---
name: "vala-gen-introspect-0.26"
section: "1"
platform: "linux"
package: "valac-0.26"
version: "0.26.1-1.1"
release: "Debian 8 (Jessie)"
platforms: ["linux"]
url: "https://new.carta.tech/vala-gen-introspect-0.26"
---

# vala-gen-introspect-0.26(1)

generate a GI file for GObject and glib based packages

## NAME

vala-gen-introspect - generate a GI file for GObject and glib based packages

## SYNOPSIS

**vala-gen-introspect *PKGNAME* *PKGBASE***

## DESCRIPTION

**vala-gen-introspect** is a utility which generates GI files from GObject and glib based packages. It can be used in combination with [vapigen(1)](/vapigen/1.md) to generate an API for Vala, and allow it's usage in Vala for compiling to native code. *PKGNAME* is the pkg-config name of the library and *PKGBASE* specifies the base directory for that package.

## EXAMPLES

- After compilation, the following command generates a GI for pango:

  **vala-gen-introspect pango packages/pango**

## OPTIONS

- This command currently takes no command line options.

  ## SEE ALSO

[**vapigen**(1)](/vapigen/1.md)

## AUTHOR

vala-gen-introspect for Vala was written by Juerg Billeter \<j@bitron.ch\> and Raffaele Sandrini \<rasa@gmx.ch\>.

This manual page was written by Kumar Appaiah \<akumar@ee.iitm.ac.in\>, for the Debian project (but may be used by others).