makepkg - package build utility
makepkg [options] [ENVVAR=value] [ENVVAR+=value] ...
makepkg is a script to automate the building of packages.
The requirements for using the script are a build-capable *nix platform and
a custom build script for each package you wish to build (known as a
PKGBUILD). See PKGBUILD(5) for details on creating your own build
scripts.
The advantage to a script-based build is that the work is only
done once. Once you have the build script for a package, makepkg will
do the rest: download and validate source files, check dependencies,
configure the build-time settings, build the package, install the package
into a temporary root, make customizations, generate meta-info, and package
the whole thing up for pacman to use.
Note
makepkg uses your current locale by default and does not
unset it when building packages. If you wish to share your build output with
others when seeking help or for other purposes, you may wish to run
"LC_ALL=C makepkg" so your logs and output are not localized.
-A, --ignorearch
Ignore a missing or incomplete arch field in the build
script. This is for rebuilding packages from source when the PKGBUILD may be
slightly outdated and not updated with an arch=('yourarch') field.
-c, --clean
Clean up leftover work files and directories after a
successful build.
--config <file>
Use an alternate configuration file instead of the
/etc/makepkg.conf default.
-d, --nodeps
Do not perform any dependency checks. This will let you
override and ignore any dependencies required. There is a good chance this
option will break the build process if all of the dependencies are not
installed.
-e, --noextract
Do not extract source files or run the prepare() function
(if present); use whatever source already exists in the $srcdir/ directory.
This is handy if you want to go into $srcdir/ and manually patch or tweak
code, then make a package out of the result. Keep in mind that creating a
patch may be a better solution to allow others to use your PKGBUILD.
--verifysource
For each source file in the source array of PKGBUILD,
download the file if required and perform the integrity checks. No extraction
or build is performed. Dependencies specified in the PKGBUILD will not be
handled unless --syncdeps is used. Useful for performing subsequent offline
builds.
-f, --force
makepkg will not build a package if a built package
already exists in the PKGDEST (set in
makepkg.conf(5)) directory, which
may default to the current directory. This allows the built package to be
overwritten.
-g, --geninteg
For each source file in the source array of PKGBUILD,
download the file if required and generate integrity checks. The integrity
checks generated are determined by the checks present in the PKGBUILD, falling
back to the value of the INTEGRITY_CHECK array in makepkg.conf(5) if these are
absent. This output can be redirected into your PKGBUILD for source validation
using "makepkg -g >> PKGBUILD".
--skipinteg
Do not perform any integrity checks (checksum and PGP) on
source files.
--skipchecksums
Do not verify checksums of source files.
--skippgpcheck
Do not verify PGP signatures of source files.
-h, --help
Output syntax and command line options.
--holdver
When using VCS sources (
PKGBUILD(5)) any currently
checked out source will not be updated to the latest revision.
-i, --install
Install or upgrade the package after a successful build
using
pacman(8).
-L, --log
Enable logging. This will use the tee program to
send the output of each of the PKGBUILD functions to both the console and to a
text file in the build directory named
pkgbase-pkgver-pkgrel-arch-<function>.log. As mentioned above, the logs
will be localized so you may want to set your locale accordingly if sharing
the log output with others.
-m, --nocolor
Disable color in output messages.
-o, --nobuild
Download and extract files, run the prepare() function,
but do not build them. Useful with the --noextract option if you wish
to tweak the files in $srcdir/ before building.
-p <buildscript>
Read the package script buildscript instead of the
PKGBUILD default; see
PKGBUILD(5). The buildscript must be located in
the directory makepkg is called from.
-r, --rmdeps
Upon successful build, remove any dependencies installed
by makepkg during dependency auto-resolution and installation when using
-s.
-R, --repackage
Repackage contents of the package without rebuilding the
package. This is useful if you forgot, for example, a dependency or install
file in your PKGBUILD and the build itself will not change.
-s, --syncdeps
Install missing dependencies using pacman. When
build-time or run-time dependencies are not found, pacman will try to resolve
them. If successful, the missing packages will be downloaded and
installed.
-S, --source
Do not actually build the package, but build a
source-only tarball that does not include sources that can be fetched via a
download URL. This is useful for passing a single tarball to another program
such as a chroot, remote builder, or a tarball upload. Because integrity
checks are verified, all source files of the package need to be present or
downloadable.
-V, --version
Display version information.
-C, --cleanbuild
Clean build artifacts from previous runs of makepkg in
the current directory by removing $srcdir before building the package.
-D <dir>, --dir <dir>
Change to directory <dir> before reading the
PKGBUILD or doing anything else.
--allsource
Do not actually build the package, but build a
source-only tarball that includes all sources, including those that are
normally downloaded via makepkg. This is useful for passing a single tarball
to another program such as a chroot or remote builder. It will also satisfy
requirements of the GPL when distributing binary packages.
--check
Run the check() function in the PKGBUILD, overriding the
setting in
makepkg.conf(5).
--noarchive
Do not create the archive at the end of the build
process. This can be useful to test the package() function or if your target
distribution does not use pacman.
--nocheck
Do not run the check() function in the PKGBUILD or handle
the checkdepends.
--noprepare
Do not run the prepare() function in the PKGBUILD.
--noverify
Do not run the verify() function in the PKGBUILD.
--sign
Sign the resulting package with gpg, overriding the
setting in
makepkg.conf(5).
--nosign
Do not create a signature for the built package.
--key <key>
Specify a key to use when signing packages, overriding
the GPGKEY setting in
makepkg.conf(5). If not specified in either
location, the default key from the keyring will be used.
--noconfirm
(Passed to pacman) Prevent pacman from waiting for user
input before proceeding with operations.
--needed
(Passed to pacman) Tell pacman not to reinstall a target
if it is already up-to-date. (used with -i / --install).
--asdeps
(Passed to pacman) Install packages as non-explicitly
installed (used with -i / --install).
--noprogressbar
(Passed to pacman) Prevent pacman from displaying a
progress bar; useful if you are redirecting makepkg output to file.
--packagelist
List the package filenames that would be produced without
building. Listed package filenames include PKGDEST and PKGEXT.
--printsrcinfo
Generate and print the SRCINFO file to stdout.
makepkg supports building development versions of packages without
having to manually update the pkgver in the PKGBUILD. This was formerly done
using the separate utility versionpkg. See PKGBUILD(5) for
details on how to set up a development PKGBUILD.
makepkg is designed to be compatible with Reproducible Builds. If
the SOURCE_DATE_EPOCH environment variable is set, it will be
exported to subprocesses, and source and package file modification times and
package metadata will be unified based on the timestamp specified.
If the SOURCE_DATE_EPOCH environment variable is not set,
makepkg will use its own start date for internal use, but will not unify
source file timestamps before building.
MAKEPKG_LIBRARY="/path/to/directory"
Use an alternative libmakepkg path instead of the
/usr/share/makepkg default.
PACMAN
The command that will be used to check for missing
dependencies and to install and remove packages. Pacman’s -Qq,
-Rns, -S, -T, and -U operations must be supported
by this command. If the variable is not set or empty, makepkg will fall back
to ‘pacman’.
MAKEPKG_CONF="/path/to/file"
Use an alternate config file instead of the
/etc/makepkg.conf default.
PKGDEST="/path/to/directory"
Directory where the resulting packages will be stored.
Overrides the corresponding value defined in
makepkg.conf(5).
SRCDEST="/path/to/directory"
Directory where the downloaded sources will be stored.
Overrides the corresponding value defined in
makepkg.conf(5).
SRCPKGDEST="/path/to/directory"
Directory where source package files will be stored.
Overrides the corresponding value defined in
makepkg.conf(5).
LOGDEST="/path/to/directory"
Directory where generated log files will be stored.
Overrides the corresponding value defined in
makepkg.conf(5).
PACKAGER="John Doe <john@doe.com>"
String to identify the creator of the resulting package.
Overrides the corresponding value defined in
makepkg.conf(5).
BUILDDIR="/path/to/directory"
Directory where the package will be built. Overrides the
corresponding value defined in
makepkg.conf(5).
CARCH="(i686|x86_64)"
Force build for a specific architecture. Useful for
cross-compiling. Overrides the corresponding value defined in
makepkg.conf(5).
PKGEXT=".pkg.tar.gz",
SRCEXT=".src.tar.gz"
Sets the compression used when making compiled or source
packages. Overrides the corresponding value defined in
makepkg.conf(5).
GNUPGHOME="/path/to/directory"
Directory where the gpg keyring for signing the built
package is stored.
GPGKEY="keyid"
Specify a key to use when signing packages, overriding
the GPGKEY setting in
makepkg.conf(5).
SOURCE_DATE_EPOCH="<date>"
Used for Reproducible Builds.
BUILDTOOL="<name>"
The name of a tool ecosystem used to set up the build
environment. Used for defining a spec for reproducible builds, e.g. the
makepkg.conf(5) used.
BUILDTOOLVER="<version>"
The version of the $BUILDTOOL used.
MAKEPKG_LINT_PKGBUILD=0 Setting to 0 disables PKGBUILD
linting within makepkg. Useful on systems with slow bash subshell
operations, or on PKGBUILDs with extreme amounts of package splitting.
See makepkg.conf(5) for more details on configuring makepkg
using the makepkg.conf file.
On exit, makepkg will return one of the following error codes.
0
Normal exit condition.
1
Unknown cause of failure.
2
Error in configuration file.
3
User specified an invalid option.
4
Error in user-supplied function in PKGBUILD.
5
Failed to create a viable package.
6
A source or auxiliary file specified in the PKGBUILD is
missing.
7
The PKGDIR is missing.
8
Failed to install dependencies.
9
Failed to remove dependencies.
10
User attempted to run makepkg as root.
11
User lacks permissions to build or install to a given
location.
12
Error parsing PKGBUILD.
13
A package has already been built.
14
The package failed to install.
15
Programs necessary to run makepkg are missing.
16
Specified GPG key does not exist or failed to sign
package.
17
The local repository is not a clone of the source
repository specified in PKGBUILD.
Bugs? You must be kidding; there are no bugs in this software. But
if we happen to be wrong, please report them to the issue tracker at
https://gitlab.archlinux.org/pacman/pacman/-/issues with specific
information such as your command-line, the nature of the bug, and even the
package database if it helps.
Current maintainers:
•Allan McRae <allan@archlinux.org>
•Andrew Gregory
<andrew.gregory.8@gmail.com>
•Morgan Adamiec
<morganamilo@archlinux.org>
Past major contributors:
•Judd Vinet <jvinet@zeroflux.org>
•Aurelien Foret
<aurelien@archlinux.org>
•Aaron Griffin <aaron@archlinux.org>
•Dan McGee <dan@archlinux.org>
•Xavier Chantry <shiningxc@gmail.com>
•Nagy Gabor <ngaba@bibl.u-szeged.hu>
•Dave Reisner <dreisner@archlinux.org>
•Eli Schwartz
<eschwartz@archlinux.org>
For additional contributors, use git shortlog -s on the pacman.git
repository.