." the string declarations are a start to try and make distro independent .ds DS Arch Linux .ds PB PKGBUILD .ds VR 3.0.0 .TH makepkg 8 "Feb 07, 2007" "makepkg version \*(VR" "\*(DS Utilities" .SH NAME makepkg \- package build utility .SH SYNOPSIS .B makepkg [\fIoptions\fR] .SH DESCRIPTION \fBmakepkg\fP is a script to automate the building of packages. All it needs is a build-capable Linux platform and a custom build script for each package you wish to build (known as a \fB\*(PB\fP). See .BR \*(PB (5) for details on creating your own build scripts. The advantage to a script-based build is that the work is only done once. Once you have the build script for a package, makepkg will do the rest: download and validate source files, check dependencies, configure the build-time settings, build the package, install the package into a temporary root, make customizations, generate meta-info, and package the whole thing up for \fBpacman\fP to use. \fBmakeworld\fP can be used to rebuild an entire package group or the entire build tree. See \fBmakeworld --help\fP for syntax. .SH OPTIONS .TP .B \-b, --builddeps Build missing dependencies from source. When \fBmakepkg\fP finds missing build-time or run-time dependencies, it will look for the dependencies' \fB\*(PB\fP files under \fIABSROOT\fP (set in \fBmakepkg.conf\fP). If it finds them it will call \fBmakepkg\fP to build and install the missing dependencies. The child calls will be made with the \fB-b\fP and \fB-i\fP options. .TP .B \-c, --clean Clean up leftover work files and directories after a successful build. .TP .B \-C, --cleancache Removes all cached source files from the directory specified in \fISRCDEST\fP in \fBmakepkg.conf\fP. .TP .B \-d, --nodeps Do not perform any dependency checks. This will let you override and ignore any dependencies required. There is a good chance this option will break the build process if all of the dependencies are not installed. .TP .B \-e, --noextract Do not extract source files; use whatever source already exists in the src/ directory. This is handy if you want to go into src and manually patch or tweak code, then make a package out of the result. Keep in mind that creating a patch may be a better solution to allow others to use your \fB\*(PB\fP. .TP .B \-f, --force \fBmakepkg\fP will not build a package if a built package already exists in the \fIPKGDEST\fP (set in \fBmakepkg.conf\fP) directory, which may default to the current directory. This allows the built package to be overwritten. .TP .B \-g, --geninteg For each source file in the source array of \fB\*(PB\fP, download the file if required and generate integrity checks. The integrity checks generated are determined by the value of the \fIINTEGRITY_CHECK\fP array in makepkg.conf. This output can be redirected into your \fB\*(PB\fP for source validation (makepkg -g >> \*(PB). .TP .B \-h, --help Output syntax and command line options. .TP .B \-i, --install Install or upgrade the package after a successful build using \fBpacman\fP. .TP .B \-L, --log Log the package build progress to a file. This file is stored in the build directory with a name similar to that of the built package. .TP .B \-m, --nocolor Disable color in output messages. .TP .B \-o, --nobuild Download and extract files only, but do not build them. Useful with the \fB--noextract\fP option if you wish to tweak the files in src/ before building. .TP .B \-p \fIbuildscript\fP Read the package script \fIbuildscript\fP instead of the default, \fI\*(PB\fP. .TP .B \-r, --rmdeps Upon successful build, remove any dependencies installed by \fBmakepkg\fP during dependency auto-resolution (using \fB-b\fP or \fB-s\fP). .TP .B \-R, --repackage Repackage contents of pkg/ without rebuilding the package. This is useful if you forgot a depend or install file in your \fB\*(PB\fP and the build itself will not change. .TP .B \-s, --syncdeps Install missing dependencies using \fBpacman\fP. When missing build-time or run-time dependencies are found, \fBpacman\fP will try to resolve them. If successful, the missing packages will be downloaded and installed. .TP .B \--asroot This option allows you to run \fBmakepkg\fP as root. You should not normally run \fBmakepkg\fP as root unless you know what you are doing. For any operations that require \fBpacman\fP, \fBsudo\fP is normally used; this switch will call \fBpacman\fP directly. .TP .B \--noconfirm (Passed to \fBpacman\fP) Prevent \fBpacman\fP from waiting for user input before proceeding with operations. .TP .B \--noprogressbar (Passed to \fBpacman\fP) Prevent \fBpacman\fP from displaying a progress bar; useful if you are redirecting makepkg output to file. .SH CONFIGURATION See .BR makepkg.conf (5) for more details on configuring \fBmakepkg\fP using the \fBmakepkg.conf\fP file. .SH BUGS Bugs? You must be kidding, there are no bugs in this software. But if we happen to be wrong, send us an email with as much detail as possible to . .SH SEE ALSO .BR makepkg.conf (5), .BR \*(PB (5), .BR pacman (8) See the Arch Linux website at for more current information on the distribution and the \fBpacman\fP family of tools, and for recommendations on packaging standards. .SH AUTHORS .nf Judd Vinet Aurelien Foret Aaron Griffin Dan McGee .fi See the 'AUTHORS' file for additional contributors.