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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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[0d7900a] | 7 | <!ENTITY gobject-introspection-download-http
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[5e35dc3f] | 8 | "&gnome-download-http;/gobject-introspection/1.58/gobject-introspection-&gobject-introspection-version;.tar.xz">
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[0d7900a] | 9 | <!ENTITY gobject-introspection-download-ftp
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[5e35dc3f] | 10 | "&gnome-download-ftp;/gobject-introspection/1.58/gobject-introspection-&gobject-introspection-version;.tar.xz">
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[cd7dab9] | 11 | <!ENTITY gobject-introspection-md5sum "8479d6c543173721ce948484d0cd1d64">
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[fec3659] | 12 | <!ENTITY gobject-introspection-size "1.3 MB">
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[a15e2f8] | 13 | <!ENTITY gobject-introspection-buildsize "38 MB (add 7 MB for tests)">
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[140a74cd] | 14 | <!ENTITY gobject-introspection-time "0.3 SBU (add 0.3 SBU for tests)">
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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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[7ded7e3] | 32 | <title>Introduction to GObject Introspection</title>
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[9d3d8a8] | 33 |
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[7ded7e3] | 34 | <para>
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| 35 | The <application>GObject Introspection</application> is used
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| 36 | to describe the program APIs and collect them in a uniform,
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| 37 | machine readable format.
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| 38 | </para>
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[9d3d8a8] | 39 |
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[9e629a4] | 40 | &lfs83_checked;
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[27e62762] | 41 |
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[9d3d8a8] | 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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[7ded7e3] | 45 | <para>
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| 46 | Download (HTTP): <ulink url="&gobject-introspection-download-http;"/>
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| 47 | </para>
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[9d3d8a8] | 48 | </listitem>
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| 49 | <listitem>
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[7ded7e3] | 50 | <para>
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| 51 | Download (FTP): <ulink url="&gobject-introspection-download-ftp;"/>
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| 52 | </para>
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[9d3d8a8] | 53 | </listitem>
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| 54 | <listitem>
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[7ded7e3] | 55 | <para>
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| 56 | Download MD5 sum: &gobject-introspection-md5sum;
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| 57 | </para>
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[9d3d8a8] | 58 | </listitem>
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| 59 | <listitem>
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[7ded7e3] | 60 | <para>
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| 61 | Download size: &gobject-introspection-size;
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| 62 | </para>
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[9d3d8a8] | 63 | </listitem>
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| 64 | <listitem>
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[7ded7e3] | 65 | <para>
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| 66 | Estimated disk space required: &gobject-introspection-buildsize;
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| 67 | </para>
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[9d3d8a8] | 68 | </listitem>
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| 69 | <listitem>
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[7ded7e3] | 70 | <para>
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| 71 | Estimated build time: &gobject-introspection-time;
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| 72 | </para>
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[9d3d8a8] | 73 | </listitem>
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| 74 | </itemizedlist>
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| 75 |
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| 76 | <bridgehead renderas="sect4">Required</bridgehead>
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[b8a081c] | 77 | <para role="required">
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[ed9b0761] | 78 | <xref linkend="glib2"/>
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[b8a081c] | 79 | </para>
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[9d3d8a8] | 80 |
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[9390c77a] | 81 | <bridgehead renderas="sect4">Recommended</bridgehead>
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| 82 | <para role="recommended">
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| 83 | <xref linkend="which"/>
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| 84 | <!-- If - -with-python is used, configure runs "which $PYTHON", where PYTHON
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| 85 | is set to the argument of the switch. Somewhat silly because the presence
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| 86 | of which is not tested... -->
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| 87 | </para>
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| 88 |
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[9d3d8a8] | 89 | <bridgehead renderas="sect4">Optional</bridgehead>
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[b6a2a0e] | 90 | <para role="optional">
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[4dbf88b] | 91 | <xref linkend="cairo"/> (required for the tests),
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[ed9b0761] | 92 | <xref linkend="gtk-doc"/>,
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[c4a9102b] | 93 | <xref linkend="Mako"/>,
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| 94 | <xref linkend="python2"/>, and
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| 95 | <ulink url="https://pypi.org/project/Markdown/">Markdown</ulink>
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| 96 | <!-- There was talk of this being required in the release notes. Can someone
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| 97 | who doesn't have this installed verify? -->
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[b6a2a0e] | 98 | </para>
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[9d3d8a8] | 99 |
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| 100 | <para condition="html" role="usernotes">User Notes:
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[7ded7e3] | 101 | <ulink url="&blfs-wiki;/gobject-introspection"/>
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| 102 | </para>
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[9d3d8a8] | 103 | </sect2>
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| 104 |
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| 105 | <sect2 role="installation">
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[7ded7e3] | 106 | <title>Installation of GObject Introspection</title>
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[9d3d8a8] | 107 |
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[7ded7e3] | 108 | <para>
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| 109 | Install <application>GObject Introspection</application> by running
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| 110 | the following commands:
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| 111 | </para>
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[9d3d8a8] | 112 |
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[c34cb2e5] | 113 | <screen><userinput>./configure --prefix=/usr \
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| 114 | --disable-static \
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| 115 | --with-python=/usr/bin/python3 &&
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[9d3d8a8] | 116 | make</userinput></screen>
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| 117 |
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[7ded7e3] | 118 | <para>
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| 119 | To test the results, issue: <command>make check</command>.
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[a15e2f8] | 120 | <!--One test, Regress-1.0.gir, is known to fail with glibc-2.28.-->
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[03bb997] | 121 | <!-- This worked fine in 2.27, but is broken again in 2.28. -->
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[a15e2f8] | 122 | <!-- This works again with glibc 2.28 and gi 1.58.0 -->
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[7ded7e3] | 123 | </para>
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[9d3d8a8] | 124 |
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[7ded7e3] | 125 | <para>
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| 126 | Now, as the <systemitem class="username">root</systemitem> user:
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| 127 | </para>
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[9d3d8a8] | 128 |
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| 129 | <screen role="root"><userinput>make install</userinput></screen>
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| 130 |
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| 131 | </sect2>
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| 132 |
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| 133 | <sect2 role="commands">
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| 134 | <title>Command Explanations</title>
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| 135 |
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[e05cd03f] | 136 | <xi:include xmlns:xi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XInclude"
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[7ded7e3] | 137 | href="../../xincludes/static-libraries.xml"/>
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[9d3d8a8] | 138 |
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[e977805c] | 139 | <xi:include xmlns:xi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XInclude"
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[7ded7e3] | 140 | href="../../xincludes/gtk-doc-rebuild.xml"/>
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[e977805c] | 141 |
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[c34cb2e5] | 142 | <para><parameter>--with-python=/usr/bin/python3</parameter>: ensure the
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| 143 | Python-3.x interpreter is used instead of Python-2.x if installed.</para>
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| 144 |
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[9d3d8a8] | 145 | </sect2>
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| 146 |
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| 147 | <sect2 role="content">
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| 148 | <title>Contents</title>
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| 149 |
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| 150 | <segmentedlist>
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[7ded7e3] | 151 | <segtitle>Installed Program</segtitle>
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[9d3d8a8] | 152 | <segtitle>Installed Libraries</segtitle>
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| 153 | <segtitle>Installed Directories</segtitle>
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| 154 |
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[4dbf88b] | 155 | <!-- g-ir-doc-tool is installed if mako is presnet -->
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[9d3d8a8] | 156 | <seglistitem>
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[e977805c] | 157 | <seg>
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[4dbf88b] | 158 | g-ir-annotation-tool, g-ir-compiler, g-ir-doc-tool,
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[0797528] | 159 | g-ir-inspect, g-ir-generate, and g-ir-scanner
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[e977805c] | 160 | </seg>
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| 161 | <seg>
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[04bf697b] | 162 | libgirepository-1.0.so and
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| 163 | /usr/lib/gobject-introspection/giscanner/_giscanner.so
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[e977805c] | 164 | </seg>
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[0913f48] | 165 | <seg>
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| 166 | /usr/include/gobject-introspection-1.0,
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[d3e019dc] | 167 | /usr/lib/girepository-1.0,
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| 168 | /usr/lib/gobject-introspection,
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[d8fe3e58] | 169 | /usr/share/gir-1.0, and
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| 170 | /usr/share/gobject-introspection-1.0
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[b6a2a0e] | 171 | </seg>
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[9d3d8a8] | 172 | </seglistitem>
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| 173 | </segmentedlist>
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| 174 |
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| 175 | <variablelist>
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| 176 | <bridgehead renderas="sect3">Short Descriptions</bridgehead>
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| 177 | <?dbfo list-presentation="list"?>
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| 178 | <?dbhtml list-presentation="table"?>
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| 179 |
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[56c646a5] | 180 | <varlistentry id="g-ir-annotation-tool">
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| 181 | <term><command>g-ir-annotation-tool</command></term>
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| 182 | <listitem>
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| 183 | <para>
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| 184 | creates or extracts annotation data from GI typelibs.
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| 185 | </para>
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| 186 | <indexterm zone="gobject-introspection g-ir-annotation-tool">
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| 187 | <primary sortas="b-g-ir-annotation-tool">g-ir-annotation-tool</primary>
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| 188 | </indexterm>
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| 189 | </listitem>
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| 190 | </varlistentry>
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| 191 |
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[9d3d8a8] | 192 | <varlistentry id="g-ir-compiler">
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| 193 | <term><command>g-ir-compiler</command></term>
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| 194 | <listitem>
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[7ded7e3] | 195 | <para>
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| 196 | converts one or more GIR files into one or more typelib.
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| 197 | </para>
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[9d3d8a8] | 198 | <indexterm zone="gobject-introspection g-ir-compiler">
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| 199 | <primary sortas="b-g-ir-compiler">g-ir-compiler</primary>
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| 200 | </indexterm>
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| 201 | </listitem>
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| 202 | </varlistentry>
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| 203 |
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[7e2908c] | 204 | <varlistentry id="g-ir-doc-tool">
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| 205 | <term><command>g-ir-doc-tool</command></term>
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| 206 | <listitem>
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| 207 | <para>
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| 208 | generates Mallard files that can be viewed with
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| 209 | <command>yelp</command> or rendered to HTML with
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| 210 | <command>yelp-build</command> from <ulink
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[3bf58b9c] | 211 | url="http://ftp.acc.umu.se/pub/gnome/sources/yelp-tools">yelp-tools</ulink>.
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[7e2908c] | 212 | </para>
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| 213 | <indexterm zone="gobject-introspection g-ir-doc-tool">
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| 214 | <primary sortas="b-g-ir-doc-tool">g-ir-doc-tool</primary>
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| 215 | </indexterm>
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| 216 | </listitem>
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| 217 | </varlistentry>
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| 218 |
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[0797528] | 219 | <varlistentry id="g-ir-inspect">
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| 220 | <term><command>g-ir-inspect</command></term>
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| 221 | <listitem>
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| 222 | <para>
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| 223 | is a utility that gives information about a GI typelib.
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| 224 | </para>
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| 225 | <indexterm zone="gobject-introspection g-ir-inspect">
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| 226 | <primary sortas="b-g-ir-inspect">g-ir-inspect</primary>
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| 227 | </indexterm>
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| 228 | </listitem>
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| 229 | </varlistentry>
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| 230 |
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[9d3d8a8] | 231 | <varlistentry id="g-ir-scanner">
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| 232 | <term><command>g-ir-scanner</command></term>
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| 233 | <listitem>
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[7ded7e3] | 234 | <para>
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| 235 | is a tool which generates GIR XML files by parsing headers and
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| 236 | introspecting GObject based libraries.
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| 237 | </para>
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[9d3d8a8] | 238 | <indexterm zone="gobject-introspection g-ir-scanner">
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| 239 | <primary sortas="b-g-ir-scanner">g-ir-scanner</primary>
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| 240 | </indexterm>
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| 241 | </listitem>
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| 242 | </varlistentry>
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| 243 |
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| 244 | <varlistentry id="g-ir-generate">
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| 245 | <term><command>g-ir-generate</command></term>
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| 246 | <listitem>
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[7ded7e3] | 247 | <para>
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[0797528] | 248 | is a GIR generator that uses the repository API.
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[7ded7e3] | 249 | </para>
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[9d3d8a8] | 250 | <indexterm zone="gobject-introspection g-ir-generate">
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| 251 | <primary sortas="b-g-ir-generate">g-ir-generate</primary>
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| 252 | </indexterm>
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| 253 | </listitem>
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| 254 | </varlistentry>
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| 255 |
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| 256 | <varlistentry id="libgirepository-1.0">
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[d3e019dc] | 257 | <term><filename class="libraryfile">libgirepository-1.0.so</filename></term>
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[9d3d8a8] | 258 | <listitem>
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[7ded7e3] | 259 | <para>
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[0797528] | 260 | provides an API to access the typelib metadata.
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[7ded7e3] | 261 | </para>
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[9d3d8a8] | 262 | <indexterm zone="gobject-introspection libgirepository-1.0">
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[e977805c] | 263 | <primary sortas="c-libgirepository-1.0">libgirepository-1.0.so</primary>
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[9d3d8a8] | 264 | </indexterm>
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| 265 | </listitem>
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| 266 | </varlistentry>
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| 267 |
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| 268 | </variablelist>
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| 269 |
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| 270 | </sect2>
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| 271 |
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| 272 | </sect1>
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