---
name: "dh_girepository"
section: "1"
platform: "linux"
package: "gobject-introspection-bin"
version: "1.84.0-1"
release: "Debian 13 (Trixie)"
platforms: ["linux"]
url: "https://new.carta.tech/dh_girepository"
---

# dh\_girepository(1)

compute dependencies for GObject introspection packages

## NAME

dh\_girepository - compute dependencies for GObject introspection packages

## SYNOPSIS

**dh\_girepository** \[*debhelper options*\] \[-l*directory*\] \[-p*directory*\] \[-X*item*\] \[*private \[...\]*\]

## DESCRIPTION

dh\_girepository is a debhelper program to compute dependencies for packages shipping GObject introspection data.

The dependencies are generated in the ${gir:Depends} substitution variable.

The minimal version of the generated dependencies is calculated by looking first at the version of the packages declared in the build-dependencies of the building package. If a package is not declared in the build-dependencies, the minimal version of that package is calculated by looking at the version of the package containing the corresponding .gir file defined in the build-dependencies.

Note that dh\_girepository will not be executed automatically by dh; you need to use `"dh $@ --with gir"` for `"dh"` to include it.

## OPTIONS

Note that the **-p** option conflicts with the **-p** option defined by [**debhelper**(7)](/debhelper/7.md) (see Debian bug #703941 \<https://bugs.debian.org/703941\>). To run **dh\_girepository** on a single package, use `"dh_girepository --package=gir1.2-foo-1.0"` instead of the usual **-p**.

- **-l***directory*

  Specify a directory (or a colon-separated list of directories) where to look for the .gir XML files that were used to generate the .typelib files that are scanned. This option is only necessary if those files are not shipped in another, architecture-dependent package.

- **-p***directory*

  Specify a directory (or a colon-separated list of directories) where to look for the dependencies. This is useful when a dependency ships the .typelib in a private directory.

- **-X***item*

  Exclude files that contain *item* anywhere in their filename from being analyzed.

- *private \[...\]* List of directories where to look for typelibs and the corresponding .gir files. Useful when the package installs its typelibs in a private directory, such as /usr/lib/\<package\>. Library dependencies are also looked there, in case your typelib depends on a library that you ship on a private directory.

  ## CONFORMS TO

GObject introspection mini policy as of 2011-03-30.

## SEE ALSO

[**debhelper**(7)](/debhelper/7.md)

This program is a part of gobject-introspection but is made to work with  debhelper.

## AUTHOR

Josselin Mouette \<joss@debian.org\>