[Debian] How do I get rid of update-mime ?

[Walter Dnes]

On Tue, Oct 14, 2003 at 12:49:15AM -0400, Ilya Palagin wrote

> To find the package a file belongs to, execute dpkg -S update-mime. 
> It'll be "mime-support".
> 
> >renamed update-mime to downdate-mime, blew away /etc/mailcap (again)
> >followed by "touch /etc/mailcap" and "chmod 000 /etc/mailcap".  chattr
> It's wrong (no-Debian) way!
> 
> >only works on extfs2, and I'm running ReiserFS.  This workaround should
> >stop Debian from "helping me enjoy rich-format email".  But I'd still
> >like to find the "official channels" method of getting rid of
> >update-mime.
> $apt-get remove mime-support

  Thanks.  That's what I was looking for.  I'll be out of town for a few
days.  I'll try it Thursday evening when I get back.

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