---
name: "pdebuild-cross"
section: "1"
platform: "linux"
package: "pdebuild-cross"
version: "2.2.19"
release: "Debian 7 (Wheezy)"
platforms: ["linux"]
url: "https://new.carta.tech/pdebuild-cross"
---

# pdebuild-cross(1)

simple pbuilder wrapper for crossbuild support

## Name

pdebuild-cross - simple pbuilder wrapper for crossbuild support

## Synopsis

```
 pdebuild-cross [pbuilder options]
```

## Description

`"pdebuild-cross"` wraps pdebuild to support cross-building inside a pbuilder chroot. `"pdebuild-cross"` needs to be run in the top level source directory of the package (where it can find *debian/changelog*).

## Options

`"pdebuild-cross"` supports no options itself, any options specified will be passed untouched to *pdebuild --debbuildopts options*.

## Architecture

*/etc/pdebuild-cross/pbuilder.rc* defaults to `"armel"` - edit the */etc/pdebuild/pdebuild-cross.rc* configuration file to change the architecture. See also *pdebuild-cross-create* (1)

## Creating the chroot

Use `"pdebuild-cross-create"` to build a suitable chroot tgz using multistrap.