Introduction to GLib Download location (HTTP): Download location (FTP): Version used: &GLib-version; Package size: &GLib-size; Estimated Disk space required: &GLib-buildsize; Estimated build time: &GLib-time; The glib package contains a low-level core library. This is useful for providing data structure handling for C, portability wrappers and interfaces for such runtime functionality as an event loop, threads, dynamic loading, and an object system.