dh_auto_clean(1)

dh_auto_clean1

Automatically cleans up after a build

Usage

dh_auto_clean [build system options] [debhelper options] [-- params]

Overview

dh_auto_clean is a debhelper program that tries to automatically clean up after a package build. It does so by running the appropriate command for the build system it detects the package uses. For example, if there's a Makefile and it contains a distclean, realclean, or clean target, then this is done by running make (or MAKE, if the environment variable is set). If there is a setup.py or Build.PL, it is run to clean the package.

This is intended to work for about 90% of packages. If it doesn't work, or tries to use the wrong clean target, you're encouraged to skip using dh_auto_clean at all, and just run make clean manually.

Options

See "BUILD SYSTEM OPTIONS" in debhelper(7) for a list of common build system selection and control options.

-- params

Pass params to the program that is run, after the parameters that dh_auto_clean usually passes.

Releases

9 releases since Debian 5.0 (Lenny); the text changed 8 times.

  1. 5.0
  2. 6.0
  3. 7
  4. 8
  5. 9
  6. 10
  7. 11
  8. 12
  9. 13

Author

Joey Hess <[email protected]>

From debhelper 13.24.2 in Debian 13 (Trixie). Parsed by carta from the page's man source.