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| 2 | <!DOCTYPE sect1 PUBLIC "-//OASIS//DTD DocBook XML V4.5//EN"
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| 3 | "http://www.oasis-open.org/docbook/xml/4.5/docbookx.dtd" [
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| 4 | <!ENTITY % general-entities SYSTEM "../../general.ent">
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| 5 | %general-entities;
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| 6 |
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| 7 | <!ENTITY glib2-download-http "&gnome-download-http;/glib/&glib2-minor;/glib-&glib2-version;.tar.xz">
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| 8 | <!ENTITY glib2-download-ftp " ">
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| 9 | <!ENTITY glib2-md5sum "f4054629b8d977f7f5ec96a8f63449c3">
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| 10 | <!ENTITY glib2-size "5.3 MB">
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| 11 | <!ENTITY glib2-buildsize "197 MB (add 22 MB for tests)">
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| 12 | <!ENTITY glib2-time "0.7 SBU (add 0.4 SBU for tests; both using parallelism=4)">
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| 13 |
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| 14 | <!ENTITY gobject-introspection-download-http
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| 15 | "&gnome-download-http;/gobject-introspection/1.82/gobject-introspection-&gobject-introspection-version;.tar.xz">
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| 16 | <!ENTITY gobject-introspection-md5sum "50beb465bc81f33395b5e0e3bbe364ec">
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| 17 | <!ENTITY gobject-introspection-size "1.1 MB">
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| 18 | ]>
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| 19 |
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| 20 | <sect1 id="glib2" xreflabel="GLib-&glib2-version;">
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| 21 | <?dbhtml filename="glib2.html"?>
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| 22 |
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| 23 |
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| 24 | <title>GLib-&glib2-version;</title>
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| 25 |
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| 26 | <indexterm zone="glib2">
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| 27 | <primary sortas="a-GLib2">GLib2</primary>
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| 28 | </indexterm>
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| 29 |
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| 30 | <sect2 role="package">
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| 31 | <title>Introduction to GLib</title>
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| 32 |
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| 33 | <para>
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| 34 | The <application>GLib</application> package contains low-level
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| 35 | libraries useful for providing data structure handling for C, portability
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| 36 | wrappers and interfaces for runtime functionality such as an
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| 37 | event loop, threads, dynamic loading and an object system.
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| 38 | </para>
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| 39 |
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| 40 | &lfs122_checked;
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| 41 |
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| 42 | <bridgehead renderas="sect3">Package Information</bridgehead>
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| 43 | <itemizedlist spacing="compact">
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| 44 | <listitem>
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| 45 | <para>
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| 46 | Download (HTTP): <ulink url="&glib2-download-http;"/>
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| 47 | </para>
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| 48 | </listitem>
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| 49 | <listitem>
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| 50 | <para>
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| 51 | Download (FTP): <ulink url="&glib2-download-ftp;"/>
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| 52 | </para>
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| 53 | </listitem>
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| 54 | <listitem>
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| 55 | <para>
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| 56 | Download MD5 sum: &glib2-md5sum;
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| 57 | </para>
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| 58 | </listitem>
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| 59 | <listitem>
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| 60 | <para>
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| 61 | Download size: &glib2-size;
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| 62 | </para>
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| 63 | </listitem>
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| 64 | <listitem>
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| 65 | <para>
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| 66 | Estimated disk space required: &glib2-buildsize;
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| 67 | </para>
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| 68 | </listitem>
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| 69 | <listitem>
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| 70 | <para>
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| 71 | Estimated build time: &glib2-time;
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| 72 | </para>
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| 73 | </listitem>
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| 74 | </itemizedlist>
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| 75 |
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| 76 | <bridgehead renderas="sect3">Additional Downloads</bridgehead>
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| 77 |
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| 78 | <para>
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| 79 | <emphasis role="strong">GObject Introspection (Recommended)</emphasis>
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| 80 | </para>
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| 81 | <itemizedlist spacing="compact">
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| 82 | <listitem>
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| 83 | <para>
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| 84 | Download: <ulink url="&gobject-introspection-download-http;"/>
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| 85 | </para>
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| 86 | </listitem>
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| 87 | <listitem>
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| 88 | <para>
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| 89 | Download MD5 sum: &gobject-introspection-md5sum;
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| 90 | </para>
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| 91 | </listitem>
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| 92 | <listitem>
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| 93 | <para>
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| 94 | Download size: &gobject-introspection-size;
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| 95 | </para>
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| 96 | </listitem>
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| 97 | </itemizedlist>
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| 98 |
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| 99 | <para>
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| 100 | <emphasis role="strong">Patch for Log Level Selection (Optional)</emphasis>
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| 101 | </para>
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| 102 | <itemizedlist spacing="compact">
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| 103 | <listitem>
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| 104 | <para>
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| 105 | Optional patch:
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| 106 | <ulink url="&patch-root;/glib-skip_warnings-1.patch"/>
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| 107 | </para>
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| 108 | </listitem>
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| 109 | </itemizedlist>
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| 110 |
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| 111 | <bridgehead renderas="sect3">GLib Dependencies</bridgehead>
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| 112 | <!--
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| 113 | <bridgehead renderas="sect4">Required</bridgehead>
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| 114 | <para role="required">
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| 115 | <xref linkend='packaging'/>
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| 116 | </para>
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| 117 | -->
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| 118 | <bridgehead renderas="sect4">Recommended</bridgehead>
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| 119 | <para role="recommended">
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| 120 | <xref linkend='docutils'/>,
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| 121 | <xref linkend="libxslt"/>, and
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| 122 | <xref linkend="pcre2"/>
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| 123 | </para>
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| 124 |
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| 125 | <bridgehead renderas="sect4">Optional</bridgehead>
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| 126 | <para role="optional">
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| 127 | <xref linkend='cairo'/> (for some GObject Introspection tests),
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| 128 | <xref linkend="dbus"/> (for some tests),
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| 129 | <xref linkend="fuse3"/> and
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| 130 | <ulink url="https://bindfs.org/">bindfs</ulink>
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| 131 | (both needed for one test),
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| 132 | <xref linkend="gdb"/> (for bindings),
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| 133 | <xref linkend='gjs'/> (for some GObject Introspection tests),
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| 134 | <xref linkend='gtk-doc'/> (for GObject Introspection documentation),
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| 135 | <xref linkend="DocBook"/>,
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| 136 | <xref linkend="docbook-xsl"/>,
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| 137 | <xref linkend="gi-docgen"/> (to build API documentation),
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| 138 | <xref linkend="glib-networking"/> (for some tests, but this is a circular
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| 139 | dependency),
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| 140 | <xref linkend="Mako"/> and <xref linkend="markdown"/>
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| 141 | (both for <command>g-ir-doc-tool</command>), and
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| 142 | <!--<xref linkend="sysprof"/>-->
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| 143 | <ulink url="&sysprof-url;">sysprof</ulink>
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| 144 | </para>
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| 145 |
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| 146 | <bridgehead renderas="sect4">Additional Runtime Dependencies</bridgehead>
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| 147 | <para role="recommended">
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| 148 | Quoted directly from the <filename>INSTALL</filename> file:
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| 149 | <quote>Some of the mimetype-related functionality in GIO requires the
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| 150 | <command>update-mime-database</command> and
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| 151 | <command>update-desktop-database</command> utilities,</quote>
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| 152 | which are part of
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| 153 | <xref role="runtime" linkend="shared-mime-info"/> and
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| 154 | <xref role="runtime" linkend="desktop-file-utils"/>, respectively.
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| 155 | These two utilities are also needed for some tests.
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| 156 | </para>
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| 157 |
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| 158 | </sect2>
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| 159 |
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| 160 | <sect2 role="installation">
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| 161 | <title>Installation of GLib</title>
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| 162 |
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| 163 | <para>
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| 164 | If desired, apply the optional patch. In many cases, applications that
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| 165 | use this library, either directly or indirectly via other libraries such
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| 166 | as <xref linkend="gtk3"/>, output numerous warnings when run from the
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| 167 | command line. This patch enables the use of an environment variable,
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| 168 | <envar>GLIB_LOG_LEVEL</envar>, that suppresses unwanted messages. The
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| 169 | value of the variable is a digit that corresponds to:
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| 170 | </para>
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| 171 |
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| 172 | <simplelist>
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| 173 | <member>1 Alert</member>
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| 174 | <member>2 Critical</member>
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| 175 | <member>3 Error</member>
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| 176 | <member>4 Warning</member>
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| 177 | <member>5 Notice</member>
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| 178 | </simplelist>
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| 179 |
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| 180 | <para>
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| 181 | For instance <userinput>export GLIB_LOG_LEVEL=4</userinput> will skip
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| 182 | output of Warning and Notice messages (and Info/Debug messages if they
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| 183 | are turned on). If <envar>GLIB_LOG_LEVEL</envar> is not defined, normal
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| 184 | message output will not be affected.
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| 185 | </para>
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| 186 |
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| 187 | <screen><userinput>patch -Np1 -i ../glib-skip_warnings-1.patch</userinput></screen>
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| 188 |
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| 189 | <warning>
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| 190 | <para>
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| 191 | If a previous version of glib is installed, move the headers out of the
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| 192 | way so that later packages do not encounter conflicts:
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| 193 | </para>
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| 194 |
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| 195 | <screen role="root"><userinput remap="pre">if [ -e /usr/include/glib-2.0 ]; then
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| 196 | rm -rf /usr/include/glib-2.0.old &&
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| 197 | mv -vf /usr/include/glib-2.0{,.old}
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| 198 | fi</userinput></screen>
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| 199 |
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| 200 | </warning>
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| 201 |
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| 202 | <para>
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| 203 | Install <application>GLib</application> by running the following
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| 204 | commands:
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| 205 | </para>
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| 206 |
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| 207 | <screen><userinput>mkdir build &&
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| 208 | cd build &&
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| 209 |
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| 210 | meson setup .. \
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| 211 | --prefix=/usr \
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| 212 | --buildtype=release \
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| 213 | -D introspection=disabled \
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| 214 | -D glib_debug=disabled \
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| 215 | -D man-pages=enabled \
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| 216 | -D sysprof=disabled &&
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| 217 | ninja</userinput></screen>
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| 218 |
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| 219 | <para>
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| 220 | The <application>GLib</application> test suite requires
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| 221 | <application>desktop-file-utils</application> for some tests. However,
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| 222 | <application>desktop-file-utils</application> requires
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| 223 | <application>GLib</application> in order to compile; therefore, you must
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| 224 | first install <application>GLib</application> and then run the test
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| 225 | suite.
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| 226 | </para>
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| 227 |
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| 228 | <para>
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| 229 | As the <systemitem class="username">root</systemitem> user,
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| 230 | install this package for the first time to allow building
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| 231 | GObject Introspection:
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| 232 | </para>
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| 233 |
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| 234 | <screen role="root"><userinput>ninja install</userinput></screen>
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| 235 |
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| 236 | <para>
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| 237 | Build GObject Introspection:
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| 238 | </para>
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| 239 |
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| 240 | <screen><userinput>tar xf ../../gobject-introspection-&gobject-introspection-version;.tar.xz &&
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| 241 |
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| 242 | meson setup gobject-introspection-&gobject-introspection-version; gi-build \
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| 243 | --prefix=/usr --buildtype=release &&
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| 244 | ninja -C gi-build</userinput></screen>
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| 245 |
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| 246 | <para>
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| 247 | To test the results of GObject Introspection, issue:
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| 248 | <command>ninja -C gi-build test</command>.
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| 249 | </para>
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| 250 |
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| 251 | <para>
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| 252 | As the &root; user, install GObject Introspection for generating
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| 253 | the introspection data of GLib libraries (required by various packages
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| 254 | using Glib, especially some GNOME packages):
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| 255 | </para>
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| 256 |
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| 257 | <screen role='root'><userinput>ninja -C gi-build install</userinput></screen>
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| 258 |
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| 259 | <para>
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| 260 | Now generate the introspection data:
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| 261 | </para>
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| 262 |
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| 263 | <screen><userinput>meson configure -D introspection=enabled &&
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| 264 | ninja</userinput></screen>
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| 265 |
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| 266 | <para>
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| 267 | If you have <xref linkend='gi-docgen'/> installed and wish to build
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| 268 | the API documentation for this package, issue:
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| 269 | </para>
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| 270 |
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| 271 | <screen remap='doc'><userinput>sed 's/glib-2.0/glib-&glib2-version;/' \
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| 272 | -i ../docs/reference/meson.build &&
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| 273 | meson configure -D documentation=true &&
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| 274 | ninja</userinput></screen>
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| 275 |
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| 276 | <para>
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| 277 | As the &root; user, install this package again for the introspection
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| 278 | data (and optionally, the documentation):
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| 279 | </para>
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| 280 |
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| 281 | <screen role='root'><userinput>ninja install</userinput></screen>
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| 282 |
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| 283 | <para>
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| 284 | You should now install <xref linkend="desktop-file-utils"/> and
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| 285 | <xref linkend="shared-mime-info"/> and proceed to
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| 286 | run the test suite.
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| 287 | </para>
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| 288 |
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| 289 | <warning>
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| 290 | <para>
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| 291 | Do not run the test suite as &root; or some tests will fail
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| 292 | unexpectedly and leave some non-FHS-compliant directories in the
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| 293 | <filename class='directory'>/usr</filename> hierarchy.
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| 294 | </para>
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| 295 | </warning>
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| 296 | <!-- I cannot reproduce these issues.
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| 297 | <note>
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| 298 | <para>
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| 299 | If you have installed the glib-skip_warnings-1.patch and have
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| 300 | the environment variable GLIB_LOG_LEVEL set, unset it before running
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| 301 | the tests. It will cause several tests to fail.
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| 302 | </para>
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| 303 | </note>
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| 304 |
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| 305 | <note>
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| 306 | <para>
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| 307 | If you have used the -D glib_debug=disabled option, 17 tests will
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| 308 | fail.
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| 309 | </para>
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| 310 | </note>
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| 311 | -->
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| 312 | <para>
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| 313 | To test the results, after having installed the packages, issue:
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| 314 | <command>LC_ALL=C ninja test</command> as a non-&root; user.
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| 315 | One test named <literal>gdatetime</literal> is known to fail with
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| 316 | tzdata-2024b or later.
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| 317 | </para>
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| 318 | </sect2>
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| 319 |
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| 320 | <sect2 role="commands">
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| 321 | <title>Command Explanations</title>
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| 322 |
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| 323 | <xi:include xmlns:xi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XInclude"
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| 324 | href="../../xincludes/meson-buildtype-release.xml"/>
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| 325 |
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| 326 | <para>
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| 327 | <parameter>-D man-pages=enabled</parameter>: This switch causes the
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| 328 | build to create and install the package man pages.
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| 329 | </para>
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| 330 |
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| 331 | <para>
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| 332 | <parameter>-D glib_debug=disabled</parameter>: This switch causes the
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| 333 | build to not include some expensive checks for debugging in the built
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| 334 | programs and libraries.
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| 335 | </para>
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| 336 |
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| 337 | <para>
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| 338 | <parameter>-D sysprof=disabled</parameter>: This switch disables the
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| 339 | tracing support for sysprof. Remove this option if you want the
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| 340 | tracing support. Note that if sysprof is not installed, removing
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| 341 | this option will cause the build system to download a copy of sysprof
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| 342 | from the Internet.
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| 343 | </para>
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| 344 |
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| 345 | </sect2>
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| 346 |
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| 347 | <sect2 role="content">
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| 348 | <title>Contents</title>
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| 349 |
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| 350 | <bridgehead renderas="sect3">GLib Contents</bridgehead>
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| 351 |
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| 352 | <segmentedlist>
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| 353 | <segtitle>Installed Programs</segtitle>
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| 354 | <segtitle>Installed Libraries</segtitle>
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| 355 | <segtitle>Installed Directories</segtitle>
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| 356 |
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| 357 | <seglistitem>
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| 358 | <seg>
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| 359 | gapplication, gdbus, gdbus-codegen,
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| 360 | gi-compile-repository, gi-decompile-typelib, gi-inspect-typelib
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| 361 | gio, gio-querymodules,
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| 362 | glib-compile-resources, glib-compile-schemas,
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| 363 | glib-genmarshal, glib-gettextize,
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| 364 | glib-mkenums, gobject-query,
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| 365 | gresource, gsettings,
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| 366 | gtester, and gtester-report
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| 367 | </seg>
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| 368 | <seg>
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| 369 | libgio-2.0.so,
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| 370 | libgirepository-2.0.so,
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| 371 | libglib-2.0.so,
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| 372 | libgmodule-2.0.so,
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| 373 | libgobject-2.0.so, and
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| 374 | libgthread-2.0.so
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| 375 | </seg>
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| 376 | <seg>
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| 377 | /usr/include/gio-unix-2.0,
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| 378 | /usr/include/glib-2.0,
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| 379 | /usr/lib/gio,
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| 380 | /usr/lib/glib-2.0,
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| 381 | /usr/share/glib-2.0, and
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| 382 | /usr/share/doc/glib-&glib2-version; (optional)
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| 383 | </seg>
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| 384 | </seglistitem>
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| 385 | </segmentedlist>
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| 386 |
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| 387 | <bridgehead renderas="sect3">GObject Introspection Contents</bridgehead>
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| 388 |
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| 389 | <segmentedlist>
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| 390 | <segtitle>Installed Program</segtitle>
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| 391 | <segtitle>Installed Libraries</segtitle>
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| 392 | <segtitle>Installed Directories</segtitle>
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| 393 |
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| 394 | <!-- g-ir-doc-tool is installed if Mako and Markdown are present -->
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| 395 | <seglistitem>
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| 396 | <seg>
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| 397 | g-ir-annotation-tool, g-ir-compiler, g-ir-doc-tool (optional),
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| 398 | g-ir-generate, g-ir-inspect, and g-ir-scanner
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| 399 | </seg>
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| 400 | <seg>
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| 401 | libgirepository-1.0.so and
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| 402 | _giscanner.&python3-lib-suffix;.so
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| 403 | </seg>
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| 404 | <seg>
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| 405 | /usr/include/gobject-introspection-1.0,
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| 406 | /usr/lib/girepository-1.0,
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| 407 | /usr/lib/gobject-introspection,
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| 408 | /usr/share/gir-1.0, and
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| 409 | /usr/share/gobject-introspection-1.0
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| 410 | </seg>
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| 411 | </seglistitem>
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| 412 | </segmentedlist>
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| 413 |
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| 414 | <variablelist>
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| 415 | <bridgehead renderas="sect3">Short Descriptions</bridgehead>
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| 416 | <?dbfo list-presentation="list"?>
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| 417 | <?dbhtml list-presentation="table"?>
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| 418 |
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| 419 | <varlistentry id="gapplication">
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| 420 | <term><command>gapplication</command></term>
|
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| 421 | <listitem>
|
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| 422 | <para>
|
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| 423 | can be used to start applications and to send
|
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| 424 | messages to already-running instances of other applications
|
|---|
| 425 | </para>
|
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| 426 | <indexterm zone="glib2 gapplication">
|
|---|
| 427 | <primary sortas="b-gapplication">application</primary>
|
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| 428 | </indexterm>
|
|---|
| 429 | </listitem>
|
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| 430 | </varlistentry>
|
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| 431 |
|
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| 432 | <varlistentry id="gdbus">
|
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| 433 | <term><command>gdbus</command></term>
|
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| 434 | <listitem>
|
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| 435 | <para>
|
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| 436 | is a simple tool used for working with
|
|---|
| 437 | <application>D-Bus</application> objects
|
|---|
| 438 | </para>
|
|---|
| 439 | <indexterm zone="glib2 gdbus">
|
|---|
| 440 | <primary sortas="b-gdbus">gdbus</primary>
|
|---|
| 441 | </indexterm>
|
|---|
| 442 | </listitem>
|
|---|
| 443 | </varlistentry>
|
|---|
| 444 |
|
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| 445 | <varlistentry id="gdbus-codegen">
|
|---|
| 446 | <term><command>gdbus-codegen</command></term>
|
|---|
| 447 | <listitem>
|
|---|
| 448 | <para>
|
|---|
| 449 | is used to generate code and/or documentation for one or
|
|---|
| 450 | more <application>D-Bus</application> interfaces
|
|---|
| 451 | </para>
|
|---|
| 452 | <indexterm zone="glib2 gdbus-codegen">
|
|---|
| 453 | <primary sortas="b-gdbus-codegen">gdbus-codegen</primary>
|
|---|
| 454 | </indexterm>
|
|---|
| 455 | </listitem>
|
|---|
| 456 | </varlistentry>
|
|---|
| 457 |
|
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| 458 | <varlistentry id="gi-compile-repository">
|
|---|
| 459 | <term><command>gi-compile-repository</command></term>
|
|---|
| 460 | <listitem>
|
|---|
| 461 | <para>
|
|---|
| 462 | converts one or more GIR files into one or more typelib files
|
|---|
| 463 | </para>
|
|---|
| 464 | <indexterm zone="glib2 gi-compile-repository">
|
|---|
| 465 | <primary sortas="b-gi-compile-repository">gi-compile-repository</primary>
|
|---|
| 466 | </indexterm>
|
|---|
| 467 | </listitem>
|
|---|
| 468 | </varlistentry>
|
|---|
| 469 |
|
|---|
| 470 | <varlistentry id="gi-decompile-typelib">
|
|---|
| 471 | <term><command>gi-decompile-typelib</command></term>
|
|---|
| 472 | <listitem>
|
|---|
| 473 | <para>
|
|---|
| 474 | is a GIR decompiler that uses the repository API
|
|---|
| 475 | </para>
|
|---|
| 476 | <indexterm zone="glib2 gi-decompile-typelib">
|
|---|
| 477 | <primary sortas="b-gi-decompile-typelib">gi-decompile-typelib</primary>
|
|---|
| 478 | </indexterm>
|
|---|
| 479 | </listitem>
|
|---|
| 480 | </varlistentry>
|
|---|
| 481 |
|
|---|
| 482 | <varlistentry id="gi-inspect-typelib">
|
|---|
| 483 | <term><command>gi-inspect-typelib</command></term>
|
|---|
| 484 | <listitem>
|
|---|
| 485 | <para>
|
|---|
| 486 | is a utility that gives information about a GI typelib
|
|---|
| 487 | </para>
|
|---|
| 488 | <indexterm zone="glib2 gi-inspect-typelib">
|
|---|
| 489 | <primary sortas="b-gi-inspect-typelib">gi-inspect-typelib</primary>
|
|---|
| 490 | </indexterm>
|
|---|
| 491 | </listitem>
|
|---|
| 492 | </varlistentry>
|
|---|
| 493 |
|
|---|
| 494 | <varlistentry id="gio">
|
|---|
| 495 | <term><command>gio</command></term>
|
|---|
| 496 | <listitem>
|
|---|
| 497 | <para>
|
|---|
| 498 | is a utility that makes many <application>GIO</application>
|
|---|
| 499 | features available from the command line
|
|---|
| 500 | </para>
|
|---|
| 501 | <indexterm zone="glib2 gio">
|
|---|
| 502 | <primary sortas="b-gio">gio</primary>
|
|---|
| 503 | </indexterm>
|
|---|
| 504 | </listitem>
|
|---|
| 505 | </varlistentry>
|
|---|
| 506 |
|
|---|
| 507 | <varlistentry id="gio-querymodules">
|
|---|
| 508 | <term><command>gio-querymodules</command></term>
|
|---|
| 509 | <listitem>
|
|---|
| 510 | <para>
|
|---|
| 511 | is used to create a <filename>giomodule.cache</filename> file in
|
|---|
| 512 | the listed directories. This file lists the implemented extension
|
|---|
| 513 | points for each module that has been found
|
|---|
| 514 | </para>
|
|---|
| 515 | <indexterm zone="glib2 gio-querymodules">
|
|---|
| 516 | <primary sortas="b-gio-querymodules">gio-querymodules</primary>
|
|---|
| 517 | </indexterm>
|
|---|
| 518 | </listitem>
|
|---|
| 519 | </varlistentry>
|
|---|
| 520 |
|
|---|
| 521 | <varlistentry id="glib-compile-resources">
|
|---|
| 522 | <term><command>glib-compile-resources</command></term>
|
|---|
| 523 | <listitem>
|
|---|
| 524 | <para>
|
|---|
| 525 | is used to read the resource description from a file and
|
|---|
| 526 | the files that it references to create a binary resource
|
|---|
| 527 | bundle that is suitable for use with the GResource API
|
|---|
| 528 | </para>
|
|---|
| 529 | <indexterm zone="glib2 glib-compile-resources">
|
|---|
| 530 | <primary sortas="b-glib-compile-resources">glib-compile-resources</primary>
|
|---|
| 531 | </indexterm>
|
|---|
| 532 | </listitem>
|
|---|
| 533 | </varlistentry>
|
|---|
| 534 |
|
|---|
| 535 | <varlistentry id="glib-compile-schemas">
|
|---|
| 536 | <term><command>glib-compile-schemas</command></term>
|
|---|
| 537 | <listitem>
|
|---|
| 538 | <para>
|
|---|
| 539 | is used to compile all the GSettings XML schema files
|
|---|
| 540 | in a directory into a binary file with the name
|
|---|
| 541 | <filename>gschemas.compiled</filename> that can be used by GSettings
|
|---|
| 542 | </para>
|
|---|
| 543 | <indexterm zone="glib2 glib-compile-schemas">
|
|---|
| 544 | <primary sortas="b-glib-compile-resources">glib-compile-schemas</primary>
|
|---|
| 545 | </indexterm>
|
|---|
| 546 | </listitem>
|
|---|
| 547 | </varlistentry>
|
|---|
| 548 |
|
|---|
| 549 | <varlistentry id="glib-genmarshal">
|
|---|
| 550 | <term><command>glib-genmarshal</command></term>
|
|---|
| 551 | <listitem>
|
|---|
| 552 | <para>
|
|---|
| 553 | is a C code marshaller generation utility for GLib closures
|
|---|
| 554 | </para>
|
|---|
| 555 | <indexterm zone="glib2 glib-genmarshal">
|
|---|
| 556 | <primary sortas="b-glib-genmarshal">glib-genmarshal</primary>
|
|---|
| 557 | </indexterm>
|
|---|
| 558 | </listitem>
|
|---|
| 559 | </varlistentry>
|
|---|
| 560 |
|
|---|
| 561 | <varlistentry id="glib-gettextize">
|
|---|
| 562 | <term><command>glib-gettextize</command></term>
|
|---|
| 563 | <listitem>
|
|---|
| 564 | <para>
|
|---|
| 565 | is a variant of the <application>gettext</application>
|
|---|
| 566 | internationalization utility
|
|---|
| 567 | </para>
|
|---|
| 568 | <indexterm zone="glib2 glib-gettextize">
|
|---|
| 569 | <primary sortas="b-glib-gettextize">glib-gettextize</primary>
|
|---|
| 570 | </indexterm>
|
|---|
| 571 | </listitem>
|
|---|
| 572 | </varlistentry>
|
|---|
| 573 |
|
|---|
| 574 | <varlistentry id="glib-mkenums">
|
|---|
| 575 | <term><command>glib-mkenums</command></term>
|
|---|
| 576 | <listitem>
|
|---|
| 577 | <para>
|
|---|
| 578 | is a C language enum description generation utility
|
|---|
| 579 | </para>
|
|---|
| 580 | <indexterm zone="glib2 glib-mkenums">
|
|---|
| 581 | <primary sortas="b-glib-mkenums">glib-mkenums</primary>
|
|---|
| 582 | </indexterm>
|
|---|
| 583 | </listitem>
|
|---|
| 584 | </varlistentry>
|
|---|
| 585 |
|
|---|
| 586 | <varlistentry id="gobject-query">
|
|---|
| 587 | <term><command>gobject-query</command></term>
|
|---|
| 588 | <listitem>
|
|---|
| 589 | <para>
|
|---|
| 590 | is a small utility that draws a tree of types
|
|---|
| 591 | </para>
|
|---|
| 592 | <indexterm zone="glib2 gobject-query">
|
|---|
| 593 | <primary sortas="b-gobject-query">gobject-query</primary>
|
|---|
| 594 | </indexterm>
|
|---|
| 595 | </listitem>
|
|---|
| 596 | </varlistentry>
|
|---|
| 597 |
|
|---|
| 598 | <varlistentry id="gresource">
|
|---|
| 599 | <term><command>gresource</command></term>
|
|---|
| 600 | <listitem>
|
|---|
| 601 | <para>
|
|---|
| 602 | offers a simple command line interface to GResource
|
|---|
| 603 | </para>
|
|---|
| 604 | <indexterm zone="glib2 gresource">
|
|---|
| 605 | <primary sortas="b-gresource">gresource</primary>
|
|---|
| 606 | </indexterm>
|
|---|
| 607 | </listitem>
|
|---|
| 608 | </varlistentry>
|
|---|
| 609 |
|
|---|
| 610 | <varlistentry id="gsettings">
|
|---|
| 611 | <term><command>gsettings</command></term>
|
|---|
| 612 | <listitem>
|
|---|
| 613 | <para>
|
|---|
| 614 | offers a simple command line interface to GSettings
|
|---|
| 615 | </para>
|
|---|
| 616 | <indexterm zone="glib2 gsettings">
|
|---|
| 617 | <primary sortas="b-gsettings">gsettings</primary>
|
|---|
| 618 | </indexterm>
|
|---|
| 619 | </listitem>
|
|---|
| 620 | </varlistentry>
|
|---|
| 621 |
|
|---|
| 622 | <varlistentry id="gtester">
|
|---|
| 623 | <term><command>gtester</command></term>
|
|---|
| 624 | <listitem>
|
|---|
| 625 | <para>
|
|---|
| 626 | is a test running utility
|
|---|
| 627 | </para>
|
|---|
| 628 | <indexterm zone="glib2 gtester">
|
|---|
| 629 | <primary sortas="b-gtester">gtester</primary>
|
|---|
| 630 | </indexterm>
|
|---|
| 631 | </listitem>
|
|---|
| 632 | </varlistentry>
|
|---|
| 633 |
|
|---|
| 634 | <varlistentry id="gtester-report">
|
|---|
| 635 | <term><command>gtester-report</command></term>
|
|---|
| 636 | <listitem>
|
|---|
| 637 | <para>
|
|---|
| 638 | is a test report formatting utility
|
|---|
| 639 | </para>
|
|---|
| 640 | <indexterm zone="glib2 gtester-report">
|
|---|
| 641 | <primary sortas="b-gtester-report">gtester-report</primary>
|
|---|
| 642 | </indexterm>
|
|---|
| 643 | </listitem>
|
|---|
| 644 | </varlistentry>
|
|---|
| 645 |
|
|---|
| 646 | <varlistentry id="libgio">
|
|---|
| 647 | <term><filename class='libraryfile'>libgio-2.0.so</filename></term>
|
|---|
| 648 | <listitem>
|
|---|
| 649 | <para>
|
|---|
| 650 | is a library providing useful classes for general purpose I/O,
|
|---|
| 651 | networking, IPC, settings, and other high level application
|
|---|
| 652 | functionality
|
|---|
| 653 | </para>
|
|---|
| 654 | <indexterm zone="glib2 libgio">
|
|---|
| 655 | <primary sortas="c-libgio">libgio-2.0.so</primary>
|
|---|
| 656 | </indexterm>
|
|---|
| 657 | </listitem>
|
|---|
| 658 | </varlistentry>
|
|---|
| 659 |
|
|---|
| 660 | <varlistentry id="libgirepository">
|
|---|
| 661 | <term><filename class='libraryfile'>libgirepository-2.0.so</filename></term>
|
|---|
| 662 | <listitem>
|
|---|
| 663 | <para>
|
|---|
| 664 | is a library providing access to typelibs and introspection data
|
|---|
| 665 | which describes C APIs
|
|---|
| 666 | </para>
|
|---|
| 667 | <indexterm zone="glib2 libgirepository">
|
|---|
| 668 | <primary sortas="c-libgirepository2">libgirepository-2.0.so</primary>
|
|---|
| 669 | </indexterm>
|
|---|
| 670 | </listitem>
|
|---|
| 671 | </varlistentry>
|
|---|
| 672 |
|
|---|
| 673 | <varlistentry id="libglib">
|
|---|
| 674 | <term><filename class='libraryfile'>libglib-2.0.so</filename></term>
|
|---|
| 675 | <listitem>
|
|---|
| 676 | <para>
|
|---|
| 677 | is a general-purpose, portable utility library, which provides
|
|---|
| 678 | many useful data types, macros, type conversions, string
|
|---|
| 679 | utilities, file utilities, a mainloop abstraction, and so on
|
|---|
| 680 | </para>
|
|---|
| 681 | <indexterm zone="glib2 libglib">
|
|---|
| 682 | <primary sortas="c-libglib">libglib-2.0.so</primary>
|
|---|
| 683 | </indexterm>
|
|---|
| 684 | </listitem>
|
|---|
| 685 | </varlistentry>
|
|---|
| 686 |
|
|---|
| 687 | <varlistentry id="libgmodule">
|
|---|
| 688 | <term><filename class='libraryfile'>libgmodule-2.0.so</filename></term>
|
|---|
| 689 | <listitem>
|
|---|
| 690 | <para>
|
|---|
| 691 | provides portable API for dynamically loading modules
|
|---|
| 692 | </para>
|
|---|
| 693 | <indexterm zone="glib2 libgmodule">
|
|---|
| 694 | <primary sortas="c-libgmodule">libgmodule-2.0.so</primary>
|
|---|
| 695 | </indexterm>
|
|---|
| 696 | </listitem>
|
|---|
| 697 | </varlistentry>
|
|---|
| 698 |
|
|---|
| 699 | <varlistentry id="libgobject">
|
|---|
| 700 | <term><filename class='libraryfile'>libgobject-2.0.so</filename></term>
|
|---|
| 701 | <listitem>
|
|---|
| 702 | <para>
|
|---|
| 703 | provides the GLib base type system and object class
|
|---|
| 704 | </para>
|
|---|
| 705 | <indexterm zone="glib2 libgobject">
|
|---|
| 706 | <primary sortas="c-libgobject">libgobject-2.0.so</primary>
|
|---|
| 707 | </indexterm>
|
|---|
| 708 | </listitem>
|
|---|
| 709 | </varlistentry>
|
|---|
| 710 |
|
|---|
| 711 | <varlistentry id="libgthread">
|
|---|
| 712 | <term><filename class='libraryfile'>libgthread-2.0.so</filename></term>
|
|---|
| 713 | <listitem>
|
|---|
| 714 | <para>
|
|---|
| 715 | is a skeleton library for backwards compatibility; it used to
|
|---|
| 716 | be the GLib thread library but the functionalities has been
|
|---|
| 717 | merged info <systemitem class='library'>libglib-2.0</systemitem>
|
|---|
| 718 | </para>
|
|---|
| 719 | <indexterm zone="glib2 libgthread">
|
|---|
| 720 | <primary sortas="c-libgthread">libgthread-2.0.so</primary>
|
|---|
| 721 | </indexterm>
|
|---|
| 722 | </listitem>
|
|---|
| 723 | </varlistentry>
|
|---|
| 724 |
|
|---|
| 725 | <varlistentry id="g-ir-annotation-tool">
|
|---|
| 726 | <term><command>g-ir-annotation-tool</command></term>
|
|---|
| 727 | <listitem>
|
|---|
| 728 | <para>
|
|---|
| 729 | creates or extracts annotation data from GI typelibs
|
|---|
| 730 | </para>
|
|---|
| 731 | <indexterm zone="glib2 g-ir-annotation-tool">
|
|---|
| 732 | <primary sortas="b-g-ir-annotation-tool">g-ir-annotation-tool</primary>
|
|---|
| 733 | </indexterm>
|
|---|
| 734 | </listitem>
|
|---|
| 735 | </varlistentry>
|
|---|
| 736 |
|
|---|
| 737 | <varlistentry id="g-ir-compiler">
|
|---|
| 738 | <term><command>g-ir-compiler</command></term>
|
|---|
| 739 | <listitem>
|
|---|
| 740 | <para>
|
|---|
| 741 | is a counterpart of <command>gi-compile-repository</command>
|
|---|
| 742 | for the old
|
|---|
| 743 | <systemitem class='library'>libgirepository-1.0</systemitem>
|
|---|
| 744 | API
|
|---|
| 745 | </para>
|
|---|
| 746 | <indexterm zone="glib2 g-ir-compiler">
|
|---|
| 747 | <primary sortas="b-g-ir-compiler">g-ir-compiler</primary>
|
|---|
| 748 | </indexterm>
|
|---|
| 749 | </listitem>
|
|---|
| 750 | </varlistentry>
|
|---|
| 751 |
|
|---|
| 752 | <varlistentry id="g-ir-doc-tool">
|
|---|
| 753 | <term><command>g-ir-doc-tool</command></term>
|
|---|
| 754 | <listitem>
|
|---|
| 755 | <para>
|
|---|
| 756 | generates Mallard files that can be viewed with
|
|---|
| 757 | <command>yelp</command> or rendered to HTML with
|
|---|
| 758 | <command>yelp-build</command> from
|
|---|
| 759 | <ulink url="&gnome-download-http;/yelp-tools">yelp-tools</ulink>
|
|---|
| 760 | </para>
|
|---|
| 761 | <indexterm zone="glib2 g-ir-doc-tool">
|
|---|
| 762 | <primary sortas="b-g-ir-doc-tool">g-ir-doc-tool</primary>
|
|---|
| 763 | </indexterm>
|
|---|
| 764 | </listitem>
|
|---|
| 765 | </varlistentry>
|
|---|
| 766 |
|
|---|
| 767 | <varlistentry id="g-ir-inspect">
|
|---|
| 768 | <term><command>g-ir-inspect</command></term>
|
|---|
| 769 | <listitem>
|
|---|
| 770 | <para>
|
|---|
| 771 | is a counterpart of <command>gi-inspect-typelib</command>
|
|---|
| 772 | for the old
|
|---|
| 773 | <systemitem class='library'>libgirepository-1.0</systemitem>
|
|---|
| 774 | API
|
|---|
| 775 | </para>
|
|---|
| 776 | <indexterm zone="glib2 g-ir-inspect">
|
|---|
| 777 | <primary sortas="b-g-ir-inspect">g-ir-inspect</primary>
|
|---|
| 778 | </indexterm>
|
|---|
| 779 | </listitem>
|
|---|
| 780 | </varlistentry>
|
|---|
| 781 |
|
|---|
| 782 | <varlistentry id="g-ir-generate">
|
|---|
| 783 | <term><command>g-ir-generate</command></term>
|
|---|
| 784 | <listitem>
|
|---|
| 785 | <para>
|
|---|
| 786 | is a counterpart of <command>gi-decompile-typelib</command>
|
|---|
| 787 | for the old
|
|---|
| 788 | <systemitem class='library'>libgirepository-1.0</systemitem>
|
|---|
| 789 | API
|
|---|
| 790 | </para>
|
|---|
| 791 | <indexterm zone="glib2 g-ir-generate">
|
|---|
| 792 | <primary sortas="b-g-ir-generate">g-ir-generate</primary>
|
|---|
| 793 | </indexterm>
|
|---|
| 794 | </listitem>
|
|---|
| 795 | </varlistentry>
|
|---|
| 796 |
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| 797 | <varlistentry id="g-ir-scanner">
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| 798 | <term><command>g-ir-scanner</command></term>
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| 799 | <listitem>
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| 800 | <para>
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| 801 | is a tool which generates GIR XML files by parsing headers and
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| 802 | introspecting GObject based libraries
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| 803 | </para>
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| 804 | <indexterm zone="glib2 g-ir-scanner">
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| 805 | <primary sortas="b-g-ir-scanner">g-ir-scanner</primary>
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| 806 | </indexterm>
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| 807 | </listitem>
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| 808 | </varlistentry>
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| 809 |
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| 810 | <varlistentry id="libgirepository-1.0">
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| 811 | <term><filename class='libraryfile'>libgirepository-1.0.so</filename></term>
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| 812 | <listitem>
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| 813 | <para>
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| 814 | is a counterpart of
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| 815 | <systemitem class='library'>libgirepository-2.0</systemitem>
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| 816 | with the old 1.0 API
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| 817 | </para>
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| 818 | <indexterm zone="glib2 libgirepository-1.0">
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| 819 | <primary sortas="c-libgirepository1">libgirepository-1.0.so</primary>
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| 820 | </indexterm>
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| 821 | </listitem>
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| 822 | </varlistentry>
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| 823 | </variablelist>
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| 824 |
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| 825 | </sect2>
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| 826 |
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| 827 | </sect1>
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