apt-build • man page

apt-build - Fetch sources and build packages optimized for your architecture.

apt-build [ options ] [ update ] [ upgrade ] [ world ] [ install pkg ] [ remove pkg ] [ info pkg ]

apt-build is an apt-get frontend to build and install architecture optimized packages.

update: Retrieve new lists of packages
upgrade: Perform an upgrade
world: Rebuild your system
install: Build and install new packages
source: Download and extract source in the build directory
info: Info on a package which could be built
remove: Remove packages
clean-build: Erase built packages
clean-sources: Call debian/rules clean in source directories
build-source: Build source without installing them
update-source: Update sources and rebuild them if they are missing in the repository
build-repository: Rebuild the repository

--help: Shows help
--nowrapper: Do not use the gcc wrapper
--remove-builddep: Remove build-dependencies installed by apt-build
--no-source: Don't download source
--build-dir: Specify build-dir
--build-only: Build package only
--rebuild: Rebuild a package
--reinstall: Build and install an already installed package
--build-command <command>: Use this command to build package
--patch <file>: Apply this patch before build (you can use this option one or several times)
--patch-strip, -p <number>: Prefix to strip on patch (0 = -p0, 1 = -p1 ...)
--yes, -y: Assume yes
--purge: Use purge instead of remove
--noupdate: Do not run 'apt-get update' before package installation
--sources-list: Specify sources.list file
--apt-get: Specify an alternative apt-get command
--apt-cache: Specify an alternative apt-cache command
--force-yes: Force yes
--source: Do not download source (sources are extracted already)
--repository-dir: Specify the repository directory
--target-release: Distribution to fetch packages from
--config: Specify an alternative configuration file
--version, -v: Show version

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apt-build was written by Julien Danjou <acid@debian.org> with many contributors.