gnet-1.1.8

Introduction to gnet

Download location (HTTP):       http://gnetlibrary.org/src/gnet-1.1.8.tar.gz
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Version used:                   1.1.8
Package size:                   348 KB
Estimated Disk space required:  3.1 MB
Estimated build time:           0.42 SBU

The gnet package contains a simple network library. This is useful for supporting TCP sockets, UDP and IP multicast, asynchronous DNS lookup, and more.

gnet depends on:
GLib-2.2.1

Installation of gnet

Install gnet by running the following commands:

./configure --prefix=/usr --enable-glib2 && make && make install

Command explanations

--enable-glib2 : This switch ensures that gnet will link against GLib2. Configure defaults to GLib, if it is installed, instead of GLib2.

Contents

The gnet package contains libgnet libraries.