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RPMBUILD(8)                 System Manager's Manual                RPMBUILD(8)

NAME
       rpmbuild - Build RPM Package(s)

SYNOPSIS
   BUILDING PACKAGES:
       rpmbuild {-ba|-bb|-bp|-bc|-bi|-bl|-bs} [rpmbuild-options] SPECFILE ...

       rpmbuild {-ra|-rb|-rp|-rc|-ri|-rl|-rs} [rpmbuild-options] SOURCEPACKAGE
       ...

       rpmbuild {-ta|-tb|-tp|-tc|-ti|-tl|-ts} [rpmbuild-options] TARBALL ...

       rpmbuild {--rebuild|--recompile} SOURCEPKG ...

   MISCELLANEOUS:
       rpmbuild --showrc

   rpmbuild-options
        [--buildroot DIRECTORY] [--clean] [--nobuild]
        [--rmsource] [--rmspec] [--short-circuit] [--build-in-place]
        [--noprep] [--noclean] [--nocheck]
        [--rpmfcdebug]
        [--target PLATFORM]
        [--with OPTION] [--without OPTION]

DESCRIPTION
       rpmbuild is used to build both binary and source software packages.   A
       package  consists  of an archive of files and meta-data used to install
       and erase the archive files. The  meta-data  includes  helper  scripts,
       file  attributes, and descriptive information about the package.  Pack-
       ages come in two varieties: binary packages, used to encapsulate  soft-
       ware  to  be installed, and source packages, containing the source code
       and recipe necessary to produce binary packages.

       One of the following basic modes must be selected: Build Package, Build
       Package from Tarball, Recompile Package, Show Configuration.

   GENERAL OPTIONS
       These options can be used in all the different modes.

       -?, --help
              Print a longer usage message then normal.

       --version
              Print  a  single line containing the version number of rpm being
              used.

       --quiet
              Print as little as possible - normally only error messages  will
              be displayed.

       -v     Print  verbose  information - normally routine progress messages
              will be displayed.

       -vv    Print lots of ugly debugging information.

       --rpmfcdebug
              Enables to debug dependencies generation.

       --rcfile FILELIST
              Each of the files in the colon separated FILELIST  is  read  se-
              quentially by rpm for configuration information.  Only the first
              file in the list must exist, and tildes will be expanded to  the
              value     of     $HOME.      The     default     FILELIST     is
              /usr/lib/rpm/rpmrc:/usr/lib/rpm/red-
              hat/rpmrc:/etc/rpmrc:~/.rpmrc.

       --pipe CMD
              Pipes the output of rpm to the command CMD.

       --dbpath DIRECTORY
              Use  the  database  in  DIRECTORY  rather  than the default path
              /var/lib/rpm

       --root DIRECTORY
              Use the file system tree rooted at DIRECTORY for all operations.
              Note  that this means the database within DIRECTORY will be used
              for dependency checks and any scriptlet(s) (e.g.  %post  if  in-
              stalling,  or  %prep if building, a package) will be run after a
              chroot(2) to DIRECTORY.

       -D, --define='MACRO EXPR'
              Defines MACRO with value EXPR.

   BUILD OPTIONS
       The general form of an rpm build command is

       rpmbuild -bSTAGE|-rSTAGE|-tSTAGE [      rpmbuild-options
        ] FILE ...

       The argument used is -b if a spec file is being used to build the pack-
       age,  -r if a source package is to be rebuild and -t if rpmbuild should
       look inside of a (possibly compressed) tar file for the  spec  file  to
       use. After the first argument, the next character (STAGE) specifies the
       stages of building and packaging to be done and is one of:

       -ba    Build binary and source packages (after doing the %prep, %build,
              and %install stages).

       -bb    Build  a binary package (after doing the %prep, %build, and %in-
              stall stages).

       -bp    Executes the "%prep" stage from the spec file. Normally this in-
              volves unpacking the sources and applying any patches.

       -bc    Do  the "%build" stage from the spec file (after doing the %prep
              stage).  This generally involves the equivalent of a "make".

       -bi    Do the "%install" stage from the  spec  file  (after  doing  the
              %prep  and  %build stages).  This generally involves the equiva-
              lent of a "make install".

       -bl    Do a "list check".  The "%files" section from the spec  file  is
              macro expanded, and checks are made to verify that each file ex-
              ists.

       -bs    Build just the source package.

       The following options may also be used:

       --buildroot DIRECTORY
              When building a package, override the BuildRoot tag with  direc-
              tory DIRECTORY.

       --clean
              Remove the build tree after the packages are made.

       --nobuild
              Do  not  execute  any  build stages. Useful for testing out spec
              files.

       --noprep
              Do not execute %prep build stage even if present in spec.

       --noclean
              Do not execute %clean build stage even if present in spec.

       --nocheck
              Do not execute %check build stage even if present in spec.

       --nodebuginfo
              Do not generate debuginfo packages..

       --nodeps
              Do not verify build dependencies.

       --rmsource
              Remove the sources after the build (may also be used standalone,
              e.g. "rpmbuild --rmsource foo.spec").

       --rmspec
              Remove  the  spec  file after the build (may also be used stand-
              alone, eg. "rpmbuild --rmspec foo.spec").

       --short-circuit
              Skip straight to specified stage (i.e., skip all stages  leading
              up  to the specified stage).  Only valid with -bc, -bi, and -bb.
              Useful for local testing only.  Packages built this way will  be
              marked  with  an unsatisfiable dependency to prevent their acci-
              dental use.

       --build-in-place
              Build from locally checked out sources. Sets _builddir  to  cur-
              rent  working  directory.  Skips handling of -n and untar in the
              %setup and the deletion of the buildSubdir.

       --target PLATFORM
              When building the package, interpret PLATFORM as  arch-vendor-os
              and  set  the macros %_target, %_target_cpu, and %_target_os ac-
              cordingly.

       --with OPTION
              Enable configure OPTION for build.

       --without OPTION
              Disable configure OPTION for build.

   REBUILD AND RECOMPILE OPTIONS
       There are two other ways to invoke building with rpm:

       rpmbuild --rebuild|--recompile SOURCEPKG ...

       When invoked this way, rpmbuild installs the named source package,  and
       does  a  prep, compile and install. In addition, --rebuild builds a new
       binary package. When the build has completed, the  build  directory  is
       removed (as in --clean) and the the sources and spec file for the pack-
       age are removed.

       These options are now superseded by the -r* options  which  allow  much
       more fine control over what stages of the build to run.

   SHOWRC
       The command

       rpmbuild --showrc

       shows the values rpmbuild will use for all of the options are currently
       set in rpmrc and macros configuration file(s).

FILES
   rpmrc Configuration
       /usr/lib/rpm/rpmrc
       /usr/lib/rpm/redhat/rpmrc
       /etc/rpmrc
       ~/.rpmrc

   Macro Configuration
       /usr/lib/rpm/macros
       /usr/lib/rpm/redhat/macros
       /etc/rpm/macros
       ~/.rpmmacros

   Temporary
       /var/tmp/rpm*

SEE ALSO
       gendiff(1),
       popt(3),
       rpm(8),
       rpm2cpio(8),
       rpmkeys(8)
       rpmspec(8),
       rpmsign(8),

       rpmbuild --help - as rpm supports  customizing  the  options  via  popt
       aliases  it's impossible to guarantee that what's described in the man-
       ual matches what's available.

       http://www.rpm.org/ <URL:http://www.rpm.org/>

AUTHORS
       Marc Ewing <marc@redhat.com>
       Jeff Johnson <jbj@redhat.com>
       Erik Troan <ewt@redhat.com>

Red Hat, Inc.                    09 June 2002                      RPMBUILD(8)

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