guix-build(1)

guix-build1

Manual page for guix build (gnu guix) 1.2.0rc2

Usage

guix build [OPTION]... PACKAGE-OR-DERIVATION...

Overview

Build the given PACKAGE-OR-DERIVATION and return their output paths.

-e, --expression=EXPR

build the package or derivation EXPR evaluates to

-f, --file=FILE

build the package or derivation that the code within FILE evaluates to

-m, --manifest=FILE

build the packages that the manifest given in FILE evaluates to

-S, --source

build the packages' source derivations

--sources[=TYPE]

build source derivations; TYPE may optionally be one of "package", "all" (default), or "transitive"

-s, --system=SYSTEM

attempt to build for SYSTEM--e.g., "i686-linux"

--target=TRIPLET

cross-build for TRIPLET--e.g., "armel-linux-gnu"

-d, --derivations

return the derivation paths of the given packages

--check

rebuild items to check for non-determinism issues

--repair

repair the specified items

-r, --root=FILE

make FILE a symlink to the result, and register it as a garbage collector root

-v, --verbosity=LEVEL

use the given verbosity LEVEL

-q, --quiet

do not show the build log

--log-file

return the log file names for the given derivations

-L, --load-path=DIR

prepend DIR to the package module search path

-K, --keep-failed

keep build tree of failed builds

-k, --keep-going

keep going when some of the derivations fail

-n, --dry-run

do not build the derivations

--fallback

fall back to building when the substituter fails

--no-substitutes

build instead of resorting to pre-built substitutes

--substitute-urls=URLS

fetch substitute from URLS if they are authorized

--no-grafts

do not graft packages

--no-offload

do not attempt to offload builds

--max-silent-time=SECONDS

mark the build as failed after SECONDS of silence

--timeout=SECONDS

mark the build as failed after SECONDS of activity

--rounds=N

build N times in a row to detect non-determinism

-c, --cores=N

allow the use of up to N CPU cores for the build

-M, --max-jobs=N

allow at most N build jobs

--debug=LEVEL

produce debugging output at LEVEL

--help-transform

list package transformation options not shown here

-h, --help

display this help and exit

-V, --version

display version information and exit

Reporting bugs

Report bugs to: [email protected].
GNU Guix home page: <https://www.gnu.org/software/guix/>
General help using Guix and GNU software: <https://guix.gnu.org/help/>

From guix 1.2.0-4+deb11u2 in Debian 11 (Bullseye). Parsed by carta from the page's man source.