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 * You can run `dh <target> --no-act` for each <target> you want (build,
clean, binary etc.) to see what `dh` would run for that target.		  * You can run `dh <target> --no-act` for each <target> you want (build, clean, binary etc.) to see what `dh` would run for that target.

debhelper

Debhelper is a tool that is used inside debian/rules files to ease package building. This page collects tips for using debhelper.

Documentation

Finding out how it works

  • dh prints the commands that it executes.

  • If you add export DH_VERBOSE=1 to debian/rules, the debhelper commands will print more information about what they are doing.

  • You can run dh <target> --no-act for each <target> you want (build, clean, binary etc.) to see what dh would run for that target.

Why does this page exist

ZugSchlus stumbled upon helpful snippets by wRAR on debian-mentors and wanted to put them on the Wiki.