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Updated the XDG environment variables in the desktop-file-utils instructions

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Randy McMurchy 2005-10-09 17:39:52 +00:00
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@ -91,25 +91,32 @@ make</userinput></screen>
<sect3>
<title>Configuration Information</title>
<para>The default location for the MIME-types application
database is <filename>/usr/share/applications/mimeinfo.cache</filename>. If
you are going to install, or have already installed, a desktop environment
such as <application>GNOME</application> or
<application>KDE</application> in a prefix other than
<filename class='directory'>/usr</filename>, you'll need to update the
<envar>XDG_DATA_DIRS</envar> environment variable so that additional
MIME-types application databases are properly maintained.
Add the following to the system-wide or personal profile:</para>
<para>The default location for the MIME-types application database is
<filename>/usr/share/applications/mimeinfo.cache</filename>. If you are
going to install, or have already installed, a desktop environment such
as <application>GNOME</application> or <application>KDE</application> in
a prefix other than <filename class='directory'>/usr</filename>, you'll
need to update the <envar>XDG_DATA_DIRS</envar> and
<envar>XDG_CONFIG_DIRS</envar> environment variables so that the
additional MIME-types application databases and desktop menu files are
properly maintained and discovered. Add the following to the system-wide
or personal profile:</para>
<para>For <application>GNOME</application>:</para>
<screen><literal>XDG_DATA_DIRS=$XDG_DATA_DIRS:$GNOME_PREFIX/share
export XDG_DATA_DIRS</literal></screen>
<screen><literal>XDG_DATA_DIRS=/usr/share:$GNOME_PREFIX/share
XDG_CONFIG_DIRS=/usr/share:/etc/gnome/xdg
export XDG_DATA_DIRS XDG_CONFIG_DIRS</literal></screen>
<para>For <application>KDE</application>:</para>
<screen><literal>XDG_DATA_DIRS=$XDG_DATA_DIRS:$KDE_PREFIX/share
export XDG_DATA_DIRS</literal></screen>
<screen><literal>XDG_DATA_DIRS=/usr/share:$KDE_PREFIX/share
XDG_CONFIG_DIRS=/usr/share:/etc/kde/xdg
export XDG_DATA_DIRS XDG_CONFIG_DIRS</literal></screen>
<!-- This ends up messing up the menus and the GNOME and KDE stuff is simply
not yet interchangeable
<para>If you're installing both <application>GNOME</application> and
<application>KDE</application>:</para>
@ -117,6 +124,8 @@ export XDG_DATA_DIRS</literal></screen>
<screen><literal>XDG_DATA_DIRS=$XDG_DATA_DIRS:$GNOME_PREFIX/share:$KDE_PREFIX/share
export XDG_DATA_DIRS</literal></screen>
-->
</sect3>
</sect2>