1 | <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
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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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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 " ">
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9 | <!ENTITY vala-md5sum "134075855867fdd9c51ca7555c4951bb">
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10 | <!ENTITY vala-size "3.8 MB">
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11 | <!ENTITY vala-buildsize "160 MB (add 19 MB for tests)">
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12 | <!ENTITY vala-time "0.5 SBU (add 1.0 SBU for tests; both using parallelism=4)">
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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 | <title>Vala-&vala-version;</title>
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19 |
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20 | <indexterm zone="vala">
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21 | <primary sortas="a-Vala">Vala</primary>
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22 | </indexterm>
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23 |
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24 | <sect2 role="package">
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25 | <title>Introduction to Vala</title>
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26 |
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27 | <para>
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28 | <application>Vala</application> is a new programming language that
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29 | aims to bring modern programming language features to
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30 | <application>GNOME</application> developers without imposing any
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31 | additional runtime requirements and without using a different ABI
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32 | compared to applications and libraries written in C.
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33 | </para>
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34 |
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35 | &lfs122_checked;
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36 |
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37 | <bridgehead renderas="sect3">Package Information</bridgehead>
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38 | <itemizedlist spacing="compact">
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39 | <listitem>
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40 | <para>
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41 | Download (HTTP): <ulink url="&vala-download-http;"/>
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42 | </para>
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43 | </listitem>
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44 | <listitem>
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45 | <para>
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46 | Download (FTP): <ulink url="&vala-download-ftp;"/>
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47 | </para>
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48 | </listitem>
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49 | <listitem>
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50 | <para>
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51 | Download MD5 sum: &vala-md5sum;
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52 | </para>
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53 | </listitem>
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54 | <listitem>
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55 | <para>
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56 | Download size: &vala-size;
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57 | </para>
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58 | </listitem>
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59 | <listitem>
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60 | <para>
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61 | Estimated disk space required: &vala-buildsize;
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62 | </para>
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63 | </listitem>
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64 | <listitem>
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65 | <para>
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66 | Estimated build time: &vala-time;
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67 | </para>
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68 | </listitem>
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69 | </itemizedlist>
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70 |
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71 | <bridgehead renderas="sect3">Vala Dependencies</bridgehead>
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72 |
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73 | <bridgehead renderas="sect4">Required</bridgehead>
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74 | <para role="required">
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75 | <xref linkend="glib2"/> (GObject Introspection required for the tests)
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76 | </para>
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77 |
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78 | <bridgehead renderas="sect4">Recommended</bridgehead>
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79 | <para role="recommended">
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80 | <xref linkend="graphviz"/> (Required for valadoc)
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81 | </para>
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82 |
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83 | <bridgehead renderas="sect4">Optional</bridgehead>
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84 | <para role="optional">
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85 | <xref linkend="dbus"/> (Required for the tests),
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86 | <xref linkend="libxslt"/> (Required for generating the documentation),
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87 | <ulink url="https://ftpmirror.gnu.org/gnu/help2man/">help2man</ulink>,
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88 | <ulink url="https://github.com/relaxng/jing-trang">jing</ulink>, and
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89 | <ulink url="https://weasyprint.org/">weasyprint</ulink>
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90 | </para>
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91 |
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92 | </sect2>
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93 |
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94 | <sect2 role="installation">
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95 | <title>Installation of Vala</title>
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96 |
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97 | <!-- https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/vala/-/issues/1485 -->
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98 | <!-- Fixed in vala-0.56.14
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99 | <para>
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100 | At first, fix an issue causing <command>vapigen</command> to crash
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101 | building some packages (for example NetworkManager):
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102 | </para>
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103 |
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104 | <screen><userinput>sed -e "/next_pos =/s/$/ \
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105 | char buf[16]; \
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106 | Memory.copy (buf, next_pos, \
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107 | (end - next_pos >= buf.length ? buf.length - 1 : end - next_pos));/" \
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108 | -e 's/(string) next_pos/(string) buf/' \
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109 | -i vala/valamarkupreader.vala</userinput></screen>
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110 | -->
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111 |
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112 | <!-- See Ticket #19283 and
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113 | https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/vala/-/issues/1524
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114 | <para>
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115 | First, fix a build failure that occurs with graphviz-10.x:
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116 | </para>
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117 |
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118 | <screen><userinput>sed -i '/gvc.h/a#define TRUE 1' libvaladoc/gvc-compat.c</userinput></screen>
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119 | -->
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120 |
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121 | <para>
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122 | Install <application>Vala</application> by running the following
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123 | commands:
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124 | </para>
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125 |
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126 | <screen><userinput>./configure --prefix=/usr &&
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127 | make</userinput></screen>
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128 |
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129 | <para>
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130 | To test the results, issue: <command>make check</command>.
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131 | </para>
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132 |
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133 | <para>
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134 | Now, as the <systemitem class="username">root</systemitem> user:
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135 | </para>
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136 |
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137 | <screen role="root"><userinput>make install</userinput></screen>
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138 |
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139 | </sect2>
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140 |
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141 | <sect2 role="commands">
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142 | <title>Command Explanations</title>
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143 |
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144 | <para>
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145 | <option>bootstrap</option>: This <command>make</command>
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146 | target forces the building system to build the package twice and use
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147 | the <command>vala</command> executable produced in the first build
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148 | to regenerate the <filename class="extension">.c</filename> files
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149 | from the <filename class="extension">.vala</filename> files if needed.
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150 | If a <command>vala</command> executable is not installed yet and
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151 | you've modified any <filename class="extension">.vala</filename> files
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152 | in the source tree, run <command>make bootstrap</command> instead of
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153 | <command>make</command>.
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154 | </para>
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155 |
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156 | <para>
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157 | <option>--disable-valadoc</option>: This option is
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158 | required if <xref linkend="graphviz"/> is not installed.
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159 | </para>
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160 | </sect2>
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161 |
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162 | <sect2 role="content">
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163 | <title>Contents</title>
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164 |
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165 | <segmentedlist>
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166 | <segtitle>Installed Programs</segtitle>
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167 | <segtitle>Installed Library</segtitle>
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168 | <segtitle>Installed Directories</segtitle>
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169 |
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170 | <seglistitem>
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171 | <seg>
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172 | vala,
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173 | vala-&vala-major-version;,
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174 | valac,
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175 | valadoc,
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176 | vala-gen-introspect, and
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177 | vapigen (symlinks);
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178 |
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179 | valac-&vala-major-version;,
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180 | valadoc-&vala-major-version;,
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181 | vala-gen-introspect-&vala-major-version;, and
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182 | vapigen-&vala-major-version;
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183 | </seg>
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184 | <seg>
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185 | libvala-&vala-major-version;.so and
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186 | libvaladoc-&vala-major-version;.so
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187 | </seg>
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188 | <seg>
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189 | /usr/include/vala-&vala-major-version;,
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190 | /usr/include/valadoc-&vala-major-version;,
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191 | /usr/lib/vala-&vala-major-version;,
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192 | /usr/lib/valadoc-&vala-major-version;,
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193 | /usr/share/vala,
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194 | /usr/share/vala-&vala-major-version;,
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195 | /usr/share/valadoc-&vala-major-version;, and
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196 | /usr/share/devhelp/books/vala-&vala-major-version;
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197 | </seg>
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198 | </seglistitem>
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199 | </segmentedlist>
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200 |
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201 | <variablelist>
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202 | <bridgehead renderas="sect3">Short Descriptions</bridgehead>
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203 | <?dbfo list-presentation="list"?>
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204 | <?dbhtml list-presentation="table"?>
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205 |
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206 | <varlistentry id="valac">
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207 | <term><command>valac</command></term>
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208 | <listitem>
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209 | <para>
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210 | is a compiler that translates <application>Vala</application>
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211 | source code into C source and header files
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212 | </para>
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213 | <indexterm zone="vala valac">
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214 | <primary sortas="b-valac">valac</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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219 | <varlistentry id="valadoc">
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220 | <term><command>valadoc</command></term>
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221 | <listitem>
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222 | <para>
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223 | is a documentation generator for generating API documentation
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224 | from <application>Vala</application> source code based on libvala
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225 | </para>
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226 | <indexterm zone="vala valadoc">
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227 | <primary sortas="b-valadoc">valadoc</primary>
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228 | </indexterm>
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229 | </listitem>
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230 | </varlistentry>
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231 |
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232 | <varlistentry id="vala-gen-introspect">
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233 | <term><command>vala-gen-introspect</command></term>
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234 | <listitem>
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235 | <para>
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236 | generates a GI file for GObject and
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237 | <application>GLib</application> based packages
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238 | </para>
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239 | <indexterm zone="vala vala-gen-introspect">
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240 | <primary sortas="b-vala-gen-introspect">vala-gen-introspect</primary>
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241 | </indexterm>
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242 | </listitem>
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243 | </varlistentry>
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244 |
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245 | <varlistentry id="vapigen">
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246 | <term><command>vapigen</command></term>
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247 | <listitem>
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248 | <para>
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249 | is an utility which generates <application>Vala</application> API
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250 | (VAPI) files from GI files
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251 | </para>
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252 | <indexterm zone="vala vapigen">
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253 | <primary sortas="b-vapigen">vapigen</primary>
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254 | </indexterm>
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255 | </listitem>
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256 | </varlistentry>
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257 |
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258 | <varlistentry id="libvala">
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259 | <term><filename class="libraryfile">libvala-&vala-major-version;.so</filename></term>
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260 | <listitem>
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261 | <para>
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262 | contains the <application>Vala</application> API functions
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263 | </para>
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264 | <indexterm zone="vala libvala">
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265 | <primary sortas="c-libvala">libvala-&vala-major-version;.so</primary>
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266 | </indexterm>
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267 | </listitem>
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268 | </varlistentry>
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269 |
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270 | </variablelist>
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271 |
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272 | </sect2>
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273 |
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274 | </sect1>
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