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shared-mime-info

The shared-mime-info package contains: The core database of common MIME types, their file extensions and icon names. The update-mime-database command, used to extend the DB and install a new MIME data. The freedesktop.org shared MIME database spec. It is used by GLib, GNOME, KDE, XFCE and many others.

homepage: https://gitlab.freedesktop.org/xdg/shared-mime-info

Available installations

shared-mime-info version Supported CPU targets Supported GPU targets EESSI version Module
2.4 generic: aarch64, x86_64
Arm: a64fx, neoverse_n1, neoverse_v1, nvidia/grace
AMD: zen2, zen3, zen4
Intel: haswell, skylake_avx512, sapphirerapids, icelake, cascadelake
(none) 2025.06 shared-mime-info/2.4-GCCcore-14.3.0