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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