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[52d29f7] | 4 | <!ENTITY % general-entities SYSTEM "../../general.ent">
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| 5 | %general-entities;
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| 6 |
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[d3e019dc] | 7 | <!ENTITY glib2-download-http "&gnome-download-http;/glib/2.34/glib-&glib2-version;.tar.xz">
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| 8 | <!ENTITY glib2-download-ftp "&gnome-download-ftp;/glib/2.34/glib-&glib2-version;.tar.xz">
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[307b4b98] | 9 | <!ENTITY glib2-md5sum "a4ca31e258273c3761e3de2edd607661">
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[d3e019dc] | 10 | <!ENTITY glib2-size "6.1 MB">
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[307b4b98] | 11 | <!ENTITY glib2-buildsize "225 MB">
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[d3e019dc] | 12 | <!ENTITY glib2-time "1.6 SBU (additional 5.0 SBU to run the test suite)">
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[52d29f7] | 13 | ]>
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| 14 |
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[7c461b3] | 15 | <sect1 id="glib2" xreflabel="GLib-&glib2-version;">
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[7c18102] | 16 | <?dbhtml filename="glib2.html"?>
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[4c3474fe] | 17 |
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[7c18102] | 18 | <sect1info>
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| 19 | <othername>$LastChangedBy$</othername>
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| 20 | <date>$Date$</date>
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| 21 | </sect1info>
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[4c3474fe] | 22 |
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[7c18102] | 23 | <title>GLib-&glib2-version;</title>
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[4c3474fe] | 24 |
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[7c18102] | 25 | <indexterm zone="glib2">
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| 26 | <primary sortas="a-GLib2">GLib2</primary>
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| 27 | </indexterm>
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| 28 |
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| 29 | <sect2 role="package">
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| 30 | <title>Introduction to GLib</title>
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[4c3474fe] | 31 |
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[b84342d6] | 32 | <para>
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| 33 | The <application>GLib</application> package contains a low-level
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[0d7900a] | 34 | libraries useful for providing data structure handling for C, portability
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[b84342d6] | 35 | wrappers and interfaces for such runtime functionality as an
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| 36 | event loop, threads, dynamic loading and an object system.
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| 37 | </para>
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[4c3474fe] | 38 |
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[bd4fda83] | 39 | &lfs73_checked;
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[08f1ff7] | 40 |
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[7c18102] | 41 | <bridgehead renderas="sect3">Package Information</bridgehead>
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| 42 | <itemizedlist spacing="compact">
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| 43 | <listitem>
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[b84342d6] | 44 | <para>
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| 45 | Download (HTTP): <ulink url="&glib2-download-http;"/>
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| 46 | </para>
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[7c18102] | 47 | </listitem>
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| 48 | <listitem>
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[b84342d6] | 49 | <para>
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| 50 | Download (FTP): <ulink url="&glib2-download-ftp;"/>
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| 51 | </para>
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[7c18102] | 52 | </listitem>
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| 53 | <listitem>
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[b84342d6] | 54 | <para>
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| 55 | Download MD5 sum: &glib2-md5sum;
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| 56 | </para>
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[7c18102] | 57 | </listitem>
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| 58 | <listitem>
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[b84342d6] | 59 | <para>
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| 60 | Download size: &glib2-size;
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| 61 | </para>
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[7c18102] | 62 | </listitem>
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| 63 | <listitem>
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[b84342d6] | 64 | <para>
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| 65 | Estimated disk space required: &glib2-buildsize;
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| 66 | </para>
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[7c18102] | 67 | </listitem>
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| 68 | <listitem>
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[b84342d6] | 69 | <para>
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| 70 | Estimated build time: &glib2-time;
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| 71 | </para>
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[7c18102] | 72 | </listitem>
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| 73 | </itemizedlist>
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[4c3474fe] | 74 |
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[06b397f7] | 75 | <bridgehead renderas="sect3">GLib Dependencies</bridgehead>
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[4c3474fe] | 76 |
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[08f1ff7] | 77 | <bridgehead renderas="sect4">Required</bridgehead>
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[b8a081c] | 78 | <para role="required">
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[9ef15dba] | 79 | <xref linkend="libffi"/>,
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| 80 | <xref linkend="pkgconfig"/> and
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[b8a081c] | 81 | <xref linkend="python2"/>
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[0d7900a] | 82 | </para>
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[4c3474fe] | 83 |
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[1b9e36e] | 84 | <bridgehead renderas="sect4">Recommended</bridgehead>
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[b8a081c] | 85 | <para role="recommended">
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[d3e019dc] | 86 | <xref linkend="pcre"/> (built with Unicode properties)
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[b8a081c] | 87 | </para>
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[1b9e36e] | 88 |
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[7c18102] | 89 | <bridgehead renderas="sect4">Optional</bridgehead>
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[b8a081c] | 90 | <para role="optional">
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| 91 | <xref linkend="attr"/>,
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[d3e019dc] | 92 | <xref linkend="dbus"/> (required to run the tests) and
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[b8a081c] | 93 | <xref linkend="gtk-doc"/>
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| 94 | </para>
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[b31b493] | 95 |
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[75103a06] | 96 | <bridgehead renderas="sect4">Additional Runtime Dependencies</bridgehead>
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[b84342d6] | 97 | <para role="optional">
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[0d7900a] | 98 | Quoted directly from the <filename>INSTALL</filename> file;
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[b84342d6] | 99 | <quote>Some of the mimetype-related functionality in GIO requires the
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| 100 | <command>update-mime-database</command> and
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[0d7900a] | 101 | <command>update-desktop-database</command> utilities</quote>,
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[b84342d6] | 102 | which are part of
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| 103 | <xref linkend="shared-mime-info"/> and
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| 104 | <xref linkend="desktop-file-utils"/>, respectively.
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| 105 | </para>
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[75103a06] | 106 |
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[1039de3] | 107 | <para condition="html" role="usernotes">User Notes:
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[7ded7e3] | 108 | <ulink url="&blfs-wiki;/glib2"/>
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| 109 | </para>
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[7c18102] | 110 | </sect2>
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[4c3474fe] | 111 |
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[7c18102] | 112 | <sect2 role="installation">
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| 113 | <title>Installation of GLib</title>
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| 114 |
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[b84342d6] | 115 | <para>
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| 116 | Install <application>GLib</application> by running the following
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| 117 | commands:
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| 118 | </para>
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[b31b493] | 119 |
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[d3e019dc] | 120 | <screen><userinput>./configure --prefix=/usr --with-pcre=system &&
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[7c18102] | 121 | make</userinput></screen>
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[4c3474fe] | 122 |
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[b84342d6] | 123 | <para>
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| 124 | The <application>GLib</application> test suite requires
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| 125 | <application>desktop-file-utils</application> in order to run. However,
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| 126 | <application>desktop-file-utils</application> requires
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| 127 | <application>GLib</application> in order to compile; therefore, you must
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| 128 | first install <application>GLib</application> and then run the test
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| 129 | suite.
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| 130 | </para>
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[4c3474fe] | 131 |
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[b84342d6] | 132 | <para>
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| 133 | Now, as the <systemitem class="username">root</systemitem> user:
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| 134 | </para>
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[4c3474fe] | 135 |
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[355495ce] | 136 | <screen role="root"><userinput>make install</userinput></screen>
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[4c3474fe] | 137 |
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[b84342d6] | 138 | <para>
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| 139 | You should now install <xref linkend="desktop-file-utils"/> and proceed to
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| 140 | run the test suite.
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| 141 | </para>
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[c0e1d87] | 142 |
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[b84342d6] | 143 | <para>
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| 144 | To test the results, issue: <command>make check</command>.
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| 145 | </para>
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[c0e1d87] | 146 |
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[7c18102] | 147 | </sect2>
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[4c3474fe] | 148 |
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[7c18102] | 149 | <sect2 role="commands">
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| 150 | <title>Command Explanations</title>
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[864b24de] | 151 |
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[b84342d6] | 152 | <para>
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[d3e019dc] | 153 | <parameter>--with-pcre=system</parameter>: This switch causes the
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[b84342d6] | 154 | build to use a system-provided version of the
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| 155 | <application>PCRE</application> library instead of an internal
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| 156 | version.
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| 157 | </para>
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[7147513] | 158 |
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[0913f48] | 159 | <xi:include xmlns:xi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XInclude"
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[b84342d6] | 160 | href="../../xincludes/gtk-doc-rebuild.xml"/>
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[0913f48] | 161 |
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[7c18102] | 162 | </sect2>
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[4c3474fe] | 163 |
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[7c18102] | 164 | <sect2 role="content">
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| 165 | <title>Contents</title>
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| 166 |
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| 167 | <segmentedlist>
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| 168 | <segtitle>Installed Programs</segtitle>
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| 169 | <segtitle>Installed Libraries</segtitle>
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| 170 | <segtitle>Installed Directories</segtitle>
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[4c3474fe] | 171 |
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[7c18102] | 172 | <seglistitem>
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[0913f48] | 173 | <seg>
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| 174 | gdbus, gdbus-codegen, gio-querymodules,
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| 175 | glib-compile-resources, glib-compile-schemas,
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| 176 | glib-genmarshal, glib-gettextize, glib-mkenums,
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[0d7900a] | 177 | gobject-query, gresource, gsettings, gtester
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[0913f48] | 178 | and gtester-report
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| 179 | </seg>
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| 180 | <seg>
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| 181 | libgio-2.0.so, libglib-2.0.so, libgmodule-2.0.so,
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[d3e019dc] | 182 | libgobject-2.0.so and libgthread-2.0.so
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[0913f48] | 183 | </seg>
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| 184 | <seg>
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[d3e019dc] | 185 | /usr/include/gio-unix-2.0,
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| 186 | /usr/include/glib-2.0,
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| 187 | /usr/lib/gdbus-2.0,
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| 188 | /usr/lib/gio,
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| 189 | /usr/lib/glib-2.0,
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| 190 | /usr/share/glib-2.0,
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| 191 | /usr/share/gtk-doc/html/gio,
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| 192 | /usr/share/gtk-doc/html/glib and
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| 193 | /usr/share/gtk-doc/html/gobject
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[0913f48] | 194 | </seg>
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[7c18102] | 195 | </seglistitem>
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| 196 | </segmentedlist>
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[4c3474fe] | 197 |
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[7c18102] | 198 | <variablelist>
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| 199 | <bridgehead renderas="sect3">Short Descriptions</bridgehead>
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| 200 | <?dbfo list-presentation="list"?>
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| 201 | <?dbhtml list-presentation="table"?>
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[4c3474fe] | 202 |
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[b31b493] | 203 | <varlistentry id="gdbus">
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| 204 | <term><command>gdbus</command></term>
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| 205 | <listitem>
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[b84342d6] | 206 | <para>
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[d3e019dc] | 207 | is a simple tool used for working with
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| 208 | <application>D-Bus</application> objects.
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[b84342d6] | 209 | </para>
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[b31b493] | 210 | <indexterm zone="glib2 gdbus">
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| 211 | <primary sortas="b-gdbus">gdbus</primary>
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| 212 | </indexterm>
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| 213 | </listitem>
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| 214 | </varlistentry>
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| 215 |
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| 216 | <varlistentry id="gdbus-codegen">
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| 217 | <term><command>gdbus-codegen</command></term>
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| 218 | <listitem>
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[b84342d6] | 219 | <para>
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[0d7900a] | 220 | is used to generate code and/or documentation for one or
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[b84342d6] | 221 | more <application>D-Bus</application> interfaces.
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| 222 | </para>
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[b31b493] | 223 | <indexterm zone="glib2 gdbus-codegen">
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| 224 | <primary sortas="b-gdbus-codegen">gdbus-codegen</primary>
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| 225 | </indexterm>
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| 226 | </listitem>
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| 227 | </varlistentry>
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| 228 |
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| 229 | <varlistentry id="gio-querymodules">
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| 230 | <term><command>gio-querymodules</command></term>
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| 231 | <listitem>
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[b84342d6] | 232 | <para>
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[0d7900a] | 233 | is used to create a giomodule.cache file in the listed directories.
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[d3e019dc] | 234 | This file lists the implemented extension points for each module
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| 235 | that has been found.
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[b84342d6] | 236 | </para>
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[b31b493] | 237 | <indexterm zone="glib2 gio-querymodules">
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| 238 | <primary sortas="b-gio-querymodules">gio-querymodules</primary>
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| 239 | </indexterm>
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| 240 | </listitem>
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| 241 | </varlistentry>
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| 242 |
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| 243 | <varlistentry id="glib-compile-resources">
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| 244 | <term><command>glib-compile-resources</command></term>
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| 245 | <listitem>
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[b84342d6] | 246 | <para>
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[0d7900a] | 247 | is used to read the resource description from file and
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| 248 | the files that it references to create a binary resource
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[b84342d6] | 249 | bundle that is suitable for use with the GResource API.
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| 250 | </para>
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[b31b493] | 251 | <indexterm zone="glib2 glib-compile-resources">
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| 252 | <primary sortas="b-glib-compile-resources">glib-compile-resources</primary>
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| 253 | </indexterm>
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| 254 | </listitem>
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| 255 | </varlistentry>
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| 256 |
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| 257 | <varlistentry id="glib-compile-schemas">
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| 258 | <term><command>glib-compile-schemas</command></term>
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| 259 | <listitem>
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[b84342d6] | 260 | <para>
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[0d7900a] | 261 | is used to compile all the GSettings XML schema files
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| 262 | in directory into a binary file with the name gschemas.compiled
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[b84342d6] | 263 | that can be used by GSettings.
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| 264 | </para>
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[b31b493] | 265 | <indexterm zone="glib2 glib-compile-schemas">
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| 266 | <primary sortas="b-glib-compile-resources">glib-compile-schemas</primary>
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| 267 | </indexterm>
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| 268 | </listitem>
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| 269 | </varlistentry>
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| 270 |
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[7c18102] | 271 | <varlistentry id="glib-genmarshal">
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| 272 | <term><command>glib-genmarshal</command></term>
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| 273 | <listitem>
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[b84342d6] | 274 | <para>
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| 275 | is a C code marshaller generation utility for GLib closures.
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| 276 | </para>
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[7c18102] | 277 | <indexterm zone="glib2 glib-genmarshal">
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| 278 | <primary sortas="b-glib-genmarshal">glib-genmarshal</primary>
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| 279 | </indexterm>
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| 280 | </listitem>
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| 281 | </varlistentry>
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[4c3474fe] | 282 |
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[7c18102] | 283 | <varlistentry id="glib-gettextize">
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| 284 | <term><command>glib-gettextize</command></term>
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| 285 | <listitem>
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[b84342d6] | 286 | <para>
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| 287 | is a variant of the <application>gettext</application>
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| 288 | internationalization utility.
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| 289 | </para>
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[7c18102] | 290 | <indexterm zone="glib2 glib-gettextize">
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| 291 | <primary sortas="b-glib-gettextize">glib-gettextize</primary>
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| 292 | </indexterm>
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| 293 | </listitem>
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| 294 | </varlistentry>
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[4c3474fe] | 295 |
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[7c18102] | 296 | <varlistentry id="glib-mkenums">
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| 297 | <term><command>glib-mkenums</command></term>
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| 298 | <listitem>
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[b84342d6] | 299 | <para>
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| 300 | is a C language enum description generation utility.
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| 301 | </para>
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[7c18102] | 302 | <indexterm zone="glib2 glib-mkenums">
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| 303 | <primary sortas="b-glib-mkenums">glib-mkenums</primary>
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| 304 | </indexterm>
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| 305 | </listitem>
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| 306 | </varlistentry>
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[4c3474fe] | 307 |
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[7c18102] | 308 | <varlistentry id="gobject-query">
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| 309 | <term><command>gobject-query</command></term>
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| 310 | <listitem>
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[b84342d6] | 311 | <para>
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| 312 | is a small utility that draws a tree of types.
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| 313 | </para>
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[7c18102] | 314 | <indexterm zone="glib2 gobject-query">
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| 315 | <primary sortas="b-gobject-query">gobject-query</primary>
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| 316 | </indexterm>
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| 317 | </listitem>
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| 318 | </varlistentry>
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[4c3474fe] | 319 |
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[b31b493] | 320 | <varlistentry id="gresource">
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| 321 | <term><command>gresource</command></term>
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| 322 | <listitem>
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[b84342d6] | 323 | <para>
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| 324 | offers a simple commandline interface to GResource.
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| 325 | </para>
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[b31b493] | 326 | <indexterm zone="glib2 gresource">
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| 327 | <primary sortas="b-gresource">gresource</primary>
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| 328 | </indexterm>
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| 329 | </listitem>
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| 330 | </varlistentry>
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| 331 |
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| 332 | <varlistentry id="gsettings">
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| 333 | <term><command>gsettings</command></term>
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| 334 | <listitem>
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[b84342d6] | 335 | <para>
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| 336 | offers a simple commandline interface to GSettings.
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| 337 | </para>
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[b31b493] | 338 | <indexterm zone="glib2 gsettings">
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| 339 | <primary sortas="b-gsettings">gsettings</primary>
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| 340 | </indexterm>
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| 341 | </listitem>
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| 342 | </varlistentry>
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| 343 |
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[e103708b] | 344 | <varlistentry id="gtester">
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| 345 | <term><command>gtester</command></term>
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| 346 | <listitem>
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[b84342d6] | 347 | <para>
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| 348 | is a test running utility.
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| 349 | </para>
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[e103708b] | 350 | <indexterm zone="glib2 gtester">
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| 351 | <primary sortas="b-gtester">gtester</primary>
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| 352 | </indexterm>
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| 353 | </listitem>
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| 354 | </varlistentry>
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| 355 |
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| 356 | <varlistentry id="gtester-report">
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| 357 | <term><command>gtester-report</command></term>
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| 358 | <listitem>
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[b84342d6] | 359 | <para>
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| 360 | is a test report formatting utility.
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| 361 | </para>
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[e103708b] | 362 | <indexterm zone="glib2 gtester-report">
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| 363 | <primary sortas="b-gtester-report">gtester-report</primary>
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| 364 | </indexterm>
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| 365 | </listitem>
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| 366 | </varlistentry>
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| 367 |
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[7c18102] | 368 | <varlistentry id="GLib-libraries">
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| 369 | <term>GLib libraries</term>
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| 370 | <listitem>
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[b84342d6] | 371 | <para>
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| 372 | contain a low-level core libraries for the
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| 373 | <application>GIMP</application> Toolkit.
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| 374 | </para>
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[7c18102] | 375 | <indexterm zone="glib2 GLib-libraries">
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| 376 | <primary sortas="c-GLib-libraries">Glib libraries</primary>
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| 377 | </indexterm>
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| 378 | </listitem>
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| 379 | </varlistentry>
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[4c3474fe] | 380 |
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[7c18102] | 381 | </variablelist>
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| 382 |
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| 383 | </sect2>
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[d4340990] | 384 |
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| 385 | </sect1>
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