glfs/archive/libvirt-glib.xml

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  <!ENTITY % general-entities SYSTEM "../../general.ent">
  %general-entities;

  <!ENTITY libvirt-glib-download-http
           "http://libvirt.org/sources/glib/libvirt-glib-&libvirt-glib-version;.tar.gz">
  <!ENTITY libvirt-glib-download-ftp  " ">
  <!ENTITY libvirt-glib-md5sum        "cc0913fdf1011558e81e7de4b00c7d1f">
  <!ENTITY libvirt-glib-size          "636 KB">
  <!ENTITY libvirt-glib-buildsize     "16 MB">
  <!ENTITY libvirt-glib-time          "0.4 SBU">
]>

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


  <title>libvirt-glib-&libvirt-glib-version;</title>

  <indexterm zone="libvirt-glib">
    <primary sortas="a-libvirt-glib">libvirt-glib</primary>
  </indexterm>

  <sect2 role="package">
    <title>Introduction to libvirt-glib</title>

    <para>
      The <application>libvirt-glib</application> package wraps libvirt
      to provide a high-level object-oriented API better suited for
      glib-based applications.
    </para>

    &lfs71_checked;

    <bridgehead renderas="sect3">Package Information</bridgehead>
    <itemizedlist spacing="compact">
      <listitem>
        <para>
          Download (HTTP): <ulink url="&libvirt-glib-download-http;"/>
        </para>
      </listitem>
      <listitem>
        <para>
          Download (FTP): <ulink url="&libvirt-glib-download-ftp;"/>
        </para>
      </listitem>
      <listitem>
        <para>
          Download MD5 sum: &libvirt-glib-md5sum;
        </para>
      </listitem>
      <listitem>
        <para>
          Download size: &libvirt-glib-size;
        </para>
      </listitem>
      <listitem>
        <para>
          Estimated disk space required: &libvirt-glib-buildsize;
        </para>
      </listitem>
      <listitem>
        <para>
          Estimated build time: &libvirt-glib-time;
        </para>
      </listitem>
    </itemizedlist>

    <bridgehead renderas="sect3">libvirt-glib Dependencies</bridgehead>

    <bridgehead renderas="sect4">Required</bridgehead>
    <para role="required">
      <xref linkend="libvirt"/>
    </para>

    <bridgehead renderas="sect4">Recommended</bridgehead>
    <para role="recommended">
      <xref linkend="gobject-introspection"/> and
      <xref linkend="vala"/>
    </para>

    <bridgehead renderas="sect4">Optional</bridgehead>
    <para role="optional">
      <xref linkend="gtk-doc"/>
    </para>

    <para condition="html" role="usernotes">
      User Notes: <ulink url="&blfs-wiki;/libvirt-glib"/>
    </para>
  </sect2>

  <sect2 role="installation">
    <title>Installation of libvirt-glib</title>

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

<screen><userinput>./configure --prefix=/usr \
            --enable-vala \
            --disable-static &amp;&amp;
make</userinput></screen>

    <para>
      This package does not come with a test suite.
    </para>

    <para>
      Now, as the <systemitem class="username">root</systemitem> user:
    </para>

<screen role="root"><userinput>make install</userinput></screen>
  </sect2>

  <sect2 role="commands">
    <title>Command Explanations</title>

    <para>
      <option>--enable-vala</option>: This option enables
      building of the Vala bindings. Remove if you don't have
      <xref linkend="vala"/> installed.
    </para>

    <xi:include xmlns:xi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XInclude"
      href="../../xincludes/static-libraries.xml"/>

    <xi:include xmlns:xi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XInclude"
      href="../../xincludes/gtk-doc-rebuild.xml"/>

  </sect2>

  <sect2 role="content">
    <title>Contents</title>

    <segmentedlist>
      <segtitle>Installed Libraries</segtitle>
      <segtitle>Installed Directories</segtitle>

      <seglistitem>
        <seg>
          libvirt-gconfig-1.0.so, libvirt-glib-1.0.so,
          libvirt-gobject-1.0.so and
          libvirtglibmod.so (Python Module)
        </seg>
        <seg>
          /usr/include/{libvirt-gconfig-1.0,libvirt-glib-1.0,libvirt-gobject-1.0} and
          /usr/share/gtk-doc/html/{Libvirt-gconfig,Libvirt-glib,Libvirt-gobject}
        </seg>
      </seglistitem>
    </segmentedlist>

    <variablelist>
      <bridgehead renderas="sect3">Short Descriptions</bridgehead>
      <?dbfo list-presentation="list"?>
      <?dbhtml list-presentation="table"?>

      <varlistentry id="libvirt-glib-lib">
        <term><filename class="libraryfile">libvirt-g*.so</filename></term>
        <listitem>
          <para>
            contains the <application>libvirt-glib</application> API functions.
          </para>
          <indexterm zone="libvirt-glib libvirt-glib-lib">
            <primary sortas="c-libvirt-glib">libvirt-g*.so</primary>
          </indexterm>
        </listitem>
      </varlistentry>

    </variablelist>

  </sect2>

</sect1>