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sbuild — Build a Debian binary package in a clean `chroot` environment. More information: <https://wiki.debia

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Problem

How to use the sbuild command: Build a Debian binary package in a clean chroot environment. More information: <https://wiki.debian.org/sbuild>.

Solution

sbuild — Build a Debian binary package in a clean chroot environment. More information: <https://wiki.debian.org/sbuild>.

Build the package in the current directory:

sbuild

Build the given package:

sbuild {{package}}

Build for a certain distribution:

sbuild --dist {{distribution}}

Build using custom dependencies (if a directory is passed, all files ending with .deb are used):

sbuild --extra-package {{path/to/file_or_directory}}

Run a shell in case of build failure to further investigate:

sbuild --build-failed-commands=%SBUILD_SHELL

Cross build for a certain architecture:

sbuild --host {{architecture}}

Build for the given native architecture:

sbuild --arch {{architecture}}

Code Snippets

Build the package in the current directory

sbuild

Build the given package

sbuild {{package}}

Build for a certain distribution

sbuild --dist {{distribution}}

Build using custom dependencies (if a directory is passed, all files ending with `.deb` are used)

sbuild --extra-package {{path/to/file_or_directory}}

Run a shell in case of build failure to further investigate

sbuild --build-failed-commands=%SBUILD_SHELL

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tldr-pages: common/sbuild

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