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DNF5-BUILDDEP(8) dnf5 DNF5-BUILDDEP(8)

NAME

dnf5-builddep - Builddep Command

SYNOPSIS

dnf5 builddep [options] [<package>...]

DESCRIPTION

Install missing dependencies for building an RPM package.

WARNING:

Build dependencies in a source package (i.e. src.rpm) might be different than you would expect because dependencies were evaluated according macros set on the package build host.


OPTIONS

Define a rpm macro. Set the value "expr" to the macro "macro" when parsing spec files. Does not apply for source rpm files.

Allow erasing of installed packages to resolve any potential dependency problems.

Allow skipping packages that are not possible to downgrade. All remaining packages will be downgraded.

Enable downgrade of dependencies when resolving the requested operation.

Disable downgrade of dependencies when resolving the requested operation.


ARGUMENTS

<package>
Either path to .src.rpm, .nosrc.rpm or .spec file or package available in a repository.


EXAMPLES

Install the needed build requirements, defined in the foobar.spec file.

Install the needed build requirements, defined in the foobar-1.0-1.src.rpm file.

Look up foobar-1.0-1 in enabled repositories and install build requirements for its source rpm.

Install the needed build requirements for the python27 SCL version of python-foobar.


AUTHOR

See AUTHORS.md in dnf5 source distribution.

COPYRIGHT

Contributors to the dnf5 project.

September 23, 2024