---
name: "arch-rebuild-order"
section: "1"
platform: "linux"
package: "arch-rebuild-order"
version: "0.4.5-1"
release: "Arch Linux 2026-11-01"
platforms: ["linux"]
url: "https://new.carta.tech/arch-rebuild-order"
---

# arch-rebuild-order(1)

Rebuild order generation script

## NAME

arch-rebuild-order - Rebuild order generation script

## SYNOPSIS

**arch-rebuild-order** \[OPTION\]... \[PACKAGES\]...

## DESCRIPTION

Generate a rebuild order for given packages using pacman's local syncdb's.

**--d=FILE, --dotfile=FILE** Generate a .dot graph file with the rebuild order of the gives packages

**--dbpath=PATH** the path to pacman's database path

**--repos=REPOS** the repositories to retrieve the package information from

**--no-reverse-depends** only use pkgnames provided as input to calculate the build order, does not expand reverse (make)dependencies

**--with-check-depends** include checkdependencies in the rebuild order

**-V, --version** prints version information

**-h, --help** prints help information

## EXAMPLES

Generating an image of the rebuild order of provided package(s):

$ **arch-rebuild-order** -d linux-rebuild-order.dot linux

$ dot -Tpng linux-rebuild-order.dot \> linux-rebuild-order.png

## BUGS

Bug tracker\[1\]

\[1\]: https://gitlab.archlinux.org/archlinux/arch-rebuild-order/-/issues

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