kde-builder Command Examples

Easily build KDE components from its source repositories. Drop-in replacement for kdesrc-build. More information: https://kde-builder.kde.org/en/cmdline/cmdline-usage.html.

• Initialize kde-builder:

kde-builder --generate-config && kde-builder --install-distro-packages

• Compile a KDE component and its dependencies from the source:

kde-builder {{component_name}}

• Compile a component without updating its local code and without compiling its dependencies:

kde-builder {{[-S|--no-src]}} {{[-D|--no-include-dependencies]}} {{component_name}}

• Refresh the build directories before compiling:

kde-builder {{[-r|--refresh-build]}} {{component_name}}

• Resume compilation from a specific dependency:

kde-builder {{[-f|--resume-from]}} {{dependency_component}} {{component_name}}

• Run a component with a specified executable name:

kde-builder --run {{executable_name}}

• Build all configured components:

kde-builder

• Use system libraries in place of a component if it fails to build:

kde-builder --no-stop-on-failure {{component_name}}