---
name: "dh-make-ruby"
section: "1"
platform: "linux"
package: "gem2deb"
version: "2.2.5"
release: "Debian 13 (Trixie)"
platforms: ["linux"]
url: "https://new.carta.tech/dh-make-ruby"
---

# dh-make-ruby(1)

build Debian source package from Ruby library

## NAME

dh-make-ruby - build Debian source package from Ruby library

## USAGE

**dh-make-ruby** \[*OPTIONS*\] \[*TARBALL*\|*DIRECTORY*\]

## DESCRIPTION

**dh-make-ruby** will create a basic Debian source package from a tarball named *TARBALL* generated with **gem2tgz**, or from a *DIRECTORY* containing Ruby code and metadata in a .gemspec file. If no argument is specified, **dh-make-ruby** will build a Debian source package from the current directory.

## OPTIONS

- **-p PACKAGE**, **--package PACKAGE**

  Uses PACKAGE as package name. By default, new packages will be named as ruby-$gem, where `$gem` is the upstream name. If the package is mainly used as a library, then it should use the default. On the other hand, if the packages is mainly used as an application, then you should drop the ruby- prefix by using this option an explicit package u.

- **-w**, **--overwrite**

  Overwrites packaging files that already exists but would be created by dh-make-ruby if they didn't. Exception: *debian/copyright* is never touched.

- **-h**, **--help**

  Displays the help

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

  Displays version information and exits.

- **--no-wnpp-check**

  Prevents **dh-make-ruby** to check wnpp reports to get the number of a possible ITP (intend to package) bug report. By default, **dh-make-ruby** does check these reports, which requires an Internet access.

- **--no-dependencies**

  Skips the dependency detection based on Rubygems and APT metadata. You should usually not do this, unless you know what you are doing.

- **-o**, **--offline**

  Prevents **dh-make-ruby** from accessing the internet at all.

## SEE ALSO

[**gem2deb**(1)](/gem2deb/1.md), [**dh\_ruby**(1)](/dh_ruby/1.md)

## COPYRIGHT AND AUTHORS

Copyright (c) 2011, Lucas Nussbaum \<lucas@debian.org\>

This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or (at your option) any later version.

This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the GNU General Public License for more details.

You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License along with this program.  If not, see \<http://www.gnu.org/licenses/\>.