Beyond Linux® From Scratch - Version 6.3

Chapter 8. General Libraries

GLib-2.12.12

Introduction to GLib

The GLib 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.

Package Information

GLib Dependencies

Required

pkg-config-0.22

Optional

GTK-Doc-1.8

User Notes: http://wiki.linuxfromscratch.org/blfs/wiki/glib2

Installation of GLib

Install GLib by running the following commands: 

./configure --prefix=/usr &&
make

To test the results, issue: make check.

Now, as the root user: 

make install

Command Explanations

--enable-gtk-doc: Use this parameter if GTK-Doc is installed and you wish to rebuild the API documentation.

Configuring GLib

Configuration Information

By default, GLib assumes that all filenames are in the UTF-8 charset. See the Wrong Filename Encoding section of the Locale Related Issues page for more details on this kind of issue. In order to tell GLib and applications that use it that filenames are in the default locale encoding, set the variable G_FILENAME_ENCODING to the value "@locale": 

cat > /etc/profile.d/glib2-locale.sh << "EOF"
# Use the current locale charset for filenames
# in applications using GLib
export G_FILENAME_ENCODING=@locale
EOF

Contents

Installed Programs: glib-genmarshal, glib-gettextize, glib-mkenums, and gobject-query
Installed Libraries: libglib-2.0.so, libgobject-2.0.so, libgmodule-2.0.so, and libgthread-2.0.so
Installed Directories: /usr/include/glib-2.0, /usr/lib/glib-2.0, /usr/share/glib-2.0, /usr/share/gtk-doc/html/glib, and /usr/share/gtk-doc/html/gobject

Short Descriptions

glib-genmarshal

is a C code marshaller generation utility for GLib closures.

glib-gettextize

is a variant of the gettext internationalization utility.

glib-mkenums

is a C language enum description generation utility.

gobject-query

is a small utility that draws a tree of types.

GLib libraries

contain a low-level core library for the GIMP Toolkit.

Last updated on 2007-06-29 20:13:01 -0500