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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/2.54/glib-&glib2-version;.tar.xz">
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8 | <!ENTITY glib2-download-ftp "&gnome-download-ftp;/glib/2.54/glib-&glib2-version;.tar.xz">
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9 | <!ENTITY glib2-md5sum "6e4db71816ccbc8dabf0e58fa7228e76">
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10 | <!ENTITY glib2-size "7.5 MB">
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11 | <!ENTITY glib2-buildsize "190 MB (additional 74 MB for tests)">
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12 | <!ENTITY glib2-time "1.0 SBU (additional 4.6 SBU for tests)">
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13 | ]>
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14 |
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15 | <sect1 id="glib2" xreflabel="GLib-&glib2-version;">
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16 | <?dbhtml filename="glib2.html"?>
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17 |
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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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22 |
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23 | <title>GLib-&glib2-version;</title>
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24 |
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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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31 |
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32 | <para>
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33 | The <application>GLib</application> package contains low-level
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34 | libraries useful for providing data structure handling for C, portability
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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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38 |
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39 | &lfs81_checked;
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40 |
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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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44 | <para>
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45 | Download (HTTP): <ulink url="&glib2-download-http;"/>
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46 | </para>
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47 | </listitem>
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48 | <listitem>
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49 | <para>
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50 | Download (FTP): <ulink url="&glib2-download-ftp;"/>
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51 | </para>
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52 | </listitem>
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53 | <listitem>
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54 | <para>
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55 | Download MD5 sum: &glib2-md5sum;
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56 | </para>
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57 | </listitem>
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58 | <listitem>
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59 | <para>
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60 | Download size: &glib2-size;
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61 | </para>
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62 | </listitem>
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63 | <listitem>
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64 | <para>
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65 | Estimated disk space required: &glib2-buildsize;
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66 | </para>
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67 | </listitem>
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68 | <listitem>
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69 | <para>
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70 | Estimated build time: &glib2-time;
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71 | </para>
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72 | </listitem>
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73 | </itemizedlist>
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74 |
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75 | <bridgehead renderas="sect3">GLib Dependencies</bridgehead>
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76 |
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77 | <!--
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78 | <bridgehead renderas="sect4">Required</bridgehead>
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79 | <para role="required">
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80 | <xref linkend="python2"/> or <xref linkend="python3"/>
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81 | </para>
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82 | -->
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83 | <bridgehead renderas="sect4">Recommended</bridgehead>
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84 | <para role="recommended">
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85 | <xref linkend="pcre"/> (built with Unicode properties)
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86 | </para>
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87 |
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88 | <bridgehead renderas="sect4">Optional</bridgehead>
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89 | <para role="optional">
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90 | <xref linkend="dbus"/> (required for some tests),
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91 | <xref linkend="elfutils"/>,
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92 | <xref linkend="gtk-doc"/>,
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93 | <xref linkend="python2"/>,
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94 | <ulink url="ftp://oss.sgi.com/projects/fam/download/stable/">FAM library</ulink>, and
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95 | <ulink url="https://www.gnu.org/software/indent/">GNU Indent</ulink>
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96 | </para>
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97 |
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98 | <bridgehead renderas="sect4">Additional Runtime Dependencies</bridgehead>
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99 | <para role="recommended">
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100 | <xref role="runtime" linkend="gobject-introspection"/>
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101 | (should be installed before gtk+, atk, etc.)
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102 | </para>
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103 | <para role="optional">
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104 | Quoted directly from the <filename>INSTALL</filename> file:
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105 | <quote>Some of the mimetype-related functionality in GIO requires the
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106 | <command>update-mime-database</command> and
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107 | <command>update-desktop-database</command> utilities</quote>,
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108 | which are part of
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109 | <xref role="runtime" linkend="shared-mime-info"/> and
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110 | <xref role="runtime" linkend="desktop-file-utils"/>, respectively.
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111 | </para>
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112 |
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113 | <para condition="html" role="usernotes">User Notes:
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114 | <ulink url="&blfs-wiki;/glib2"/>
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115 | </para>
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116 | </sect2>
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117 |
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118 | <sect2 role="installation">
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119 | <title>Installation of GLib</title>
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120 |
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121 | <para>
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122 | Install <application>GLib</application> by running the following
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123 | commands:
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124 | </para>
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125 |
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126 | <screen><userinput>./configure --prefix=/usr \
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127 | --with-pcre=system \
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128 | --with-python=/usr/bin/python3 &&
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129 | make</userinput></screen>
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130 |
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131 | <para>
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132 | The <application>GLib</application> test suite requires
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133 | <application>desktop-file-utils</application> for some tests. However,
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134 | <application>desktop-file-utils</application> requires
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135 | <application>GLib</application> in order to compile; therefore, you must
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136 | first install <application>GLib</application> and then run the test
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137 | suite.
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138 | </para>
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139 |
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140 | <para>
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141 | Now, as the <systemitem class="username">root</systemitem> user:
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142 | </para>
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143 |
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144 | <screen role="root"><userinput>make install</userinput></screen>
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145 |
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146 | <para>
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147 | You should now install <xref linkend="desktop-file-utils"/> and proceed to
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148 | run the test suite.
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149 | </para>
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150 |
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151 | <para>
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152 | To test the results, after having installed the package, issue:
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153 | <command>make -k check</command>.
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154 | </para>
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155 |
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156 | </sect2>
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157 |
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158 | <sect2 role="commands">
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159 | <title>Command Explanations</title>
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160 |
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161 | <para>
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162 | <parameter>--with-pcre=system</parameter>: This switch causes the
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163 | build to use a system-provided version of the
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164 | <application>PCRE</application> library instead of an internal
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165 | version.
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166 | </para>
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167 |
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168 | <xi:include xmlns:xi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XInclude"
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169 | href="../../xincludes/gtk-doc-rebuild.xml"/>
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170 |
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171 | <para>
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172 | <option>--with-python=/usr/bin/python3</option>: Add this switch if you
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173 | want GLib to use Python3 instead of Python2.
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174 | </para>
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175 |
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176 | </sect2>
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177 |
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178 | <sect2 role="content">
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179 | <title>Contents</title>
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180 |
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181 | <segmentedlist>
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182 | <segtitle>Installed Programs</segtitle>
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183 | <segtitle>Installed Libraries</segtitle>
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184 | <segtitle>Installed Directories</segtitle>
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185 |
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186 | <seglistitem>
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187 | <seg>
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188 | gapplication, gdbus, gdbus-codegen, gio, gio-querymodules,
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189 | glib-compile-resources, glib-compile-schemas,
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190 | glib-genmarshal, glib-gettextize, glib-mkenums,
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191 | gobject-query, gresource, gsettings, gtester,
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192 | and gtester-report
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193 | </seg>
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194 | <seg>
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195 | libgio-2.0.so, libglib-2.0.so, libgmodule-2.0.so,
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196 | libgobject-2.0.so, and libgthread-2.0.so
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197 | </seg>
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198 | <seg>
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199 | /usr/include/gio-unix-2.0,
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200 | /usr/{include,lib,share}/glib-2.0,
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201 | /usr/lib/gio, and
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202 | /usr/share/gtk-doc/html/g{io,lib,object}
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203 | </seg>
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204 | </seglistitem>
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205 | </segmentedlist>
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206 |
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207 | <variablelist>
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208 | <bridgehead renderas="sect3">Short Descriptions</bridgehead>
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209 | <?dbfo list-presentation="list"?>
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210 | <?dbhtml list-presentation="table"?>
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211 |
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212 | <varlistentry id="gapplication">
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213 | <term><command>gapplication</command></term>
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214 | <listitem>
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215 | <para>
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216 | can be used to start applications and to send
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217 | messages to already-running instances of other applications.
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218 | </para>
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219 | <indexterm zone="glib2 gapplication">
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220 | <primary sortas="b-gapplication">application</primary>
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221 | </indexterm>
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222 | </listitem>
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223 | </varlistentry>
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224 | <varlistentry id="gdbus">
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225 | <term><command>gdbus</command></term>
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226 | <listitem>
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227 | <para>
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228 | is a simple tool used for working with
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229 | <application>D-Bus</application> objects.
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230 | </para>
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231 | <indexterm zone="glib2 gdbus">
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232 | <primary sortas="b-gdbus">gdbus</primary>
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233 | </indexterm>
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234 | </listitem>
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235 | </varlistentry>
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236 |
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237 | <varlistentry id="gdbus-codegen">
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238 | <term><command>gdbus-codegen</command></term>
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239 | <listitem>
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240 | <para>
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241 | is used to generate code and/or documentation for one or
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242 | more <application>D-Bus</application> interfaces.
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243 | </para>
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244 | <indexterm zone="glib2 gdbus-codegen">
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245 | <primary sortas="b-gdbus-codegen">gdbus-codegen</primary>
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246 | </indexterm>
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247 | </listitem>
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248 | </varlistentry>
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249 |
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250 | <varlistentry id="gio">
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251 | <term><command>gio</command></term>
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252 | <listitem>
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253 | <para>
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254 | is a utility that makes many <application>GIO</application>
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255 | features available from the command line.
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256 | </para>
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257 | <indexterm zone="glib2 gio">
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258 | <primary sortas="b-gio">gio</primary>
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259 | </indexterm>
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260 | </listitem>
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261 | </varlistentry>
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262 |
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263 | <varlistentry id="gio-querymodules">
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264 | <term><command>gio-querymodules</command></term>
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265 | <listitem>
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266 | <para>
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267 | is used to create a <filename>giomodule.cache</filename> file in
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268 | the listed directories. This file lists the implemented extension
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269 | points for each module that has been found.
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270 | </para>
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271 | <indexterm zone="glib2 gio-querymodules">
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272 | <primary sortas="b-gio-querymodules">gio-querymodules</primary>
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273 | </indexterm>
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274 | </listitem>
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275 | </varlistentry>
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276 |
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277 | <varlistentry id="glib-compile-resources">
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278 | <term><command>glib-compile-resources</command></term>
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279 | <listitem>
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280 | <para>
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281 | is used to read the resource description from a file and
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282 | the files that it references to create a binary resource
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283 | bundle that is suitable for use with the GResource API.
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284 | </para>
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285 | <indexterm zone="glib2 glib-compile-resources">
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286 | <primary sortas="b-glib-compile-resources">glib-compile-resources</primary>
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287 | </indexterm>
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288 | </listitem>
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289 | </varlistentry>
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290 |
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291 | <varlistentry id="glib-compile-schemas">
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292 | <term><command>glib-compile-schemas</command></term>
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293 | <listitem>
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294 | <para>
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295 | is used to compile all the GSettings XML schema files
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296 | in directory into a binary file with the name
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297 | <filename>gschemas.compiled</filename> that can be used by GSettings.
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298 | </para>
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299 | <indexterm zone="glib2 glib-compile-schemas">
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300 | <primary sortas="b-glib-compile-resources">glib-compile-schemas</primary>
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301 | </indexterm>
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302 | </listitem>
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303 | </varlistentry>
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304 |
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305 | <varlistentry id="glib-genmarshal">
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306 | <term><command>glib-genmarshal</command></term>
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307 | <listitem>
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308 | <para>
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309 | is a C code marshaller generation utility for GLib closures.
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310 | </para>
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311 | <indexterm zone="glib2 glib-genmarshal">
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312 | <primary sortas="b-glib-genmarshal">glib-genmarshal</primary>
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313 | </indexterm>
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314 | </listitem>
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315 | </varlistentry>
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316 |
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317 | <varlistentry id="glib-gettextize">
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318 | <term><command>glib-gettextize</command></term>
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319 | <listitem>
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320 | <para>
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321 | is a variant of the <application>gettext</application>
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322 | internationalization utility.
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323 | </para>
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324 | <indexterm zone="glib2 glib-gettextize">
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325 | <primary sortas="b-glib-gettextize">glib-gettextize</primary>
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326 | </indexterm>
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327 | </listitem>
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328 | </varlistentry>
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329 |
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330 | <varlistentry id="glib-mkenums">
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331 | <term><command>glib-mkenums</command></term>
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332 | <listitem>
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333 | <para>
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334 | is a C language enum description generation utility.
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335 | </para>
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336 | <indexterm zone="glib2 glib-mkenums">
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337 | <primary sortas="b-glib-mkenums">glib-mkenums</primary>
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338 | </indexterm>
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339 | </listitem>
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340 | </varlistentry>
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341 |
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342 | <varlistentry id="gobject-query">
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343 | <term><command>gobject-query</command></term>
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344 | <listitem>
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345 | <para>
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346 | is a small utility that draws a tree of types.
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347 | </para>
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348 | <indexterm zone="glib2 gobject-query">
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349 | <primary sortas="b-gobject-query">gobject-query</primary>
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350 | </indexterm>
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351 | </listitem>
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352 | </varlistentry>
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353 |
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354 | <varlistentry id="gresource">
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355 | <term><command>gresource</command></term>
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356 | <listitem>
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357 | <para>
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358 | offers a simple command line interface to GResource.
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359 | </para>
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360 | <indexterm zone="glib2 gresource">
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361 | <primary sortas="b-gresource">gresource</primary>
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362 | </indexterm>
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363 | </listitem>
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364 | </varlistentry>
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365 |
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366 | <varlistentry id="gsettings">
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367 | <term><command>gsettings</command></term>
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368 | <listitem>
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369 | <para>
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370 | offers a simple command line interface to GSettings.
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371 | </para>
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372 | <indexterm zone="glib2 gsettings">
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373 | <primary sortas="b-gsettings">gsettings</primary>
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374 | </indexterm>
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375 | </listitem>
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376 | </varlistentry>
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377 |
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378 | <varlistentry id="gtester">
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379 | <term><command>gtester</command></term>
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380 | <listitem>
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381 | <para>
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382 | is a test running utility.
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383 | </para>
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384 | <indexterm zone="glib2 gtester">
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385 | <primary sortas="b-gtester">gtester</primary>
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386 | </indexterm>
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387 | </listitem>
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388 | </varlistentry>
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389 |
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390 | <varlistentry id="gtester-report">
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391 | <term><command>gtester-report</command></term>
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392 | <listitem>
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393 | <para>
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394 | is a test report formatting utility.
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395 | </para>
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396 | <indexterm zone="glib2 gtester-report">
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397 | <primary sortas="b-gtester-report">gtester-report</primary>
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398 | </indexterm>
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399 | </listitem>
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400 | </varlistentry>
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401 |
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402 | <varlistentry id="GLib-libraries">
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403 | <term>GLib libraries</term>
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404 | <listitem>
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405 | <para>
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406 | contain low-level core libraries for the
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407 | <application>GIMP</application> Toolkit.
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408 | </para>
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409 | <indexterm zone="glib2 GLib-libraries">
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410 | <primary sortas="c-GLib-libraries">Glib libraries</primary>
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411 | </indexterm>
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412 | </listitem>
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413 | </varlistentry>
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414 |
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415 | </variablelist>
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416 |
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417 | </sect2>
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418 |
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419 | </sect1>
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