---
name: "apt-build"
section: "1"
platform: "linux"
package: "apt-build"
version: "0.12.51"
release: "Debian 13 (Trixie)"
platforms: ["linux"]
url: "https://new.carta.tech/apt-build"
---

# apt-build(1)

Fetch sources and build packages optimized for your architecture.

## NAME

apt-build - Fetch sources and build packages optimized for your architecture.

## SYNOPSIS

**apt-build \[** *options* **\] \[ update \] \[ upgrade \] \[ world \] \[ install** *pkg* **\] \[ remove** *pkg* **\] \[ info** *pkg* **\]**

## DESCRIPTION

**apt-build** is an apt-get frontend to build and install architecture optimized packages.

## COMMANDS

- **update**

  Retrieve new lists of packages

- **upgrade**

  Perform an upgrade

- **world**

  Rebuild your system

- **install**

  Build and install new packages

- **source**

  Download and extract source in the build directory

- **info**

  Info on a package which could be built

- **remove**

  Remove packages

- **clean-build**

  Erase built packages

- **clean-sources**

  Call debian/rules clean in source directories

- **build-source**

  Build source without installing them

- **update-source**

  Update sources and rebuild them if they are missing in the repository

- **build-repository**

  Rebuild the repository

## OPTIONS

- **--help**

  Shows help

- **--nowrapper**

  Do not use the gcc wrapper

- **--remove-builddep**

  Remove build-dependencies installed by apt-build

- **--no-source**

  Don't download source

- **--build-dir**

  Specify build-dir

- **--build-only**

  Build package only

- **--rebuild**

  Rebuild a package

- **--reinstall**

  Build and install an already installed package

- **--build-command** \<***command*\>**

  Use this command to build package

- **--patch** \<***file*\>**

  Apply this patch before build (you can use this option one or several times)

- **--patch-strip**, **-p** \<***number*\>**

  Prefix to strip on patch (0 = -p0, 1 = -p1 ...)

- **--yes**, **-y**

  Assume yes

- **--purge**

  Use purge instead of remove

- **--noupdate**

  Do not run 'apt-get update' before package installation

- **--sources-list**

  Specify *sources.list* file

- **--apt-get**

  Specify an alternative *apt-get* command

- **--apt-cache**

  Specify an alternative *apt-cache* command

- **--force-yes**

  Force yes

- **--source**

  Do not download source (sources are extracted already)

- **--repository-dir**

  Specify the repository directory

- **--target-release**

  Distribution to fetch packages from

- **--config**

  Specify an alternative configuration file

- **--version**, **-v**

  Show version

## BUGS

Many.

## AUTHOR

**apt-build** was written by Julien Danjou \<acid@debian.org\> with many contributors.