NAME

       gi-decompile-typelib - Typelib decompiler

SYNOPSIS

       gi-decompile-typelib [OPTION…] TYPELIB [TYPELIB…]

DESCRIPTION

       gi-decompile-typelib  is a GIR decompiler, using the repository API.  It generates GIR XML files from the
       compiled binary typelib format.  The output will be written to standard output  unless  the  --output  is
       specified.

       The  binary  typelib  format stores a subset of the information available in GIR XML, so not all typelibs
       can be decompiled in this way, and the resulting GIR XML might be incomplete.

       Normally,  GIR  XML  should  be  generated  from  source  code,  headers  and  shared   libraries   using
       <g-ir-scanner(1)> instead of using this tool.

       On Debian-derived systems, each architecture provides a version of gi-decompile-typelib prefixed with the
       DEB_HOST_GNU_TYPE from dpkg-architecture(1), for example arm-linux-gnueabihf-gi-decompile-typelib.  These
       architecture-prefixed  names  use appropriate search paths for the given architecture, and should be used
       when cross-compiling.   Please  see   <file:///usr/share/doc/gobject-introspection/README.Debian.gz>  for
       more details.

OPTIONS

       --help Show help options.

       --output FILENAME, -o FILENAME
              Save the resulting output in FILENAME.

       --includedir DIRECTORY
              Add DIRECTORY to the search path for typelibs.  This option can be used more than once.  The first
              DIRECTORY on the command-line will be searched first (highest precedence).

       --all  Show all available information.

       --version
              Show program’s version number and exit.

EXAMPLE

       ::     $  libdir=/usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu      #  or  /usr/lib64  or  similar  $ gi-decompile-typelib -o
              Gio-2.0.gir

       System Message: ERROR/3 (../../../docs/reference/girepository/gi-decompile-typelib.rst:, line 93)
              Unexpected indentation.
                 $libdir/girepository-1.0/Gio-2.0.typelib

              $ diff -u /usr/share/gir-1.0/Gio-2.0.gir Gio-2.0.gir

       You will see that the original GIR XML contains much more information than the decompiled typelib.

BUGS

       Report bugs at  <https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/glib/-/issues>

HOMEPAGE AND CONTACT

        <https://gi.readthedocs.io/>

AUTHORS

       Matthias Clasen

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