!ENTITY shared-mime-info-time          "less than 0.1 SBU (with tests)">

  <!ENTITY xdgmime-download-http "&sources-anduin-http;/xdgmime/xdgmime.tar.xz">
  <!ENTITY xdgmime-md5sum        "7dfb4446705d345d3acd672024049e86">

]>

<sect1 id="shared-mime-info"
xreflabel="shared-mime-info-&shared-mime-info-version;">
  <?dbhtml filename="shared-mime-info.html" ?>


  <title>shared-mime-info-&shared-mime-info-version;</title>

  <indexterm zone="shared-mime-info">
    <primary sortas="a-shared-mime-info">shared-mime-info</primary>
  </indexterm>

  <sect2 role="package">
    <title>Introduction to Shared Mime Info</title>

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

    &lfs120_checked;

    <bridgehead renderas="sect3">Package Information</bridgehead>
    <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 MD5 sum: &shared-mime-info-md5sum;
        </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>

    <bridgehead renderas="sect3">Additional Downloads</bridgehead>
    <itemizedlist spacing="compact">
      <listitem>
        <para>
          Optional download, required to run the test suite:
          <ulink url="&xdgmime-download-http;"/>
        </para>
        <para>
          xdgmime md5sum: &xdgmime-md5sum;
        </para>
      </listitem>
    </itemizedlist>

    <bridgehead renderas="sect3">Shared Mime Info Dependencies</bridgehead>

    <bridgehead renderas="sect4">Required</bridgehead>
    <para role="required">
      <xref linkend="glib2"/> and
      <xref linkend="libxml2"/>
    </para>

    <bridgehead renderas="sect4">Optional</bridgehead>
    <para role="optional">
      <xref linkend="xmlto"/>
    </para>


  </sect2>

  <sect2 role="installation">
    <title>Installation of Shared Mime Info</title>

    <para>
      Install <application>Shared Mime Info</application> by running the
      following commands:
    </para>

    <para>
      If you wish to run the test suite, you must first extract the
      <filename>xdgmime</filename> tarball into the current directory,
      and compile it so that <command>meson</command> can find it:
    </para>

<screen remap="test"><userinput>tar -xf ../xdgmime.tar.xz &amp;&amp;
make -C xdgmime</userinput></screen>

    <para>
      Now build the package:
    </para>

<screen><userinput>mkdir build &amp;&amp;
cd    build &amp;&amp;

meson setup --prefix=/usr --buildtype=release -Dupdate-mimedb=true .. &amp;&amp;
ninja</userinput></screen>

    <para role="optional">
      If you have followed the instructions above to build
      <application>xdgmime</application>, to test the result issue
      <command>ninja test</command>.
    </para>

    <para>
      Now, as the <systemitem class="username">root</systemitem> user:
    </para>

<screen role="root"><userinput>ninja install</userinput></screen>

  </sect2>

  <sect2 role="commands">
    <title>Command Explanations</title>

    <xi:include xmlns:xi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XInclude"
      href="../../xincludes/meson-buildtype-release.xml"/>

    <para>
      <parameter>-Dupdate-mimedb=true</parameter>: This parameter tells
      the build system to run <command>update-mime-database</command> during
      installation. Otherwise, this must be done manually in order to be
      able to use the MIME database.
    </para>
  </sect2>

  <sect2 role="content">
    <title>Contents</title>

    <segmentedlist>
      <segtitle>Installed Program</segtitle>
      <segtitle>Installed Library</segtitle>
      <segtitle>Installed Directory</segtitle>

      <seglistitem>
        <seg>
          update-mime-database
        </seg>
        <seg>
          None
        </seg>
        <seg>
          /usr/share/mime
        </seg>
      </seglistitem>
    </segmentedlist>

    <variablelist>
      <bridgehead renderas="sect3">Short Descriptions</bridgehead>
      <?dbfo list-presentation="list"?>
      <?dbhtml list-presentation="table"?>

      <varlistentry id="update-mime-database">
        <term><command>update-mime-database</command></term>
        <listitem>
          <para>
            assists in adding MIME data to the database
          </para>
          <indexterm zone="shared-mime-info update-mime-database">
            <primary sortas="b-update-mime-database">update-mime-database</primary>
          </indexterm>
        </listitem>
      </varlistentry>

    </variablelist>

  </sect2>

</sect1>