glfs/general/genlib/glib/glib2-intro.xml

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<title>Introduction to <application>GLib</application></title>

<para>The <application>glib</application> package contains a low-level core 
library. This is useful for providing data structure handling for C, 
portability wrappers and interfaces for such runtime functionality as an 
event loop, threads, dynamic loading, and an object system.</para>

<sect3><title>Package information</title>
<itemizedlist spacing='compact'>
<listitem><para>Download (HTTP): <ulink
url="&GLib2-download-http;"/></para></listitem>
<listitem><para>Download (FTP): <ulink
url="&GLib2-download-ftp;"/></para></listitem>
<listitem><para>Download size: &GLib2-size;</para></listitem>
<listitem><para>Estimated Disk space required:
&GLib2-buildsize;</para></listitem>
<listitem><para>Estimated build time:
&GLib2-time;</para></listitem></itemizedlist>
</sect3>

<sect3><title><application>GLib</application> dependencies</title>
<sect4><title>Required</title>
<para><xref linkend="pkgconfig"/></para></sect4>
<sect4><title>Optional</title>
<para><xref linkend="gtk-doc"/>, <xref linkend="DocBook"/> and <xref
linkend="docbook-xsl"/></para></sect4>
</sect3>

</sect2>