NAME

       deb-src-rules - Debian source package rules file

SYNOPSIS

       debian/rules

DESCRIPTION

       This file contains the instructions necessary to build the binary packages from the source package.

       The debian/rules file is an executable Makefile, with a shebang that is usually set to "#!/usr/bin/make
       -f".

       It must support the following make targets:

       clean
           Clean up the source tree, by undoing any change done by any of the build and binary targets.  This
           target will be called with root privileges.

       build-indep
           Build architecture independent files required to build any architecture independent binary package.
           If there are no architecture independent binary packages to generate, the target must still exist but
           do nothing.  This target must not require root privileges.

       build-arch
           Build architecture dependent files required to build any architecture dependent binary package.  If
           there are no architecture dependent binary packages to generate, the target must still exist but do
           nothing.  This target must not require root privileges.

       build
           Build architecture independent and dependent files, either by depending (at least transitively) on
           build-indep and/or build-arch or by inlining what those targets would do.  This target must not
           require root privileges.

       binary-indep
           Build architecture independent binary packages.  This target must depend (at least transitively) on
           either build-indep or build.  This target will be called with root privileges.

       binary-arch
           Build architecture dependent binary packages.  This target must depend (at least transitively) on
           either build-arch or build.  This target will be called with root privileges.

       binary
           Build architecture independent and dependent binary packages, either by depending (at least
           transitively) on binary-indep and/or binary-arch or by inlining what those targets would do.  This
           target will be called with root privileges.

SEE ALSO

       dpkg-architecture(1), dpkg-vendor(1), dpkg-buildflags(1), dpkg-parsechangelog(1), dpkg-shlibdeps(1),
       dpkg-gencontrol(1), dpkg-deb(1), dpkg-distaddfile(1).