<refentry id="gtk-directfb"><refmeta><refentrytitle>Using GTK+ on DirectFB</refentrytitle><manvolnum>3</manvolnum><refmiscinfo>GTK Library</refmiscinfo></refmeta><refnamediv><refname>Using GTK+ on DirectFB</refname><refpurpose>DirectFB-specific aspects of using GTK+</refpurpose></refnamediv><refsect1><title>Using GTK+ on DirectFB</title><para>The DirectFB port of GTK+ is an implementation of GDK (and therefore GTK+) on top of the <ulink url="http://www.directfb.org">DirectFB</ulink> libraries.</para><para>Like the obsolete linux-fb port of GTK+, it runs on the Linux framebuffer,but the DirectFB libraries provide additional features like hardware graphics acceleration, input device handling and abstraction and an integrated windowing system.</para><refsect2><title>Build requirements</title><para>Beyond the usual GTK+ build requirements, the DirectFB backend (obviously) needs the DirectFB libraries (at least 0.9.21) and cairo compiled with DirectFB support.</para></refsect2></refsect1></refentry>