[9d3d8a8] | 1 | <?xml version="1.0" encoding="ISO-8859-1"?>
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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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[b6a2a0e] | 7 | <!-- Note gobject-introspection-1.30+ is incompatible with other BLFS packages-->
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| 8 |
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[3338ba43] | 9 | <!ENTITY gobject-introspection-download-http "&gnome-download-http;/gobject-introspection/1.30/gobject-introspection-&gobject-introspection-version;.tar.xz">
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| 10 | <!ENTITY gobject-introspection-download-ftp "&gnome-download-ftp;/gobject-introspection/1.30/gobject-introspection-&gobject-introspection-version;.tar.xz">
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| 11 | <!ENTITY gobject-introspection-md5sum "4e5f8d02890aa1f2459b9890e0a45486">
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[b6a2a0e] | 12 | <!ENTITY gobject-introspection-size "1 MB">
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[3338ba43] | 13 | <!ENTITY gobject-introspection-buildsize "34 MB">
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[b6a2a0e] | 14 | <!ENTITY gobject-introspection-time "0.6 SBU">
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[9d3d8a8] | 15 | ]>
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| 16 |
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| 17 | <sect1 id="gobject-introspection" xreflabel="gobject-introspection-&gobject-introspection-version;">
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| 18 | <?dbhtml filename="gobject-introspection.html"?>
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| 19 |
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| 20 | <sect1info>
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| 21 | <othername>$LastChangedBy$</othername>
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| 22 | <date>$Date$</date>
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| 23 | </sect1info>
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| 24 |
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| 25 | <title>gobject-introspection-&gobject-introspection-version;</title>
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| 26 |
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| 27 | <indexterm zone="gobject-introspection">
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| 28 | <primary sortas="a-gobject-introspection">gobject-introspection</primary>
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| 29 | </indexterm>
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| 30 |
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| 31 | <sect2 role="package">
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| 32 | <title>Introduction to gobject-introspection</title>
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| 33 |
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| 34 | <para>The <application>gobject-introspection</application> package is used
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| 35 | to describe the APIs and collect them in a uniform, machine readable
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| 36 | format.</para>
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| 37 |
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[b6a2a0e] | 38 | &lfs70_checked;
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[27e62762] | 39 |
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[9d3d8a8] | 40 | <bridgehead renderas="sect3">Package Information</bridgehead>
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| 41 | <itemizedlist spacing="compact">
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| 42 | <listitem>
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| 43 | <para>Download (HTTP): <ulink url="&gobject-introspection-download-http;"/></para>
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| 44 | </listitem>
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| 45 | <listitem>
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| 46 | <para>Download (FTP): <ulink url="&gobject-introspection-download-ftp;"/></para>
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| 47 | </listitem>
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| 48 | <listitem>
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| 49 | <para>Download MD5 sum: &gobject-introspection-md5sum;</para>
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| 50 | </listitem>
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| 51 | <listitem>
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| 52 | <para>Download size: &gobject-introspection-size;</para>
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| 53 | </listitem>
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| 54 | <listitem>
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| 55 | <para>Estimated disk space required: &gobject-introspection-buildsize;</para>
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| 56 | </listitem>
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| 57 | <listitem>
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| 58 | <para>Estimated build time: &gobject-introspection-time;</para>
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| 59 | </listitem>
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| 60 | </itemizedlist>
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| 61 |
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| 62 | <bridgehead renderas="sect4">Required</bridgehead>
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[b6a2a0e] | 63 | <para role="required">
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| 64 | <xref linkend="glib2"/>,
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| 65 | <xref linkend="libffi"/> or <xref linkend="gcc"/> (build Java so that
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| 66 | <filename class='libraryfile'>libffi</filename> is built), and
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[4716d52] | 67 | <xref linkend="python2"/>
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[b6a2a0e] | 68 | </para>
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[9d3d8a8] | 69 |
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| 70 | <bridgehead renderas="sect4">Optional</bridgehead>
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[b6a2a0e] | 71 | <para role="optional">
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| 72 | <xref linkend="cairo"/> (Required for the tests) and
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| 73 | <xref linkend="gtk-doc"/>
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| 74 | </para>
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[9d3d8a8] | 75 |
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| 76 | <para condition="html" role="usernotes">User Notes:
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| 77 | <ulink url="&blfs-wiki;/gobject-introspection"/></para>
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| 78 |
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| 79 | </sect2>
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| 80 |
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| 81 | <sect2 role="installation">
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| 82 | <title>Installation of gobject-introspection</title>
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| 83 |
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| 84 | <para>Install <application>gobject-introspection</application> by running
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| 85 | the following commands:</para>
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| 86 |
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[b6a2a0e] | 87 | <screen><userinput>./configure --prefix=/usr --disable-tests &&
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[9d3d8a8] | 88 | make</userinput></screen>
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| 89 |
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| 90 | <para>To test the results, issue: <command>make check</command>.</para>
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| 91 |
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| 92 | <para>Now, as the <systemitem class="username">root</systemitem> user:</para>
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| 93 |
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| 94 | <screen role="root"><userinput>make install</userinput></screen>
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| 95 |
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| 96 | </sect2>
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| 97 |
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| 98 | <sect2 role="commands">
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| 99 | <title>Command Explanations</title>
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| 100 |
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[7f823f1d] | 101 | <para><parameter>--disable-tests</parameter>: This parameter disable test
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| 102 | libraries. Remove the parameter if you have <application>cairo</application>
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| 103 | installed and would like the tests to be performed.</para>
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| 104 |
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[e05cd03f] | 105 | <xi:include xmlns:xi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XInclude"
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[9d3d8a8] | 106 | href="../../xincludes/gtk-doc-rebuild.xml"/>
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| 107 |
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| 108 | </sect2>
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| 109 |
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| 110 | <sect2 role="content">
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| 111 | <title>Contents</title>
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| 112 |
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| 113 | <segmentedlist>
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| 114 | <segtitle>Installed Programs</segtitle>
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| 115 | <segtitle>Installed Libraries</segtitle>
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| 116 | <segtitle>Installed Directories</segtitle>
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| 117 |
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| 118 | <seglistitem>
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[b6a2a0e] | 119 |
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| 120 | <seg>g-ir-annotation-tool, g-ir-compiler, g-ir-doc-tool, g-ir-generate,
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| 121 | and g-ir-scanner</seg>
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| 122 |
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[7f823f1d] | 123 | <seg>_giscanner.{so,a} and libgirepository-1.0.{so,a}</seg>
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[b6a2a0e] | 124 |
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| 125 | <seg>/usr/include/gobject-introspection-1.0,
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| 126 | /usr/lib/{girepository-1.0,gobject-introspection},
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| 127 | /usr/lib/share/{gir-1.0,gobject-introspection-1.0}
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| 128 | </seg>
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[9d3d8a8] | 129 | </seglistitem>
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| 130 | </segmentedlist>
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| 131 |
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| 132 | <variablelist>
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| 133 | <bridgehead renderas="sect3">Short Descriptions</bridgehead>
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| 134 | <?dbfo list-presentation="list"?>
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| 135 | <?dbhtml list-presentation="table"?>
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| 136 |
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| 137 | <varlistentry id="g-ir-compiler">
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| 138 | <term><command>g-ir-compiler</command></term>
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| 139 | <listitem>
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| 140 | <para>converts one or more GIR files into one or more typelib.</para>
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| 141 | <indexterm zone="gobject-introspection g-ir-compiler">
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| 142 | <primary sortas="b-g-ir-compiler">g-ir-compiler</primary>
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| 143 | </indexterm>
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| 144 | </listitem>
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| 145 | </varlistentry>
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| 146 |
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| 147 | <varlistentry id="g-ir-scanner">
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| 148 | <term><command>g-ir-scanner</command></term>
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| 149 | <listitem>
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| 150 | <para>is a tool which generates GIR XML files by parsing headers and
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| 151 | introspecting GObject based libraries.</para>
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| 152 | <indexterm zone="gobject-introspection g-ir-scanner">
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| 153 | <primary sortas="b-g-ir-scanner">g-ir-scanner</primary>
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| 154 | </indexterm>
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| 155 | </listitem>
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| 156 | </varlistentry>
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| 157 |
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| 158 | <varlistentry id="g-ir-generate">
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| 159 | <term><command>g-ir-generate</command></term>
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| 160 | <listitem>
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| 161 | <para>is a GIR generator, using the repository API.</para>
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| 162 | <indexterm zone="gobject-introspection g-ir-generate">
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| 163 | <primary sortas="b-g-ir-generate">g-ir-generate</primary>
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| 164 | </indexterm>
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| 165 | </listitem>
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| 166 | </varlistentry>
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| 167 |
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| 168 | <varlistentry id="libgirepository-1.0">
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| 169 | <term><filename class='libraryfile'>libgirepository-1.0.{so,a}</filename></term>
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| 170 | <listitem>
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| 171 | <para>provides an API to access to the typelib metadata.</para>
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| 172 | <indexterm zone="gobject-introspection libgirepository-1.0">
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| 173 | <primary sortas="c-libgirepository-1.0">libgirepository-1.0.{so,a}</primary>
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| 174 | </indexterm>
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| 175 | </listitem>
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| 176 | </varlistentry>
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| 177 |
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| 178 | <varlistentry id="libgirepository-everything-1.0">
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| 179 | <term><filename class='libraryfile'>libgirepository-everything-1.0.{so,a}</filename></term>
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| 180 | <listitem>
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| 181 | <para>provides an API to access to the typelib metadata.</para>
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| 182 | <indexterm zone="gobject-introspection libgirepository-everything-1.0">
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| 183 | <primary sortas="c-libgirepository-everything-1.0">libgirepository-everything-1.0.{so,a}</primary>
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| 184 | </indexterm>
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| 185 | </listitem>
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| 186 | </varlistentry>
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| 187 |
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| 188 | </variablelist>
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| 189 |
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| 190 | </sect2>
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| 191 |
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| 192 | </sect1>
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