---
name: "dirtbike"
section: "1"
platform: "linux"
package: "dirtbike"
version: "0.3-7"
release: "Debian 11 (Bullseye)"
platforms: ["linux"]
url: "https://new.carta.tech/dirtbike"
---

# dirtbike(1)

dirtbike

## NAME

dirtbike - dirtbike

## DESCRIPTION

usage: Turn OS packages into wheels \[-h\] \[-d DIRECTORY\] \[--py2\] package

### positional arguments:

- package

  The name of the package to rewheel, as seen by Python (not your OS!).

### optional arguments:

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

  show this help message and exit

- **-d** DIRECTORY, **--directory** DIRECTORY

  Leave the new .whl file in the given directory. Otherwise the default is to use the current working directory. If DIRECTORY doesn't exist, it will be created. This overrides $DIRTBIKE\_DIRECTORY

- **--py2**

  Use the python2 site-packages directory to build the wheel

dirtbike also recognizes the environment variable $DIRTBIKE\_DIRECTORY which if set, is used as the directory to put .whl files in. This is analogous to the **-d**/--directory option, although the command line switch takes precedence.