source: basicnet/netlibs/gnet.xml@ ff769b8c

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<sect1 id="gnet" xreflabel="GNet-&gnet-version;">
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<othername>$LastChangedBy$</othername>
<date>$Date$</date>
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<title>GNet-&gnet-version;</title>
<indexterm zone="gnet">
<primary sortas="a-GNet">GNet</primary></indexterm>

<sect2>
<title>Introduction to <application>GNet</application></title>

<para>The <application>GNet</application> package contains a simple network 
library. This is useful for supporting <acronym>TCP</acronym> sockets,
<acronym>UDP</acronym> and <acronym>IP</acronym> multicast, asynchronous 
<acronym>DNS</acronym> lookup, and more.</para>

<sect3><title>Package information</title>
<itemizedlist spacing='compact'>
<listitem><para>Download (HTTP): <ulink
url="&gnet-download-http;"/></para></listitem>
<listitem><para>Download (FTP): <ulink
url="&gnet-download-ftp;"/></para></listitem>
<listitem><para>Download MD5 sum: &gnet-md5sum;</para></listitem>
<listitem><para>Download size: &gnet-size;</para></listitem>
<listitem><para>Estimated disk space required:
&gnet-buildsize;</para></listitem>
<listitem><para>Estimated build time:
&gnet-time;</para></listitem></itemizedlist>
</sect3>

<sect3><title><application>GNet</application> dependencies</title>
<sect4><title>Required</title>
<para><xref linkend="GLib"/> or <xref linkend="glib2"/></para>
</sect4>
</sect3>

</sect2>

<sect2>
<title>Installation of <application>GNet</application></title>

<para>Install <application>GNet</application> by running the following 
commands:</para>

<screen><userinput><command>./configure --prefix=/usr  &amp;&amp;
make</command></userinput></screen>

<para>Now, as the root user:</para>

<screen><userinput role='root'><command>make install</command></userinput></screen>

</sect2>

<sect2>
<title>Contents</title>

<segmentedlist>
<segtitle>Installed Programs</segtitle>
<segtitle>Installed Library</segtitle>
<segtitle>Installed Directories</segtitle>

<seglistitem>
<seg>None</seg>
<seg>libgnet-2.0.[so,a]</seg>
<seg>/usr/include/gnet-2.0, /usr/lib/gnet-2.0 and 
/usr/share/doc/libgnet2.0-dev</seg>
</seglistitem>
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<variablelist>
<bridgehead renderas="sect3">Short Descriptions</bridgehead>
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<varlistentry id="libgnet">
<term><filename class='libraryfile'>libgnet-2.0.[so,a]</filename></term>
<listitem><para>is a simple network library written in C. It is 
object-oriented and built upon <application>GLib</application>. It is 
intended to be easy to use and port.</para>
<indexterm zone="gnet libgnet">
<primary sortas="c-libgnet-2.0">libgnet-2.0.[so,a]</primary>
</indexterm></listitem>
</varlistentry>
</variablelist>

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