dev-libs/glib

General purpose utility library.

Versions

Slot Version Repository Platforms
2 2.88.0 arbor ~amd64 ~arm ~armv7 ~armv8 ~x86

Metadata

Homepage https://www.gtk.org
Summary General purpose utility library
Description GLib is a general-purpose utility library, which provides many useful data types, macros, type conversions, string utilities, file utilities, a main loop abstraction, and so on. It works on many UNIX-like platforms, Windows, OS/2 and BeOS. The general policy of GLib is that all functions are invisibly threadsafe with the exception of data structure manipulation functions, where, if you have two threads manipulating the same data structure, they must use a lock to synchronize their operation.
Dependencies (
    (
        build:
        dev-python/docutils
        sys-devel/gettext
        virtual/pkg-config
        gtk-doc? (
            dev-doc/gi-docgen[>=2026.1]
        )
        gobject-introspection? (
            gnome-desktop/gobject-introspection:1[>=1.80]
        )
        build+run:
        dev-libs/libffi:=[>=3.0.0]
        dev-libs/pcre2[>=10.32]
        dev-python/packaging[python_abis:*(-)?]
        sys-apps/util-linux[>=2.28.1]
        sys-libs/zlib
        gobject-introspection? (
            !gnome-desktop/gobject-introspection:1[<1.80]
        )
        providers:elfutils? (
            dev-util/elfutils[>=0.142]
        )
        providers:libelf? (
            dev-libs/libelf[>=0.8.12]
        )
        test:
        dev-libs/libxml2:2.0
        dev-util/desktop-file-utils
        gnome-bindings/pygobject:3[python_abis:*(-)?]
        sys-apps/dbus[>=1.2.14]
        x11-misc/shared-mime-info
        recommendation:
        dev-libs/glib-networking
        sys-apps/dbus[>=1.2.14]
        suggestion:
        gnome-desktop/dconf
        gnome-desktop/gvfs
        sys-apps/low-memory-monitor
        sys-apps/power-profiles-daemon
    )
    (
        build+run:
        python_abis:3.9? (
            dev-lang/python:3.9
        )
        python_abis:3.10? (
            dev-lang/python:3.10
        )
        python_abis:3.11? (
            dev-lang/python:3.11
        )
        python_abis:3.12? (
            dev-lang/python:3.12
        )
        python_abis:3.13? (
            dev-lang/python:3.13
        )
        python_abis:3.14? (
            dev-lang/python:3.14
        )
    )
    (
        build:
        sys-devel/ninja
    )
    (
        build:
        sys-devel/meson[>=1.4.0]
    )
    (
        post:
        bash-completion? (
            app-admin/eclectic
            app-shells/bash-completion
        )
    )
)
Downloads mirror://gnome/sources/glib/2.88/glib-2.88.0.tar.xz
Licences LGPL-2.1

Choices

OPTIONS

bash-completion Install completion files for the Bourne Again Shell
debug Enable debugging features or make debugging easier
gobject-introspection Build XML data for exposed APIs for generating language bindings
gtk-doc Rebuilds gtk-doc documentation

providers

elfutils Use elfutils as the libelf provider
libelf Use libelf as the libelf provider

python_abis

3.10 Use Python ABI 3.10
3.11 Use Python ABI 3.11
3.12 Use Python ABI 3.12
3.13 Use Python ABI 3.13
3.14 Use Python ABI 3.14
3.9 Use Python ABI 3.9