---
name: "gi-inspect-typelib"
section: "1"
platform: "linux"
package: "glib2"
version: "2.90.1-1"
release: "Arch Linux 2026-11-01"
platforms: ["linux"]
url: "https://new.carta.tech/gi-inspect-typelib"
---

# gi-inspect-typelib(1)

Typelib inspection tool

## Name

gi-inspect-typelib - Typelib inspection tool

## SYNOPSIS

```
gi-inspect-typelib [OPTION…] --print-shlibs NAMESPACE
gi-inspect-typelib [OPTION…] --print-typelibs NAMESPACE
```

## DESCRIPTION

**gi-inspect-typelib** displays information about GObject-Introspection binary typelib files.

## OPTIONS

- **--print-shlibs**

  Show the shared libraries that implement the *NAMESPACE*.

- **--print-typelibs**

  Show the other typelibs that the *NAMESPACE* depends on.

- **--typelib-version**

  The version of each *NAMESPACE* to inspect. For example, the version of **Gio-2.0.typelib** is **2.0**. If not specified, use the newest available version if there is more than one installed.

## EXAMPLE

On Linux, the **Gio-2.0** typelib is implemented by **libgio-2.0.so.0**:

```
$ gi-inspect-typelib --typelib-version 2.0 --print-shlibs Gio
shlib: libgio-2.0.so.0
```

and it depends on GObject-2.0, GLib-2.0 and GModule-2.0:

```
$ gi-inspect-typelib --typelib-version 2.0 --print-typelibs Gio
typelib: GObject-2.0
typelib: GLib-2.0
typelib: GModule-2.0
```