Include:Abuild

To build a package, abuild is used. Besides the package building functionality, options for other package maintainance tasks are also provided.

If you just want to build a package from an APKBUILD file, only two command are needed.

First cd into the package directory (the directory with the APKBUILD file). Then run:

abuild checksum && abuild -r

To use the command above, you have to be in the abuild group.

Below all options and commands for abuild are listed.

abuild [options] [-P REPODEST] [-s SRCDEST] [-D DESCRIPTION] [cmd] ...

abuild options

• -A Print CARCH and exit
• -c Enable colored output
• -d Disable dependency checking
• -D Set APKINDEX description (default: $repo $(git describe))
• -f Force specified cmd (skip checks: apk up to date, arch, libc)
• -F Force run as root
• -h Show this help
• -i Install PKG after successful build
• -k Keep built packages, even if APKBUILD or sources are newer
• -K Keep buildtime temp dirs and files (srcdir/pkgdir/deps)
• -m Disable colors (monochrome)
• -P Set REPODEST as the repository location for created packages
• -q Quiet
• -r Install missing dependencies from system repository (using sudo)
• -s Set source package destination directory
• -u Recursively build and upgrade all dependencies (using sudo)
• -v Verbose: show every command as it is run (very noisy)

abuild commands

• build Compile and install package into $pkgdir
• check Run any defined tests concerning the package
• checksum Generate checksum to be included in APKBUILD
• clean Remove temp build and install dirs
• cleancache Remove downloaded files from $SRCDEST
• cleanoldpkg Remove binary packages except current version
• cleanpkg Remove already built binary and source package
• deps Install packages listed in makedepends and depends
• fetch Fetch sources to $SRCDEST and verify checksums
• index Regenerate indexes in $REPODEST
• listpkg List target packages
• package Create package in $PKGDEST
• prepare Apply patches
• rootbld Build package in clean chroot
• rootpkg Run 'package', the split functions and create apks as fakeroot
• sanitycheck Basic sanity check of APKBUILD
• snapshot Create a $giturl or $svnurl snapshot and upload to $disturl
• sourcecheck Check if remote source package exists upstream
• srcpkg Make a source package
• undeps Uninstall packages listed in makedepends and depends
• unpack Unpack sources to $srcdir
• up2date Compare target and sources dates
• verify Verify checksums

See also

• Abuild and Helpers