How to Install gobject-introspection software package in Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus)

How to Install gobject-introspection software package in Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus)

gobject-introspection software package provides Generate interface introspection data for GObject libraries, you can install in your Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus) by running the commands given below on the terminal,

$ sudo apt-get update
$ sudo apt-get install gobject-introspection 

gobject-introspection is installed in your system.

Make ensure the gobject-introspection package were installed using the commands given below,

$ sudo dpkg-query -l | grep gobject-introspection *

You will get with gobject-introspection package name, version, architecture and description in a table

gobject-introspection package basic information:

Distro Ubuntu 16 04 lts xenial xerus
Section Development
Package gobject-introspection
Version 1.46.0-3ubuntu1
Description Generate interface introspection data for GObject libraries
Sub Section Devel


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