• NAME
• SYNOPSIS
• DESCRIPTION
• OPTIONS
• SEE ALSO
• AUTHOR

NAME

dh_auto_build - automatically builds a package

SYNOPSIS

dh_auto_build [debhelper options] [-- params]

DESCRIPTION

dh_auto_build is a debhelper program that tries to automatically build a package. If a Makefile is found, this is done by running make (or MAKE, if the environment variable is set). If there's a setup.py, or Build.PL, it is run to build the package.

This is intended to work for about 90% of packages. If it doesn't work, you're encouraged to skip using dh_auto_build at all, and just run the build process manually.

OPTIONS

-- params

Pass "params" to the program that is run. These can be used to suppliment or override any standard parameters that dh_auto_build passes.

SEE ALSO

debhelper(7)

This program is a part of debhelper.

AUTHOR

Joey Hess <joeyh@debian.org>