%general-entities; ]> $LastChangedBy$ $Date$ gobject-introspection-&gobject-introspection-version; gobject-introspection Introduction to GObject Introspection The GObject Introspection is used to describe the program APIs and collect them in a uniform, machine readable format. &lfs80_checked; Package Information Download (HTTP): Download (FTP): Download MD5 sum: &gobject-introspection-md5sum; Download size: &gobject-introspection-size; Estimated disk space required: &gobject-introspection-buildsize; Estimated build time: &gobject-introspection-time; Required and Optional (required for the tests), and Mako User Notes: Installation of GObject Introspection Install GObject Introspection by running the following commands: ./configure --prefix=/usr --disable-static && make To test the results, issue: make check. Now, as the root user: make install Command Explanations Contents Installed Program Installed Libraries Installed Directories g-ir-annotation-tool, g-ir-compiler, g-ir-doc-tool, g-ir-inspect, g-ir-generate, and g-ir-scanner libgirepository-1.0.so and /usr/lib/gobject-introspection/giscanner/_giscanner.so /usr/include/gobject-introspection-1.0, /usr/lib/girepository-1.0, /usr/lib/gobject-introspection, /usr/share/gir-1.0, and /usr/share/gobject-introspection-1.0 Short Descriptions g-ir-compiler converts one or more GIR files into one or more typelib. g-ir-compiler g-ir-doc-tool generates Mallard files that can be viewed with yelp or rendered to HTML with yelp-build from yelp-tools. g-ir-doc-tool g-ir-inspect is a utility that gives information about a GI typelib. g-ir-inspect g-ir-scanner is a tool which generates GIR XML files by parsing headers and introspecting GObject based libraries. g-ir-scanner g-ir-generate is a GIR generator that uses the repository API. g-ir-generate libgirepository-1.0.so provides an API to access the typelib metadata. libgirepository-1.0.so