---
name: "gauche-package"
section: "1"
platform: "linux"
package: "gauche-dev"
version: "0.9.15-p2+20241205-4"
release: "Debian 13 (Trixie)"
platforms: ["linux"]
url: "https://new.carta.tech/gauche-package"
---

# gauche-package(1)

gauche package builder/manager

## NAME

gauche-package - gauche package builder/manager

## SYNOPSIS

**gauche-package** *COMMAND* \[*OPTION*...\] \[*ARGS*...\]

## DESCRIPTION

This manual page documents briefly the **gauche-package** command.

This manual page was written for the Debian distribution because the original program does not have a manual page. Instead, it has documentation in the GNU [**info**(1)](/info/1.md) format; see below.

**gauche-package** is a program to create, download, compile, install and list gauche extension packages.

## COMMANDS

A summary of commands is included below. For a complete description, see the [**info**(1)](/info/1.md) files and the output of the help command.

**build**

Fetch and build package.

**compile**

Compile and link an extension module from sources.

**generate**

Generate template source tree for a new Gauche extension.

**help**

Show detailed help.

**install**

Fetch, build and install package.

**list**

List known installed packages.

**make-gpd**

Make gpd file (called from the configure script).

**make-tarball**

Make tarball of the package distribution..

**reconfigure**

Show configure options of package.

## DIAGNOSTICS

**gauche-package** exits with status 0 on success.

## SEE ALSO

The program is (will be?) documented fully by the Gauche Developers´ Reference and the rference manual of Gauche available via the [**info**(1)](/info/1.md) system and provides usage information via the help command.

## AUTHORS

**Shiro Kawai** \<shiro@acm.org\>

-

  Author.

**Jens Thiele** \<karme@karme.de\>

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  Wrote this manpage for the Debian system.

## COPYRIGHT

Copyright © 2010 Jens Thiele\

Copying and distribution of this file, with or without modification, are permitted in any medium without royalty provided the copyright notice and this notice are preserved. This file is offered as-is, without any warranty.