%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. &lfs80_checked; 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. Now, as the root user: make install Contents Installed Programs Installed Library Installed Directories vala, valac, vala-gen-introspect, vapicheck, and vapigen (symlinks); vala-&vala-major-version;, valac-&vala-major-version;, vala-gen-introspect-&vala-major-version;, vapicheck-&vala-major-version;, and vapigen-&vala-major-version; libvala-&vala-major-version;.so /usr/include/vala-&vala-major-version;, /usr/lib/vala-&vala-major-version;, /usr/share/devhelp/books/vala-&vala-major-version;, /usr/share/vala, and /usr/share/vala-&vala-major-version; Short Descriptions valac is a compiler that translates Vala source code into C source and header files. valac vala-gen-introspect generates a GI file for GObject and GLib based packages. vala-gen-introspect vapicheck verifies the generated bindings. vapicheck vapigen is an utility which generates Vala API (VAPI) files from GI files. vapigen libvala-&vala-major-version;.so contains the Vala API functions. libvala-&vala-major-version;.so