g-ir-generate(1)

g-ir-generate1

Typelib generator

Usage

g-ir-generate [OPTION ...] FILES ...

Overview

g-ir-generate is an GIR generator, using the repository API. It generates GIR files from a raw typelib or in a shared library (--shlib). The output will be written to standard output unless the --output is specified.

Options

--help

Show help options

--shlib=FILENAME

The shared library to read the symbols from.

--output=FILENAME

Save the resulting output in FILENAME.

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

--help since Debian 7 (Wheezy); --output since Debian 7 (Wheezy); --shlib since Debian 7 (Wheezy); --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.