.TH APT-BUILD 1 "November 2003" "Debian Distribution"
.UC 1
.SH "NAME"
apt-build \- Fetch sources and build packages optimized for your architecture.
.SH "SYNOPSIS"
.B apt-build [
.I options
.B ] [ update ] [ upgrade ] [ world ] [ install
.I pkg
.B ] [ remove
.I pkg
.B ] [ info
.I pkg
.B ]
.SH "DESCRIPTION"
.PP
.BR apt-build
is an apt-get frontend to build and install architecture optimized packages.
.PP
.SH "COMMANDS"
.TP
.BR update
Retrieve new lists of packages
.TP
.BR upgrade
Perform an upgrade
.TP
.BR world
Rebuild your system
.TP
.BR install
Build and install new packages
.TP
.BR source
Download and extract source in the build directory
.TP
.BR info
Info on a package which could be built
.TP
.BR remove
Remove packages
.TP
.BR clean-build
Erase built packages
.TP
.BR clean-sources
Call debian/rules clean in source directories
.TP
.BR build-source
Build source without installing them
.TP
.BR update-source
Update sources and rebuild them if they are missing in the repository
.TP
.BR build-repository
Rebuild the repository
.SH "OPTIONS"
.TP
.BR --help\ 
Shows help
.TP
.BR --nowrapper
Do not use the gcc wrapper
.TP
.BR --remove-builddep
Remove build-dependencies installed by apt-build
.TP
.BR --no-source
Don't download source
.TP
.BR --build-dir
Specify build-dir
.TP
.BR --build-only
Build package only
.TP
.BR --rebuild
Rebuild a package
.TP
.BR --reinstall
Build and install an already installed package
.TP
.BR --build-command " <"\fIcommand\fR> 
Use this command to build package
.TP
.BR --patch " <"\fIfile\fR> 
Apply this patch before build (you can use this option one or several times)
.TP
.BR --patch-strip ", " -p " <"\fInumber\fR>
Prefix to strip on patch (0 = -p0, 1 = -p1 ...)
.TP
.BR --yes ", " -y
Assume yes
.TP
.BR --purge
Use purge instead of remove
.TP
.BR --noupdate
Do not run 'apt-get update' before package installation
.TP
.BR --sources-list
Specify
.I sources.list
file
.TP
.BR --apt-get
Specify an alternative
.I apt-get
command
.TP
.BR --apt-cache
Specify an alternative
.I apt-cache
command
.TP
.BR --force-yes
Force yes
.TP
.BR --source
Do not download source (sources are extracted already)
.TP
.BR --repository-dir
Specify the repository directory
.TP
.BR --target-release
Distribution to fetch packages from
.TP
.BR --config
Specify an alternative configuration file
.TP
.BR --version ","\ -v
Show version
.SH "BUGS"
Many.
.PP

.SH "AUTHOR"
.PP
.B apt-build
was written by Julien Danjou <acid@debian.org> with many contributors.