How to Install and Uninstall shared-mime-info Package on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus)

Last updated: April 29,2024

1. Install "shared-mime-info" package

This guide covers the steps necessary to install shared-mime-info on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus)


    
        
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                sudo apt install
            
                        
                shared-mime-info
            
                    
    
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2. Uninstall "shared-mime-info" package

This guide covers the steps necessary to uninstall shared-mime-info on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus):


    
        
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                shared-mime-info
            
                    
    
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                sudo apt autoclean && sudo apt autoremove
            
                    
    
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3. Information about the shared-mime-info package on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus)

Package: shared-mime-info
Architecture: amd64
Version: 1.5-2ubuntu0.2
Multi-Arch: foreign
Priority: standard
Section: misc
Origin: Ubuntu
Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers
Original-Maintainer: Sebastian Dröge
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Installed-Size: 2440
Depends: libc6 (>= 2.14), libglib2.0-0 (>= 2.35.9), libxml2 (>= 2.7.4)
Conflicts: libglib2.0-0 (<< 2.17.2), libgnomevfs2-0 (<< 1:2.24.0), tracker (<< 0.6.90)
Filename: pool/main/s/shared-mime-info/shared-mime-info_1.5-2ubuntu0.2_amd64.deb
Size: 405234
MD5sum: fb4d374c29dda13eb6aca27337ce482f
SHA1: 96f38233344d8a6cbaf6a838a46cadae0e3d9a10
SHA256: a1bd46889929d70b2c73a0763872b828d829e5230ec56cc5032c3f001af933a9
SHA512: 58d58228ed2f5a87eff1c7f33687290bcd37b39b9984f1939d65c35bc3a6cd32dd59ab2c5005f41123bbe04059922d7dff6038c5ca0d12e9b3845c61bbbf9a0f
Homepage: http://freedesktop.org/wiki/Software/shared-mime-info
Description-en: FreeDesktop.org shared MIME database and spec
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.
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At this time at least ROX, GNOME, KDE and Xfce use this database.
Description-md5: 6f0051137219a573d6748b4e3bc55889
Task: standard, mythbuntu-frontend, mythbuntu-backend-slave, mythbuntu-backend-master, ubuntu-touch-core, ubuntu-touch, ubuntu-touch, ubuntu-sdk
Supported: 5y

Package: shared-mime-info
Priority: standard
Section: misc
Installed-Size: 2436
Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers
Original-Maintainer: Sebastian Dröge
Architecture: amd64
Version: 1.5-2
Depends: libc6 (>= 2.14), libglib2.0-0 (>= 2.35.9), libxml2 (>= 2.7.4)
Conflicts: libglib2.0-0 (<< 2.17.2), libgnomevfs2-0 (<< 1:2.24.0), tracker (<< 0.6.90)
Filename: pool/main/s/shared-mime-info/shared-mime-info_1.5-2_amd64.deb
Size: 405320
MD5sum: 7029ef683dbc885f893841918fdfb26b
SHA1: 4fd841aa1386e693ab80982a6ecbfe8ac40e349d
SHA256: 8d4eac743966645356c359a141f4d7e954269b4dd55e20e0887d14027f8ea7cd
Description-en: FreeDesktop.org shared MIME database and spec
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.
Description-md5: 6f0051137219a573d6748b4e3bc55889
Multi-Arch: foreign
Homepage: http://freedesktop.org/wiki/Software/shared-mime-info
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Origin: Ubuntu
Supported: 5y
Task: standard, mythbuntu-frontend, mythbuntu-backend-slave, mythbuntu-backend-master, ubuntu-touch-core, ubuntu-touch, ubuntu-touch, ubuntu-sdk