glfs/general/genlib/glib.xml

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<!ENTITY GLib-download-http "http://gd.tuwien.ac.at/graphics/gimp/gtk/v1.2/glib-&GLib-version;.tar.gz">
<!ENTITY GLib-download-ftp "ftp://ftp.gtk.org/pub/gtk/v1.2/glib-&GLib-version;.tar.gz">
<!ENTITY GLib-size "412 KB">
<!ENTITY GLib-buildsize "7 MB">
<!ENTITY GLib-time "0.26 SBU">
]>

<sect1 id="GLib" xreflabel="GLib-&GLib-version;">
<?dbhtml filename="glib.html"?>
<title>GLib-&GLib-version;</title>

<sect2>
<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="&GLib-download-http;"/></para></listitem>
<listitem><para>Download (FTP): <ulink url="&GLib-download-ftp;"/></para></listitem>
<listitem><para>Download size: &GLib-size;</para></listitem>
<listitem><para>Estimated Disk space required: &GLib-buildsize;</para></listitem>
<listitem><para>Estimated build time: &GLib-time;</para></listitem></itemizedlist>
</sect3>

<sect3><title>Additional downloads</title>
<itemizedlist spacing='compact'>
<listitem><para>Required Patch (when using 
<application>GCC</application>-3.4.x): <ulink
url="&patch-root;/glib-&GLib-version;-gcc34-1.patch"/></para></listitem>
</itemizedlist></sect3>

</sect2>

<sect2>
<title>Installation of <application>GLib</application></title>

<para>Install <application>glib</application> by running the following 
commands:</para>

<screen><userinput><command>patch -Np1 -i ../glib-&GLib-version;-gcc34-1.patch &amp;&amp;
./configure --prefix=/usr &amp;&amp;
make &amp;&amp;
make install</command></userinput></screen>

</sect2>

<sect2>
<title>Contents</title>

<para>The <application>glib</application> package contains 
<filename>libglib-1.2</filename> libraries.</para>

</sect2>

<sect2><title>Description</title>

<sect3><title>GLib libraries</title>
<para><application>GLib</application> libraries contain a low-level core
library for the <application><acronym>GIMP</acronym></application> 
Toolkit.</para></sect3>

</sect2>

</sect1>