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.TH deb\-src\-rules 5 "2017-09-05" "Debian Project" "dpkg utilities"
.SH NAME
deb\-src\-rules \- Debian source package rules file
.
.SH SYNOPSIS
debian/rules
.
.SH DESCRIPTION
This file contains the instructions necessary to build the binary packages
from the source package.
.PP
The \fIdebian/rules\fP file is an executable Makefile, with a shebang that
is usually set to "#!/usr/bin/make -f".
.PP
It must support the following make targets:

.TP
.B clean
Clean up the source tree, by undoing any change done by any of the build
and binary targets.
This target will be called with root privileges.
.TP
.B build\-indep
Build architecture independent files required to build any architecture
independent binary package.
If there are no architecture independent binary packages to generate,
the target must still exist but do nothing.
This target must not require root privileges.
.TP
.B build\-arch
Build architecture dependent files required to build any architecture
dependent binary package.
If there are no architecture dependent binary packages to generate,
the target must still exist but do nothing.
This target must not require root privileges.
.TP
.B build
Build architecture independent and dependent files, either by depending
(at least transitively) on \fBbuild\-indep\fP and/or \fBbuild\-arch\fP or
by inlining what those targets would do.
This target must not require root privileges.
.TP
.B binary\-indep
Build architecture independent binary packages.
This target must depend (at least transitively) on either \fBbuild\-indep\fP
or \fBbuild\fP.
This target will be called with root privileges.
.TP
.B binary\-arch
Build architecture dependent binary packages.
This target must depend (at least transitively) on either \fBbuild\-arch\fP
or \fBbuild\fP.
This target will be called with root privileges.
.TP
.B binary
Build architecture independent and dependent binary packages, either by
depending (at least transitively) on \fBbinary\-indep\fP and/or
\fBbinary\-arch\fP or by inlining what those targets would do.
This target will be called with root privileges.
.
.SH SEE ALSO
.ad l
.nh
.BR dpkg\-architecture (1),
.BR dpkg\-vendor (1),
.BR dpkg\-buildflags (1),
.BR dpkg\-parsechangelog (1),
.BR dpkg\-shlibdeps (1),
.BR dpkg\-gencontrol (1),
.BR dpkg\-deb (1),
.BR dpkg\-distaddfile (1).