---
name: "lipkgen"
section: "1"
platform: "linux"
package: "limba-devtools"
version: "0.5.6-2+b2"
release: "Debian 9 (Stretch)"
platforms: ["linux"]
url: "https://new.carta.tech/lipkgen"
---

# lipkgen(1)

Limba package builder

## NAME

lipkgen - Limba package builder

## SYNOPSIS

**lipkgen** {**COMMAND**} \[**OPTION ...**\]

## DESCRIPTION

This manual page documents briefly the **lipkgen** command.

**lipkgen** is a simple tool to build IPK packages directly from compiled binaries. It is usually run by **[limba-build(1)](/limba-build/1.md)** as part of an automated package build process.

## OPTIONS

**b**, **build** *DIRECTORY*

Build IPK package using package metadata in *DIRECTORY*.

If *DIRECTORY* is not defined, **lipkgen** will try to find the package sources automatically in the current directory.

**unpack-pkg** *FILENAME* *DIRECTORY*

Extract contents of package *FILENAME* into *DIRECTORY*. This is useful for investigating the raw contents of a Limba package.

If *DIRECTORY* is not defined, the contents are extracted into the current directory.

- **--version**

  Display version number of lipkgen

- **--verbose**

  Turn on verbose mode (this can be used for debugging).

## SEE ALSO

[limba(1)](/limba/1.md), [limba-build(1)](/limba-build/1.md).

Additional documentation can be found on http://people.freedesktop.org/~mak/limba.

## AUTHOR

This manual page was written by Matthias Klumpp \<matthias@tenstral.net\>.

## COPYRIGHT

Copyright © 2014-2015 Matthias Klumpp\