Beyond Linux From Scratch - Version 6.2.0

Chapter 31. GNOME Core Packages

GNOME MIME Data-2.4.2

Introduction to GNOME MIME Data

The GNOME MIME Data package contains the base set of file types and applications for GNOME-2.

Package Information

GNOME MIME Data Dependencies

Required

XML::Parser-2.34

User Notes: http://wiki.linuxfromscratch.org/blfs/wiki/gnome-mime-data

Installation of GNOME MIME Data

[Note]

Note

The instructions below are based on installing the package into a GNOME-2 environment. If, for whatever reason, you're installing this package without having ORBit2 and the core GNOME-2 libraries installed, you'll need to modify the --prefix= parameter on the configure script to point to your desired installation path (e.g., --prefix=/usr).

Install GNOME MIME Data by running the following commands: 

./configure --prefix=$(pkg-config --variable=prefix ORBit-2.0) \
            --sysconfdir=/etc/gnome/2.14.3 \
            --mandir=$(pkg-config \
                --variable=prefix ORBit-2.0)/share/man &&
make

This package does not come with a test suite.

Now, as the root user: 

make install &&
install -v -m644 -D man/gnome-vfs-mime.5 \
    $(pkg-config \
        --variable=prefix ORBit-2.0)/share/man/man5/gnome-vfs-mime.5

Command Explanations

--prefix=$(pkg-config --variable=prefix ORBit-2.0): Setting the prefix using this parameter instead of with $GNOME_PREFIX will ensure that the prefix is consistent with the installation environment and the package will be installed in the correct location.

--sysconfdir=/etc/gnome/2.14.3: This parameter causes the configuration files to be installed in /etc/gnome/2.14.3 instead of $GNOME_PREFIX/etc. Additionally (if applicable), the parameter ensures that the GConf-2 database is correctly updated.

--mandir=$(pkg-config --variable=prefix ORBit-2.0)/share/man: This parameter causes the man.(X) files to be installed in $GNOME_PREFIX/share/man/man(X) instead of $GNOME_PREFIX/man/man(X).

Contents

Installed Programs: None
Installed Libraries: None
Installed Directories: $GNOME_PREFIX/share/{application-registry, share/mime-info}

Short Descriptions

application-registry

contains the application mime database.

mime-info

contains the mime description database.

Last updated on 2007-01-15 18:08:14 -0600