How To Install shared-mime-info on Debian 12

Learn how to install shared-mime-info on Debian 12 with this tutorial. shared-mime-info is FreeDesktop.org shared MIME database and spec

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install shared-mime-info on Debian 12.

What is shared-mime-info

shared-mime-info is:

This is the shared MIME-info database from the X Desktop Group. It is required by any program complying to the Shared MIME-Info Database spec, which is also included in this package.

At this time at least ROX, GNOME, KDE and Xfce use this database.

There are three methods to install shared-mime-info on Debian 12. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.

Install shared-mime-info Using apt-get

Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.

sudo apt-get update

After updating apt database, We can install shared-mime-info using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install shared-mime-info

Install shared-mime-info Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install shared-mime-info using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install shared-mime-info

Install shared-mime-info Using aptitude

If you want to follow this method, you might need to install aptitude first since aptitude is usually not installed by default on Debian. Update apt database with aptitude using the following command.

sudo aptitude update

After updating apt database, We can install shared-mime-info using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install shared-mime-info

How To Uninstall shared-mime-info on Debian 12

To uninstall only the shared-mime-info package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove shared-mime-info

Uninstall shared-mime-info And Its Dependencies

To uninstall shared-mime-info and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 12, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove shared-mime-info

Remove shared-mime-info Configurations and Data

To remove shared-mime-info configuration and data from Debian 12 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge shared-mime-info

Remove shared-mime-info configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove shared-mime-info configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge shared-mime-info

Dependencies

shared-mime-info have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install shared-mime-info package on Debian 12 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.