[a1c3701] | 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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[41aad3e3] | 7 | <!ENTITY vala-download-http "&gnome-download-http;/vala/&vala-major-version;/vala-&vala-version;.tar.xz">
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| 8 | <!ENTITY vala-download-ftp "&gnome-download-ftp;/vala/&vala-major-version;/vala-&vala-version;.tar.xz">
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[9f3e504] | 9 | <!ENTITY vala-md5sum "9d6d0ca3b5403509ead5e6f2a45c61bb">
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[67042ee] | 10 | <!ENTITY vala-size "3.8 MB">
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[9f3e504] | 11 | <!ENTITY vala-buildsize "194 MB (add 17 MB for tests)">
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| 12 | <!ENTITY vala-time "0.5 SBU (using parallelism=4; add 1.2 SBU for tests)">
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[a1c3701] | 13 | ]>
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| 14 |
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| 15 | <sect1 id="vala" xreflabel="Vala-&vala-version;">
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| 16 | <?dbhtml filename="vala.html"?>
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| 17 |
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| 18 |
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| 19 | <title>Vala-&vala-version;</title>
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| 20 |
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| 21 | <indexterm zone="vala">
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| 22 | <primary sortas="a-Vala">Vala</primary>
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| 23 | </indexterm>
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| 24 |
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| 25 | <sect2 role="package">
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| 26 | <title>Introduction to Vala</title>
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| 27 |
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[7ded7e3] | 28 | <para>
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| 29 | <application>Vala</application> is a new programming language that
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| 30 | aims to bring modern programming language features to
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| 31 | <application>GNOME</application> developers without imposing any
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| 32 | additional runtime requirements and without using a different ABI
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| 33 | compared to applications and libraries written in C.
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| 34 | </para>
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[a1c3701] | 35 |
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[ce1dd9df] | 36 | &lfs112_checked;
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[a1c3701] | 37 |
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| 38 | <bridgehead renderas="sect3">Package Information</bridgehead>
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| 39 | <itemizedlist spacing="compact">
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| 40 | <listitem>
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[7ded7e3] | 41 | <para>
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| 42 | Download (HTTP): <ulink url="&vala-download-http;"/>
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| 43 | </para>
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[a1c3701] | 44 | </listitem>
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| 45 | <listitem>
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[7ded7e3] | 46 | <para>
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| 47 | Download (FTP): <ulink url="&vala-download-ftp;"/>
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| 48 | </para>
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[a1c3701] | 49 | </listitem>
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| 50 | <listitem>
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[7ded7e3] | 51 | <para>
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| 52 | Download MD5 sum: &vala-md5sum;
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| 53 | </para>
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[a1c3701] | 54 | </listitem>
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| 55 | <listitem>
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[7ded7e3] | 56 | <para>
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| 57 | Download size: &vala-size;
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| 58 | </para>
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[a1c3701] | 59 | </listitem>
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| 60 | <listitem>
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[7ded7e3] | 61 | <para>
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| 62 | Estimated disk space required: &vala-buildsize;
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| 63 | </para>
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[a1c3701] | 64 | </listitem>
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| 65 | <listitem>
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[7ded7e3] | 66 | <para>
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| 67 | Estimated build time: &vala-time;
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| 68 | </para>
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[a1c3701] | 69 | </listitem>
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| 70 | </itemizedlist>
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[565321fe] | 71 | <!--
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[1ca65eb] | 72 | <bridgehead renderas="sect3">Additional Downloads</bridgehead>
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| 73 | <itemizedlist spacing="compact">
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| 74 | <listitem>
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| 75 | <para>
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| 76 | Optional patch to allow building without graphviz.
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| 77 | <ulink url="&patch-root;/vala-&vala-version;-avoid_graphviz-1.patch"/>
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| 78 | </para>
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| 79 | </listitem>
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| 80 | </itemizedlist>
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[565321fe] | 81 | -->
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[a1c3701] | 82 | <bridgehead renderas="sect3">Vala Dependencies</bridgehead>
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| 83 |
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| 84 | <bridgehead renderas="sect4">Required</bridgehead>
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[b8a081c] | 85 | <para role="required">
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[5637ae8] | 86 | <xref linkend="glib2"/>
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[b8a081c] | 87 | </para>
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[a1c3701] | 88 |
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[7f7c2b0] | 89 | <bridgehead renderas="sect4">Recommended</bridgehead>
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| 90 | <para role="recommended">
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| 91 | <xref linkend="graphviz"/> (Required for valadoc)
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| 92 | </para>
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| 93 |
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[a1c3701] | 94 | <bridgehead renderas="sect4">Optional</bridgehead>
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[b8a081c] | 95 | <para role="optional">
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[5637ae8] | 96 | <xref linkend="dbus"/> (Required for the tests),
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[03bb997] | 97 | <xref linkend="libxslt"/> (Required for generating the documentation),
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[c53fe5a7] | 98 | <ulink url="https://ftpmirror.gnu.org/gnu/help2man/">help2man</ulink>,
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| 99 | <ulink url="https://github.com/relaxng/jing-trang">jing</ulink>, and
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[03bb997] | 100 | <ulink url="https://weasyprint.org/">weasyprint</ulink>
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[b8a081c] | 101 | </para>
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[a1c3701] | 102 |
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| 103 | <para condition="html" role="usernotes">User Notes:
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[7ded7e3] | 104 | <ulink url="&blfs-wiki;/vala"/>
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| 105 | </para>
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[a1c3701] | 106 | </sect2>
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| 107 |
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| 108 | <sect2 role="installation">
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| 109 | <title>Installation of Vala</title>
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| 110 |
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[de33b2a] | 111 | <para>
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| 112 | Install <application>Vala</application> by running the following
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| 113 | commands:
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| 114 | </para>
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| 115 |
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[2b999b7] | 116 | <screen><userinput>./configure --prefix=/usr &&
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[a1c3701] | 117 | make</userinput></screen>
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| 118 |
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[7ded7e3] | 119 | <para>
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[e1617c94] | 120 | To test the results, issue: <command>make check</command>.
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[7ded7e3] | 121 | </para>
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[a1c3701] | 122 |
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[7ded7e3] | 123 | <para>
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| 124 | Now, as the <systemitem class="username">root</systemitem> user:
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| 125 | </para>
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[a1c3701] | 126 |
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| 127 | <screen role="root"><userinput>make install</userinput></screen>
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| 128 |
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| 129 | </sect2>
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| 130 |
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[565321fe] | 131 | <sect2 role="commands">
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| 132 | <title>Command Explanations</title>
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| 133 |
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| 134 | <para>
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| 135 | <option>--disable-valadoc</option>: This option is
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| 136 | required if <xref linkend="graphviz"/> is not installed.
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| 137 | </para>
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| 138 |
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| 139 | </sect2>
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| 140 |
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[a1c3701] | 141 | <sect2 role="content">
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| 142 | <title>Contents</title>
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| 143 |
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| 144 | <segmentedlist>
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| 145 | <segtitle>Installed Programs</segtitle>
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| 146 | <segtitle>Installed Library</segtitle>
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| 147 | <segtitle>Installed Directories</segtitle>
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| 148 |
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| 149 | <seglistitem>
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[e3dcc43] | 150 | <seg>
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[8558044] | 151 | vala,
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| 152 | vala-&vala-major-version;,
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| 153 | valac,
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[b7e550f2] | 154 | valadoc,
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[488b738f] | 155 | vala-gen-introspect, and
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[96f2797] | 156 | vapigen (symlinks);
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| 157 |
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| 158 | valac-&vala-major-version;,
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[b7e550f2] | 159 | valadoc-&vala-major-version;,
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[488b738f] | 160 | vala-gen-introspect-&vala-major-version;, and
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[5ee1266] | 161 | vapigen-&vala-major-version;
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[e3dcc43] | 162 | </seg>
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| 163 | <seg>
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[96f2797] | 164 | libvala-&vala-major-version;.so and
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[b7e550f2] | 165 | libvaladoc-&vala-major-version;.so
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[e3dcc43] | 166 | </seg>
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[0913f48] | 167 | <seg>
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[41aad3e3] | 168 | /usr/include/vala-&vala-major-version;,
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[b7e550f2] | 169 | /usr/include/valadoc-&vala-major-version;,
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[41aad3e3] | 170 | /usr/lib/vala-&vala-major-version;,
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[3cdae40] | 171 | /usr/lib/valadoc-&vala-major-version;,
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[1ca65eb] | 172 | /usr/share/vala,
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[3cdae40] | 173 | /usr/share/vala-&vala-major-version;,
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| 174 | /usr/share/valadoc-&vala-major-version;, and
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| 175 | /usr/share/devhelp/books/vala-&vala-major-version;
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[0913f48] | 176 | </seg>
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[a1c3701] | 177 | </seglistitem>
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| 178 | </segmentedlist>
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| 179 |
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| 180 | <variablelist>
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| 181 | <bridgehead renderas="sect3">Short Descriptions</bridgehead>
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| 182 | <?dbfo list-presentation="list"?>
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| 183 | <?dbhtml list-presentation="table"?>
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| 184 |
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| 185 | <varlistentry id="valac">
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| 186 | <term><command>valac</command></term>
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| 187 | <listitem>
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[7ded7e3] | 188 | <para>
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| 189 | is a compiler that translates <application>Vala</application>
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[4c24eb0a] | 190 | source code into C source and header files
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[7ded7e3] | 191 | </para>
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[a1c3701] | 192 | <indexterm zone="vala valac">
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| 193 | <primary sortas="b-valac">valac</primary>
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| 194 | </indexterm>
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| 195 | </listitem>
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| 196 | </varlistentry>
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| 197 |
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[3cdae40] | 198 | <varlistentry id="valadoc">
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| 199 | <term><command>valadoc</command></term>
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| 200 | <listitem>
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| 201 | <para>
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| 202 | is a documentation generator for generating API documentation
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[4c24eb0a] | 203 | from <application>Vala</application> source code based on libvala
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[3cdae40] | 204 | </para>
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| 205 | <indexterm zone="vala valadoc">
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| 206 | <primary sortas="b-valadoc">valadoc</primary>
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| 207 | </indexterm>
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| 208 | </listitem>
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| 209 | </varlistentry>
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| 210 |
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[e3dcc43] | 211 | <varlistentry id="vala-gen-introspect">
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| 212 | <term><command>vala-gen-introspect</command></term>
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| 213 | <listitem>
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[7ded7e3] | 214 | <para>
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[816595b] | 215 | generates a GI file for GObject and
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[4c24eb0a] | 216 | <application>GLib</application> based packages
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[7ded7e3] | 217 | </para>
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[e3dcc43] | 218 | <indexterm zone="vala vala-gen-introspect">
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| 219 | <primary sortas="b-vala-gen-introspect">vala-gen-introspect</primary>
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| 220 | </indexterm>
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| 221 | </listitem>
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| 222 | </varlistentry>
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| 223 |
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[a1c3701] | 224 | <varlistentry id="vapigen">
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| 225 | <term><command>vapigen</command></term>
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| 226 | <listitem>
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[7ded7e3] | 227 | <para>
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[2c7a1ce] | 228 | is an utility which generates <application>Vala</application> API
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[4c24eb0a] | 229 | (VAPI) files from GI files
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[7ded7e3] | 230 | </para>
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[a1c3701] | 231 | <indexterm zone="vala vapigen">
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| 232 | <primary sortas="b-vapigen">vapigen</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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[816595b] | 237 | <varlistentry id="libvala">
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[41aad3e3] | 238 | <term><filename class="libraryfile">libvala-&vala-major-version;.so</filename></term>
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[a1c3701] | 239 | <listitem>
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[7ded7e3] | 240 | <para>
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[4c24eb0a] | 241 | contains the <application>Vala</application> API functions
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[7ded7e3] | 242 | </para>
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[816595b] | 243 | <indexterm zone="vala libvala">
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[41aad3e3] | 244 | <primary sortas="c-libvala">libvala-&vala-major-version;.so</primary>
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[a1c3701] | 245 | </indexterm>
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| 246 | </listitem>
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| 247 | </varlistentry>
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| 248 |
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| 249 | </variablelist>
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| 250 |
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| 251 | </sect2>
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| 252 |
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| 253 | </sect1>
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