The shared-mime-info package contains the core database of common types and the *update-mime-database* command used to extend it.  It requires glib2 to be installed for building the update command.  Additionally, it uses intltool for translations, though this is only a dependency for the maintainers.  This database is translated at [[Transifex|http://www.transifex.net/projects/p/shared-mime-info/]]. 

See the [[Shared MIME Info Specification|Specifications/shared-mime-info-spec]] for more information about the database. 


# git

The [[git|GettingInvolved]] module for this spec is "shared-mime-info", in the "mime" repository. See [[web interface|http://cgit.freedesktop.org/xdg/shared-mime-info/]] for details 


# Obtain


## Sources

                     * [[shared-mime-info-1.1.tar.xz|http://freedesktop.org/~hadess/shared-mime-info-1.1.tar.xz]]. 
                     * [[shared-mime-info-1.0.tar.xz|http://freedesktop.org/~hadess/shared-mime-info-1.0.tar.xz]]. 
                     * [[shared-mime-info-0.91.tar.xz|http://freedesktop.org/~hadess/shared-mime-info-0.91.tar.xz]]. 
                     * [[shared-mime-info-0.90.tar.bz2|http://freedesktop.org/~hadess/shared-mime-info-0.90.tar.bz2]]. 
                     * [[shared-mime-info-0.80.tar.bz2|http://freedesktop.org/~hadess/shared-mime-info-0.80.tar.bz2]]. 
                     * [[shared-mime-info-0.71.tar.bz2|http://freedesktop.org/~hadess/shared-mime-info-0.71.tar.bz2]]. 
                     * [[shared-mime-info-0.70.tar.bz2|http://freedesktop.org/~hadess/shared-mime-info-0.70.tar.bz2]]. 
                     * [[shared-mime-info-0.60.tar.bz2|http://freedesktop.org/~hadess/shared-mime-info-0.60.tar.bz2]]. 
                     * [[shared-mime-info-0.51.tar.bz2|http://freedesktop.org/~hadess/shared-mime-info-0.51.tar.bz2]]. 
                     * [[shared-mime-info-0.50.tar.bz2|http://freedesktop.org/~hadess/shared-mime-info-0.50.tar.bz2]]. 
                     * [[shared-mime-info-0.40.tar.bz2|http://freedesktop.org/~hadess/shared-mime-info-0.40.tar.bz2]]. 
                     * [[shared-mime-info-0.30.tar.bz2|http://freedesktop.org/~hadess/shared-mime-info-0.30.tar.bz2]]. 
                     * [[shared-mime-info-0.23.tar.bz2|http://freedesktop.org/~hadess/shared-mime-info-0.23.tar.bz2]]. 
                     * [[shared-mime-info-0.22.tar.bz2|http://freedesktop.org/~hadess/shared-mime-info-0.22.tar.bz2]]. 
                     * [[shared-mime-info-0.21.tar.bz2|http://freedesktop.org/~hadess/shared-mime-info-0.21.tar.bz2]]. 
                     * [[shared-mime-info-0.20.tar.bz2|http://freedesktop.org/~hadess/shared-mime-info-0.20.tar.bz2]]. 
                     * [[shared-mime-info-0.19.tar.gz|http://freedesktop.org/~hadess/shared-mime-info-0.19.tar.gz]]. 
                     * [[shared-mime-info-0.18.tar.gz|http://freedesktop.org/~hadess/shared-mime-info-0.18.tar.gz]]. 
                     * [[shared-mime-info-0.17.tar.gz|http://freedesktop.org/~hadess/shared-mime-info-0.17.tar.gz]]. 
                     * [[shared-mime-info-0.16.tar.gz|http://freedesktop.org/~hadess/shared-mime-info-0.16.tar.gz]]. 
                     * [[shared-mime-info-0.15.tar.gz|http://freedesktop.org/software/shared-mime-info/shared-mime-info-0.15.tar.gz]]. 
                     * [[shared-mime-info-0.14.tar.gz|http://freedesktop.org/software/shared-mime-info/shared-mime-info-0.14.tar.gz]]. 
                     * [[shared-mime-info-0.13.tar.gz|http://freedesktop.org/software/shared-mime-info/shared-mime-info-0.13.tar.gz]]. 
                     * [[shared-mime-info-0.12.tar.gz|http://freedesktop.org/software/shared-mime-info/releases/shared-mime-info-0.12.tar.gz]]. GPG signature: [[tar.gz.sig|http://freedesktop.org/software/shared-mime-info/releases/shared-mime-info-0.12.tar.gz.sig]]. 

## Distribution-specific packages

                     * Debian: packaged as [[shared-mime-info|http://packages.debian.org/shared-mime-info]]. 
                     * FreeBSD: packaged in [[FreeBSD ports|http://www.freebsd.org/ports/misc.html]]. 
                     * Gentoo Linux: [[package|http://packages.gentoo.org/packages/?category=x11-misc;name=shared-mime-info]]. 
                     * OpenBSD: packaged in [[OpenBSD ports|http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/cvsweb/ports/misc/shared-mime-info/]]. 
                     * Slackware: [[unofficial packages|http://home.att.net/~psantoro/]] 
                     * Arch Linux: [[package|http://www.archlinux.org/packages/shared-mime-info/]] in the "extra" repository. 
                     * Lunar Linux: in the [[moonbase module|http://modules.lunar-linux.org/index.php?option=module&module=shared-mime-info]]. 

### RPMs

                     * [[Mandriva RPMs in Cooker|http://wiki.mandriva.com/]] (choose a mirror, then go to media/main/release). 
                     * [[PLD Linux Distribution official packages|ftp://ftp.i686.ac.pld-linux.org/dists/ac/PLD/i686/PLD/RPMS/]] 
                     * SuSE RPMs: [[packman.links2linux.de|http://packman.links2linux.de/?action=311]]. 
                     * Fedora RPMs: [[Fedora official packages|http://koji.fedoraproject.org/koji/packageinfo?packageID=408]]. 

# Bug tracker

                     * [[Bugzilla|https://bugs.freedesktop.org/buglist.cgi?query_format=specific&order=relevance+desc&bug_status=__open__&product=shared-mime-info&content=]]