Manual: dpkg-checkbuilddeps

dpkg-checkbuilddeps(1)					 dpkg suite				      dpkg-checkbuilddeps(1)

NAME
       dpkg-checkbuilddeps - check build dependencies and conflicts

SYNOPSIS
       dpkg-checkbuilddeps [option...]	[control-file]

DESCRIPTION
       This program checks the installed packages in the system against the build dependencies and build conflicts listed in
       the control file.  If any are not met, it displays them and exits with a nonzero return code.

       By default, debian/control is read, but an alternate control filename may be specified on the command line.

OPTIONS
       --admindir=dir
	   Change the location of the dpkg database (since dpkg 1.14.0).  The default location is /var/lib/dpkg.

       -A  Ignore  Build-Depends-Arch and Build-Conflicts-Arch lines (since dpkg 1.16.4).  Use when only arch-indep packages
	   will be built, or combine with -B when only a source package is to be built.

       -B  Ignore Build-Depends-Indep and Build-Conflicts-Indep lines.	Use when only arch-dep packages will  be  built,  or
	   combine with -A when only a source package is to be built.

       -I  Ignore  built-in  build  depends  and  conflicts  (since  dpkg 1.18.2).  These are implicit dependencies that are
	   usually required on a specific distribution, the so called Build-Essential package set.

       -d build-depends-string
       -c build-conflicts-string
	   Use the given build dependencies/conflicts instead of those contained in  the  debian/control  file	(since	dpkg
	   1.14.17).

       -a arch
	   Check build dependencies/conflicts assuming that the package described in the control file is to be built for the
	   given host architecture instead of the architecture of the current system (since dpkg 1.16.2).

       -P profile[,...]
	   Check build dependencies/conflicts assuming that the package described in the control file is to be built for the
	   given build profile(s) (since dpkg 1.17.2).	The argument is a comma-separated list of profile names.

       -?, --help
	   Show the usage message and exit.

       --version
	   Show the version and exit.

ENVIRONMENT
       DEB_HOST_ARCH
	   Sets	 the  host  architecture.  This affects the dependency resolution logic, which might then not match what the
	   system dpkg considers satisfiable.

       DEB_BUILD_PROFILES
	   If set, it will be used as the active build profile(s) for the package being built.	It is a space separated list
	   of profile names.  Overridden by the -P option.

       DPKG_COLORS
	   Sets the color mode (since dpkg 1.18.5).  The currently accepted values are: auto (default), always and never.

       DPKG_NLS
	   If set, it will be used to decide whether to activate Native Language Support, also known as internationalization
	   (or i18n) support (since dpkg 1.19.0).  The accepted values are: 0 and 1 (default).

1.23.7							 2026-03-31				      dpkg-checkbuilddeps(1)