GI-DECOMPILE-TYPELIB(1)	    General Commands Manual    GI-DECOMPILE-TYPELIB(1)

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.

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
       (../glib/docs/reference/girepository/gi-decompile-typelib.rst:, line
       84)    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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