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26 GIO comes with a <code class="filename">gio-2.0.pc</code> file that you
27 should use together with <code class="literal">pkg-config</code> to obtain
28 the necessary information about header files and libraries. See
29 the <code class="literal">pkg-config</code> man page or the GLib documentation
30 for more information on how to use <code class="literal">pkg-config</code>
31 to compile your application.
34 If you are using GIO on UNIX-like systems, you may want to use
35 UNIX-specific GIO interfaces such as <a class="link" href="GUnixInputStream.html" title="GUnixInputStream"><span class="type">GUnixInputStream</span></a>,
36 <a class="link" href="GUnixOutputStream.html" title="GUnixOutputStream"><span class="type">GUnixOutputStream</span></a>, <span class="type">GUnixMount</span> or <a class="link" href="gio-Desktop-file-based-GAppInfo.html#GDesktopAppInfo"><span class="type">GDesktopAppInfo</span></a>.
37 To do so, use the <code class="filename">gio-unix-2.0.pc</code> file
38 instead of <code class="filename">gio-2.0.pc</code>
41 Since GIO is based on GObject, you need to call <a href="./../gobject/gobject/gobject-Type-Information.html#g-type-init"><code class="function">g_type_init()</code></a>
42 before you can use any GIO functions. If your application uses
43 GTK+, this is already taken care of by <a href="http://library.gnome.org/devel/gtk/gtk3-General.html#gtk-init"><code class="function">gtk_init()</code></a>.
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