The GLib docs recommend use of the GLib Slice Allocator over malloc: "For newly written code it is recommended to use the new g_slice API instead of g_malloc() and friends, as long as objects ar...

I am facing this error when I start my flask application on Python3 and Mac OS: OSError: cannot load library 'gobject-2.0-0': dlopen(gobject-2.0-0, 2): image not found. Additionally, ctypes.util.f...

In gatomic.c of glib there are several function declarations that look like this: gboolean (g_atomic_int_compare_and_exchange_full) (gint *atomic, gint oldval, gint newval, gint *preval) { retu...

What is the reasoning behind types to be redefined in GLib? Why do they turn char into gchar, int into gint, etc.?

I downloaded the glib-2.56 and configured it with ./configure --prefix=/usr and make and make install. But still I get this error when I try to compile qemu. I'm using Ubuntu 16.04 LTS. root@ubuntu...

I'm trying to install glib in a non-standard prefix but I get the following when running make install: /bin/sh ../libtool --mode=install /usr/bin/install -c libgthread-2.0.la '/root/build/lib' lib...

Following instructions on http://docs.gstreamer.com/display/GstSDK/Installing+on+Windows to install GStreamer and compile tutorials/examples on Windows 7, for compilation using Visual Studio 2010. ...

https://developer.gnome.org/glib/unstable/glib-GVariant.html#g-variant-ref-sink I have read the above glib manual which says: "GVariant uses a floating reference count system. All functions with n...

I have a library written in C with glib/gobject. It produces significant number of debugging information via g_debug() call. This info is very helpful for troubleshooting, however I do not want it ...

I am trying to install sharp on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS. I originally did not have vips, so I installed sudo apt-get install libvips-dev That fixed the first error, but now I get another error that ...

I have a problem using Glib. I want to subscribe to a dbus signal without launching the mainloop with g_main_loop_run. I create the connection to the correct bus and call the function g_dbus_conne...

I have started programming in Rust recently and I love it <3. I want to make a small desktop application with Rust and GTK. I am on a Windows machine, but I am facing a problem while setting up ...

I recently use valgrind with glib(with gobject), it doesn't work very well. I have added G_SLICE=always-malloc G_DEBUG=gc-friendly in the command line, but there's still many "possibly lost" repor...

I just tried to run a vala bluez example (found in the DbusClientSamples page) and I got this error: GDBus.Error:org.freedesktop.DBus.Error.UnknownObject: Method "DiscoverDevices" with signature "...

I am trying to get the pointer position on screen in Gdk and found gdk_display_get_pointer(), which works fine, but it's marked as deprecated and refers to gdk_device_get_position() now. But how d...

When I execute #!/usr/bin/env python import matplotlib.pyplot as plt plt.plot([1, 2, 3, 4]) plt.show() (and more complex examples) I get /usr/local/lib/python3.4/dist-packages/ matplotlib/bac...

I am writing a plugin for Rhythmbox, wherein a signal raised is passing in an object of type GArray. The documentation for GLib Arrays shows me a few methods I am interested in, but am unable to ac...

I have been looking into the source code of python-mpdor and it mentions that it is gobject-based, for easy event handling (in the high-level client class). Can someone explain to me in simpl...

what are differences in the strength and features in gnulib glib and glibc Thanks!

I've been reading some code which uses gtk+ and I've encountered types like gboolean and gunichar. As long as I can understand the point of using gunichar instead of wchar_t (glib gunichar and wch...

Id like to use GLib in my C application which uses CMake as the build system. Now, I'm somehow confused how I should enable GLib in my CMakeLists.txt. Basically, you add libraries in cmake using t...

I'm writing a python program with matplotlib, and I'm getting this error: GLib-GIO-Message: Using the 'memory' GSettings backend. Your settings will not be saved or shared with other applications....

I am looking at this webpage http://mathieu.carbou.free.fr/wiki/index.php?title=Glib_for_Win32 And it tells me I need to run the following commands. ./configure make make install How do I actu...

I'm fairly new to Gtk programming. I'm using the Gtkmm library to write a simple GUI for my application. The GUI is part of a larger application, which actually compiles to two separate executable...

I have managed to install the meld 3.14.2 and all the dependency packages, by compiling each package from source and all are installed on a NFS share with --prefix=<base>/meldfor the meld too...