g-ir-compiler(1)

g-ir-compiler1

Typelib compiler

Usage

g-ir-compiler [OPTION ...] GIRFILE

Overview

g-ir-compiler converts one or more GIR files into one or more typelib. The output will be written to standard output unless the --output is specified.

Options

--help

Show help options

--output=FILENAME

Save the resulting output in FILENAME.

--verbose

Show verbose messages

--debug

Show debug messages

--includedir=DIRECTORY

Adds a directory which will be used to find includes inside the GIR format.

--module=MODULE

FIXME

--shared-library=FILENAME

Specifies the shared library where the symbols in the typelib can be found. The name of the library should not contain the ending shared library suffix.

--version

Show program's version number and exit

Homepage and contact

https://gi.readthedocs.io/

Releases

9 releases since Debian 6.0 (Squeeze); the text changed 4 times.

  1. 6.0–7
  2. 8
  3. 9
  4. 10
  5. 11–Arch

--debug since Debian 9 (Stretch); --help since Debian 9 (Stretch); --includedir since Debian 9 (Stretch); --module since Debian 9 (Stretch); --output since Debian 9 (Stretch); --shared-library since Debian 9 (Stretch); --verbose since Debian 9 (Stretch); --version since Debian 11 (Bullseye).

Bugs

Report bugs at https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/gobject-introspection/issues

Authors

Mattias Clasen

From gobject-introspection 1.86.0-2 in Arch Linux 2026-11-01. Parsed by carta from the page's man source.