mk-build-deps (1)

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NAME

mk-build-deps - build a package satisfying a package's build-dependencies

SYNOPSIS

mk-build-deps --help|--version

mk-build-deps [options] control file | package name ...

DESCRIPTION

Given a package name and/or control file, mk-build-deps will use equivs to generate a binary package which may be installed to satisfy all the build dependencies of the given package.

If --build-dep and/or --build-indep are given, then the resulting binary package(s) will depend solely on the Build-Depends/Build-Depends-Indep dependencies, respectively.

OPTIONS

-i, --install

Install the generated packages and its build-dependencies.

-t, --tool

When installing the generated package use the specified tool. (default: apt-get --no-install-recommends)

-r, --remove

Remove the package file after installing it. Ignored if used without the --install switch.

-a foo, --arch foo

If the source package has architecture-specific build dependencies, produce a package for architecture foo, not for the system architecture. (If the source package does not have architecture-specific build dependencies, the package produced is always for the pseudo-architecture all.)

-B, --build-dep

Generate a package which only depends on the source package's Build-Depends dependencies.

-A, --build-indep

Generate a package which only depends on the source package's Build-Depends-Indep dependencies.

-h, --help

Show a summary of options.

-v, --version

Show version and copyright information.

-s, --root-cmd

Use the specified tool to gain root privileges before installing. Ignored if used without the --install switch.

AUTHOR

mk-build-deps is copyright by Vincent Fourmond and was modified for the devscripts package by Adam D. Barratt <adam@adam-barratt.org.uk>.

This program comes with ABSOLUTELY NO WARRANTY. You are free to redistribute this code under the terms of the GNU General Public License, version 2 or later.

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