Include:Abuild

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

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

abuild checksum && abuild -r

Below all options and commands for abuild are listed.

abuild [options] [-i PKG] [-P REPODEST] [-p PKGDEST] [-s SRCDEST] [cmd] ...

abuild options

-A Print CARCH and exit
-c Enable colored output
-d Disable dependency checking
-f Force specified cmd, even if they are already done
-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
-m Disable colors (monochrome)
-p Set package destination directory
-P Set PKGDEST to REPODEST/<repo>/\$CARCH, where repo is the parents dir name
-q Quiet
-r Install missing dependencies from system repository (using sudo)
-R Recursively build and install missing dependencies (using sudo)
-s Set source package destination directory
-u Recursively build and upgrade all dependencies (using sudo)

abuild commands

build Compile and install package into \$pkgdir
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 the APKINDEX for abuildrepo
listpkg List target packages
package Create package in \$PKGDEST
prepare Apply patches
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