%general-entities; ]> $LastChangedBy$ $Date$ Vala-&vala-version; Vala Introduction to Vala Vala is a new programming language that aims to bring modern programming language features to GNOME developers without imposing any additional runtime requirements and without using a different ABI compared to applications and libraries written in C. &lfs70_built; Package Information Download (HTTP): Download (FTP): Download MD5 sum: &vala-md5sum; Download size: &vala-size; Estimated disk space required: &vala-buildsize; Estimated build time: &vala-time; Vala Dependencies Required Optional (Required for the tests) and (Required for generating the documentation) User Notes: Installation of Vala Install Vala by running the following commands: ./configure --prefix=/usr && make To test the results, issue: make check. Note that a D-Bus session daemon must be running for the tests to succeed. Now, as the root user: make install Contents Installed Programs Installed Library Installed Directories gen-introspect-0.14,vala,vala-0.14,vala-gen-introspect, vala-gen-introspect-0.14,valac,valac-0.14,vapicheck,vapicheck-0.14, vapigen, and vapigen-0.14 libvala-0.14.so /usr/{include/vala-0.14,lib/vala-0.14, share/{devhelp/books/vala-0.14,vala-0.14/vapi}} Short Descriptions vala-gen-introspect generates a GI file for GObject and glib based packages. vala-gen-introspect valac is a compiler that translates Vala source code into C source and header files. valac vapicheck verifies the generated bindings. vapicheck vapigen is a utility which generates Vala API (VAPI) files from GI files. vapigen libvala-0.14.so contains the Vala API functions. libvala-0.14.so