source: general/genlib/gir-repository.xml@ 68efc292

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<!DOCTYPE sect1 PUBLIC "-//OASIS//DTD DocBook XML V4.5//EN"
   "http://www.oasis-open.org/docbook/xml/4.5/docbookx.dtd" [
  <!ENTITY % general-entities SYSTEM "../../general.ent">
  %general-entities;

  <!ENTITY gir-repository-download-http "&gnome-download-http;/gir-repository/0.6/gir-repository-&gir-repository-version;.tar.bz2">
  <!ENTITY gir-repository-download-ftp  "&gnome-download-ftp;/gir-repository/0.6/gir-repository-&gir-repository-version;.tar.bz2">
  <!ENTITY gir-repository-md5sum        "f161fa1ae161e81117af6f4bb79bf344">
  <!ENTITY gir-repository-size          "258 KB">
  <!ENTITY gir-repository-buildsize     "17 MB">
  <!ENTITY gir-repository-time          "0.3 SBU">
]>

<sect1 id="gir-repository" xreflabel="gir-repository-&gir-repository-version;">
  <?dbhtml filename="gir-repository.html"?>

  <sect1info>
    <othername>$LastChangedBy$</othername>
    <date>$Date$</date>
  </sect1info>

  <title>gir-repository-&gir-repository-version;</title>

  <indexterm zone="gir-repository">
    <primary sortas="a-gir-repository">gir-repository</primary>
  </indexterm>

  <sect2 role="package">
    <title>Introduction to gir-repository</title>

    <para>The <application>gir-repository</application> is a repository of GIR
    interface description files.</para>

    &lfs65_checked;

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

    <bridgehead renderas="sect3">gir-repository Dependencies</bridgehead>

    <bridgehead renderas="sect4">Required</bridgehead>
    <para role="required"><xref linkend="gobject-introspection"/></para>

    <bridgehead renderas="sect4">Recommended</bridgehead>
    <para role="recommended"><xref linkend="gtk2"/> (Required if building
    <application>libunique</application>)</para>

    <bridgehead renderas="sect4">Optional</bridgehead>
    <para role="optional"><xref linkend="dbus-glib"/>,
    <xref linkend="libsoup"/>,
    <ulink url="http://clutter-project.org/">Clutter</ulink>,
    <xref linkend="atk"/>,
    <ulink url="http://www.avahi.org">Avahi</ulink>,
    <ulink url="http://www.gegl.org/babl/">Babl</ulink>,
    <ulink url="http://clutter-project.org/">clutter-cairo</ulink>,
    <ulink url="http://clutter-project.org/">clutter-gtk</ulink>,
    <xref linkend="GConf"/>,
    <xref linkend="gnome-menus"/>,
    <ulink url="http://www.ohloh.net/p/gnio/">gnio</ulink>,
    <xref linkend="gnome-keyring"/>,
    <ulink url="http://live.gnome.org/GooCanvas/">goocanvas</ulink>,
    <ulink url="http://www.gupnp.org/">gssdp</ulink>,
    <xref linkend="gstreamer"/>,
    <xref linkend="gst-plugins-base"/>,
    <xref linkend="gtksourceview"/>,
    <ulink url="http://www.gupnp.org/">gupnp</ulink>,
    <xref linkend="nautilus"/>,
    <ulink url="http://www.galago-project.org/news/index.php">libnotify</ulink>
    <xref linkend="pango"/>,
    <xref linkend="poppler"/>,
    <xref linkend="libunique"/>,
    <xref linkend="vte"/>,
    <ulink url="http://webkit.org/">WebKit</ulink>, and
    <xref linkend="libwnck"/></para>

    <para condition="html" role="usernotes">User Notes:
    <ulink url="&blfs-wiki;/gir-repository"/></para>

  </sect2>

  <sect2 role="installation">
    <title>Installation of gir-repository</title>

    <para>Install <application>gir-repository</application> by running the
    following commands:</para>

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

    <para>This package does not come with a test suite.</para>

    <para>Now, as the <systemitem class="username">root</systemitem> user:</para>

<screen role="root"><userinput>make install</userinput></screen>

  </sect2>

  <sect2 role="content">
    <title>Contents</title>

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

      <seglistitem>
        <seg>None</seg>
        <seg>libgirepo-DBus-custom.{so,a}, libgirepo-Gdk-custom.{so,a}, and
        libgirepo-Gtk-custom.{so,a}</seg>
        <seg>/usr/lib/girepository-1.0 and /usr/share/gir-1.0</seg>
      </seglistitem>
    </segmentedlist>

    <variablelist>
      <bridgehead renderas="sect3">Short Descriptions</bridgehead>
      <?dbfo list-presentation="list"?>
      <?dbhtml list-presentation="table"?>

      <varlistentry id="libgirepo-DBus-custom">
        <term><filename class='libraryfile'>libgirepo-DBus-custom.{so,a}</filename></term>
        <listitem>
          <para>contains the <application>gir-repository</application>
          <application>D-Bus</application> API functions.</para>
          <indexterm zone="gir-repository libgirepo-DBus-custom">
            <primary sortas="c-libgirepo-DBus-custom">libgirepo-DBus-custom.{so,a}</primary>
          </indexterm>
        </listitem>
      </varlistentry>

      <varlistentry id="libgirepo-Gdk-custom">
        <term><filename class='libraryfile'>libgirepo-Gdk-custom.{so,a}</filename></term>
        <listitem>
          <para>contains the <application>gir-repository</application> GDK API
          functions.</para>
          <indexterm zone="gir-repository libgirepo-Gdk-custom">
            <primary sortas="c-libgirepo-Gdk-custom">libgirepo-Gdk-custom.{so,a}</primary>
          </indexterm>
        </listitem>
      </varlistentry>

      <varlistentry id="libgirepo-Gtk-custom">
        <term><filename class='libraryfile'>libgirepo-Gtk-custom.{so,a}</filename></term>
        <listitem>
          <para>contains the <application>gir-repository</application>
          <application>GTK</application> API functions.</para>
          <indexterm zone="gir-repository libgirepo-Gtk-custom">
            <primary sortas="c-libgirepo-Gtk-custom">libgirepo-Gtk-custom.{so,a}</primary>
          </indexterm>
        </listitem>
      </varlistentry>

    </variablelist>

  </sect2>

</sect1>