VAPIGEN(1) User Commands VAPIGEN(1) (NAME) vapigen - Vala API (SYNOPSIS) vapigen SOURCE PKGBASE [OPTION]... [FILE]... (DESCRIPTION) vapigen Vala API (VAPI) GI vala-gen-introspect(1) . : vapigen [OPTION...] FILE... - Vala API Generator : -h, --help : --vapidir=DIRECTORY... DIRECTORY --girdir=DIRECTORY... GIR DIRECTORY --metadatadir=DIRECTORY... .metadata GIR DIRECTORY --nostdpkg --pkg=PACKAGE... PACKAGE --library=NAME -d, --directory=DIRECTORY --disable-warnings --version -q, --quiet (BUGS) https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/vala/issues (HOMEPAGE OR CONTACT) https://vala.dev (AUTHORS) Jorg Billeter, Raffaele Sandrini. (EXAMPLES) GI pango : vala-gen-introspect pango packages/pango Vala API : vapigen --pkg cairo --vapidir . --library pango packages/pango/pango.gi (SEE ALSO) vala-gen-introspect(1) Vala API Generator 0.56.19 March 2026 VAPIGEN(1)