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makepkg

Create a package which can be used with pacman. Uses the PKGBUILD file in the current working directory by default. More information: https://man.archlinux.org/man/makepkg.8.
  • Make a package:
    makepkg
  • Make a package and install its dependencies:
    makepkg --syncdeps
  • Make a package, install its dependencies then install it to the system:
    makepkg --syncdeps --install
  • Make a package, but skip checking the source's hashes:
    makepkg --skipchecksums
  • Clean up work directories after a successful build:
    makepkg --clean
  • Verify the hashes of the sources:
    makepkg --verifysource
  • Generate and save the source information into .SRCINFO:
    makepkg --printsrcinfo > .SRCINFO

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