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====shared-mime-info====
~This package from [[FreeDesktopOrg freedesktop.org's]] includes the standard MIME-type XML description files and the ##update-mime-database## command.  It is often provided in a Puppy's [[devx devx sfs]].  This provides a standard for MIME-types in Linux.  [[HowToAddMIMEType How To Add MIME Type]] tells you how this works in Puppy.

==Installation==
~Install [[devx devx sfs]] or appropriate package:
~[[http://www.freedesktop.org/wiki/Software/shared-mime-info shared-mime-info source]]
~[[http://distro.ibiblio.org/quirky/pet_packages-noarch/ shared-mime-info PETs on ibiblio.org]]

==Also see==
~[[HowToAddMIMEType How To Add MIME Type]]
~[[AssociateFiles]] - How Associate filetypes
~[[InternetMediaTypes Internet Media Types]]


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