source: general/genlib/gobject-introspection.xml@ b6a2a0e

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<sect1 id="gobject-introspection" xreflabel="gobject-introspection-&gobject-introspection-version;">
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  <sect1info>
    <othername>$LastChangedBy$</othername>
    <date>$Date$</date>
  </sect1info>

  <title>gobject-introspection-&gobject-introspection-version;</title>

  <indexterm zone="gobject-introspection">
    <primary sortas="a-gobject-introspection">gobject-introspection</primary>
  </indexterm>

  <sect2 role="package">
    <title>Introduction to gobject-introspection</title>

    <para>The <application>gobject-introspection</application> package is used
    to describe the APIs and collect them in a uniform, machine readable
    format.</para>

    &lfs70_checked;

    <bridgehead renderas="sect3">Package Information</bridgehead>
    <itemizedlist spacing="compact">
      <listitem>
        <para>Download (HTTP): <ulink url="&gobject-introspection-download-http;"/></para>
      </listitem>
      <listitem>
        <para>Download (FTP): <ulink url="&gobject-introspection-download-ftp;"/></para>
      </listitem>
      <listitem>
        <para>Download MD5 sum: &gobject-introspection-md5sum;</para>
      </listitem>
      <listitem>
        <para>Download size: &gobject-introspection-size;</para>
      </listitem>
      <listitem>
        <para>Estimated disk space required: &gobject-introspection-buildsize;</para>
      </listitem>
      <listitem>
        <para>Estimated build time: &gobject-introspection-time;</para>
      </listitem>
    </itemizedlist>

    <bridgehead renderas="sect4">Required</bridgehead>
    <para role="required">
      <xref linkend="glib2"/>,
      <xref linkend="libffi"/> or <xref linkend="gcc"/> (build Java so that
        <filename class='libraryfile'>libffi</filename> is built), and
      <xref linkend="python"/>
    </para>

    <bridgehead renderas="sect4">Optional</bridgehead>
    <para role="optional">
      <xref linkend="cairo"/> (Required for the tests) and
      <xref linkend="gtk-doc"/>
    </para>

    <para condition="html" role="usernotes">User Notes:
    <ulink url="&blfs-wiki;/gobject-introspection"/></para>

  </sect2>

  <sect2 role="installation">
    <title>Installation of gobject-introspection</title>

    <para>Install <application>gobject-introspection</application> by running
    the following commands:</para>

<screen><userinput>./configure --prefix=/usr --disable-tests &amp;&amp;
make</userinput></screen>

    <para>To test the results, issue: <command>make check</command>.</para>

    <para>Now, as the <systemitem class="username">root</systemitem> user:</para>

<screen role="root"><userinput>make install</userinput></screen>

  </sect2>

  <sect2 role="commands">
    <title>Command Explanations</title>

    <para><parameter>--disable-tests</parameter>: This parameter disable test
    libraries. Remove the parameter if you have <application>cairo</application>
    installed and would like the tests to be performed.</para>

    <xi:include xmlns:xi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XInclude"
    href="../../xincludes/gtk-doc-rebuild.xml"/>

  </sect2>

  <sect2 role="content">
    <title>Contents</title>

    <segmentedlist>
      <segtitle>Installed Programs</segtitle>
      <segtitle>Installed Libraries</segtitle>
      <segtitle>Installed Directories</segtitle>

      <seglistitem>

        <seg>g-ir-annotation-tool, g-ir-compiler, g-ir-doc-tool, g-ir-generate,
        and g-ir-scanner</seg>

        <seg>_giscanner.{so,a} and libgirepository-1.0.{so,a}</seg>
        
        <seg>/usr/include/gobject-introspection-1.0,
             /usr/lib/{girepository-1.0,gobject-introspection},
             /usr/lib/share/{gir-1.0,gobject-introspection-1.0}
        </seg>
      </seglistitem>
    </segmentedlist>

    <variablelist>
      <bridgehead renderas="sect3">Short Descriptions</bridgehead>
      <?dbfo list-presentation="list"?>
      <?dbhtml list-presentation="table"?>

      <varlistentry id="g-ir-compiler">
        <term><command>g-ir-compiler</command></term>
        <listitem>
          <para>converts one or more GIR  files into one or more typelib.</para>
          <indexterm zone="gobject-introspection g-ir-compiler">
            <primary sortas="b-g-ir-compiler">g-ir-compiler</primary>
          </indexterm>
        </listitem>
      </varlistentry>

      <varlistentry id="g-ir-scanner">
        <term><command>g-ir-scanner</command></term>
        <listitem>
          <para>is a tool which generates GIR XML files by parsing headers and
          introspecting GObject based libraries.</para>
          <indexterm zone="gobject-introspection g-ir-scanner">
            <primary sortas="b-g-ir-scanner">g-ir-scanner</primary>
          </indexterm>
        </listitem>
      </varlistentry>

      <varlistentry id="g-ir-generate">
        <term><command>g-ir-generate</command></term>
        <listitem>
          <para>is a GIR generator, using the repository API.</para>
          <indexterm zone="gobject-introspection g-ir-generate">
            <primary sortas="b-g-ir-generate">g-ir-generate</primary>
          </indexterm>
        </listitem>
      </varlistentry>

      <varlistentry id="libgirepository-1.0">
        <term><filename class='libraryfile'>libgirepository-1.0.{so,a}</filename></term>
        <listitem>
          <para>provides an API to access to the typelib metadata.</para>
          <indexterm zone="gobject-introspection libgirepository-1.0">
            <primary sortas="c-libgirepository-1.0">libgirepository-1.0.{so,a}</primary>
          </indexterm>
        </listitem>
      </varlistentry>

      <varlistentry id="libgirepository-everything-1.0">
        <term><filename class='libraryfile'>libgirepository-everything-1.0.{so,a}</filename></term>
        <listitem>
          <para>provides an API to access to the typelib metadata.</para>
          <indexterm zone="gobject-introspection libgirepository-everything-1.0">
            <primary sortas="c-libgirepository-everything-1.0">libgirepository-everything-1.0.{so,a}</primary>
          </indexterm>
        </listitem>
      </varlistentry>

    </variablelist>

  </sect2>

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