APT-BUILD(1)						      General Commands Manual						      APT-BUILD(1)

NAME

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

SYNOPSIS

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

DESCRIPTION

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

COMMANDS

       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

OPTIONS

       --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

BUGS

       Many.

AUTHOR

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

3rd Berkeley Distribution					   November 2003						      APT-BUILD(1)