Provided by: pmbootstrap_1.50.1-1_all 
NAME
pmbootstrap - Develop and install postmarketOS
SYNOPSIS
pmbootstrap [options] action
DESCRIPTION
pmbootstrap is the central tool used in the development and installation of postmarketOS.
OPTIONS
-h, --help
Show the built-in help message and exit.
-V, --version
Show pmbootstrap's version number and exit.
-c, --config config
Specify path to pmbootstrap.cfg file; defaults to ~/.config.
--config-channels channels
Specify path to channels.cfg, which is by default read from the master branch of
pmaports.git.
-d, --port-distccd distccd
-mp, --mirror-pmOS URL
Specify postmarketOS mirror to use. Can be disabled with -mp=''. Multiple mirrors
can be specified with -mp='one' -mp='two'. The default value is
http://mirror.postmarketos.org/postmarketos.
-m, --mirror-alpine URL
Specify Alpine Linux mirror to use. The default value is http://dl-
cdn.alpinelinux.org/alpine.
-j, --jobs jobs
Specify number of parallel jobs to use when compiling.
-E, --extra-space space
Specify an integer with the amount of additional space to allocate to the image, in
MB (default 0).
-B, --boot-size size
Specify the boot partition size on target machine in MB (default 128).
-p, --aports aports
Specify the path to postmarketOS aports (pmaports).
-t, --timeout time
Specify the seconds after which hung processes get killed (default 900).
-w, --work work
Specify the folder where all data gets stored (chroots, caches, built packages,
etc).
-y, --assume-yes
Assume 'yes' to all question prompts.
--as-root
Allow running as root. This is not recommended, as it may screw up the work
folder's directory permissions.
-o, --offline
Do not attempt to update the package index files.
--no-ccache
Do not cache the compiled output.
--no-crossdirect
Don't use the new, faster 'crossdirect' method; use the old 'distcc-sshd' method
instead. Use if crossdirect broke something.
--distcc-nofallback
When using the cross compiler via distcc fails, do not fall back to compiling
slowly with QEMU.
--no-cross
Disable cross compiler; build only with QEMU and gcc.
-l, --log log
Specify path to log file.
--details-to-stdout
Print details (e.g. build output) to stdout instead of writing to the log.
-v, --verbose
Write even more information to the log files.
-q, --quiet
Do not output any log messages.
ACTIONS
init Initialize the config file.
shutdown
Shut down active chroots (unmount them and unregister QEMU binfmt).
index Re-index all repositories with custom-built packages.
work_migrate
Migrate the work folder version.
kconfig
Change or edit kernel configs.
export Create convenience symlinks to generated image files (system, kernel, initramfs,
boot.img, etc).
sideload
Push packages to a running phone connected over USB or WiFi.
netboot
Launch an nbd server with the postmarketOS rootfs.
flasher
Flash something to the target device.
initramfs
Do something with the initramfs.
pkgrel_bump
Increase the pkgrel to indicate that a package must be rebuilt because of a
dependency change.
aportupgrade
Check for outdated packages that need upgrading.
newapkbuild
Get a template to package new software.
lint Run quality checks on pmaports (required to pass CI).
status Get a quick health check for the work dir.
log Follow the pmbootstrap log file.
log_distccd
Follow the distccd log file.
zap Safely delete chroot folders.
stats Show ccache stats.
update Update all existing APKINDEX files.
build_init
Initialize the build environment.
chroot Start a shell in a chroot.
install
Set up a device specific chroot and install to an SD card or image file.
checksum
Update aport checksums.
aportgen
Generate a postmarketOS-specific package build recipe (aport/APKBUILD).
build Build a package for a specific architecture.
config Get and set pmbootstrap options.
bootimg_analyze
Extract all the information from an existing boot.img.
pull Update all git repositories that pmbootstrap cloned.
ci Run continuous integration scripts locally of git repo in current directory.
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