glfs/basicnet/netlibs/libsoup/libsoup-intro.xml

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<title>Introduction to <application>libsoup</application></title>

<para>The <application>libsoup</application> package contains an
<acronym>HTTP</acronym> library implementation in
<application>C</application>.  This is useful for accessing
<acronym>HTTP</acronym> servers in a completely asynchronous mode.</para>

<sect3><title>Package information</title>
<itemizedlist spacing='compact'>
<listitem><para>Download (HTTP): <ulink url="&libsoup-download-http;"/></para></listitem>
<listitem><para>Download (FTP): <ulink url="&libsoup-download-ftp;"/></para></listitem>
<listitem><para>Download size: &libsoup-size;</para></listitem>
<listitem><para>Estimated Disk space required: &libsoup-buildsize;</para></listitem>
<listitem><para>Estimated build time: &libsoup-time;</para></listitem></itemizedlist>
</sect3>

<sect3><title><application>libsoup</application> dependencies</title>
<sect4><title>Required</title>
<para>
<xref linkend="GLib2"/> and
<xref linkend="libxml2"/>
</para></sect4>
<sect4><title>Optional</title>
<para>
<xref linkend="gtk-doc"/> and 
<ulink url="http://www.gnu.org/software/gnutls/">GnuTLS</ulink> (which
needs <ulink
url="ftp://ftp.gnupg.org/gcrypt/alpha/libgpg-error/">libgpg-error</ulink>,
<ulink url="ftp://ftp.gnupg.org/gcrypt/libgcrypt/">libgcrypt</ulink> and
<ulink
url="ftp://ftp.gnupg.org/gcrypt/alpha/gnutls/opencdk/">opencdk</ulink>,
in that order.)
</para></sect4>
</sect3>

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