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.TH "DNF5-BUILDDEP" "8" "Sep 19, 2025" "" "dnf5"
.SH NAME
dnf5-builddep \- Builddep Command
.SH SYNOPSIS
.sp
\fBdnf5 builddep [options] [<package>...]\fP
.SH DESCRIPTION
.sp
Install missing dependencies for building an RPM package.
.sp
\fBWARNING:\fP
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.INDENT 3.5
Build dependencies in a source package (i.e. src.rpm) might be different
than you would expect because dependencies were evaluated according macros
set on the package build host.
.UNINDENT
.UNINDENT
.SH OPTIONS
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.TP
.B \fB\-D \(dqmacro expr\(dq, \-\-define=\(dqmacro expr\(dq\fP
.nf
Define a rpm macro. Set the value \(dqexpr\(dq to the macro \(dqmacro\(dq when parsing spec files. Does not apply for source rpm files.
.fi
.sp
.TP
.B \fB\-\-with=OPTION, \-\-without=OPTION\fP
.nf
Enable or disable conditional build OPTION when parsing spec files. Does not apply for source rpm files.
.fi
.sp
.TP
.B \fB\-\-allowerasing\fP
.nf
Allow removing of installed packages to resolve any potential dependency problems.
.fi
.sp
.TP
.B \fB\-\-skip\-unavailable\fP
.nf
Allow skipping packages that are not possible to downgrade. All remaining packages will be downgraded.
.fi
.sp
.TP
.B \fB\-\-allow\-downgrade\fP
.nf
Enable downgrade of dependencies when resolving the requested operation.
.fi
.sp
.TP
.B \fB\-\-no\-allow\-downgrade\fP
.nf
Disable downgrade of dependencies when resolving the requested operation.
.fi
.sp
.UNINDENT
.INDENT 0.0
.TP
.B \fB\-\-from\-repo=REPO_ID,...\fP
.nf
Packages (or their provides) explicitly specified on the command line will only be looked up in the specified repositories.
These repositories are automatically enabled.
Repository enabling and disabling still applies. Dependencies of these packages will be resolved from any enabled repository.
.fi
.sp
.UNINDENT
.INDENT 0.0
.TP
.B \fB\-\-spec\fP
.nf
Treat command line arguments following this option as spec files.
.fi
.sp
.TP
.B \fB\-\-srpm\fP
.nf
Treat command line arguments following this option as source rpms.
.fi
.sp
.UNINDENT
.INDENT 0.0
.TP
.B \fB\-\-offline\fP
.nf
Store the transaction to be performed offline. See \fI\%offline command\fP, \fBdnf5\-offline(8)\fP\&.
.fi
.sp
.TP
.B \fB\-\-store=PATH\fP
.nf
Store the current transaction in a directory at the specified \fBPATH\fP instead of running it.
The stored transaction can be performed by the \fI\%replay command\fP, \fBdnf5\-replay(8)\fP\&.
.fi
.sp
.UNINDENT
.SH ARGUMENTS
.INDENT 0.0
.TP
.B \fB<package>\fP
.nf
Either path to .src.rpm, .nosrc.rpm or .spec file or package available in a repository.
.fi
.sp
.UNINDENT
.SH EXAMPLES
.INDENT 0.0
.TP
.B \fBdnf builddep foobar.spec\fP
.nf
Install the needed build requirements, defined in the foobar.spec file.
.fi
.sp
.TP
.B \fBdnf builddep foobar\-1.0\-1.src.rpm\fP
.nf
Install the needed build requirements, defined in the foobar\-1.0\-1.src.rpm file.
.fi
.sp
.TP
.B \fBdnf builddep foobar\-1.0\-1\fP
.nf
Look up foobar\-1.0\-1 in enabled repositories and install build requirements for its source rpm.
.fi
.sp
.TP
.B \fBdnf builddep \-D \(aqscl python27\(aq python\-foobar.spec\fP
.nf
Install the needed build requirements for the python27 SCL version of python\-foobar.
.fi
.sp
.TP
.B \fBdnf builddep \-\-without=selinux foobar.spec\fP
.nf
Install the needed build requirements except those for optional SELinux support.
.fi
.sp
.UNINDENT
.SH AUTHOR
See AUTHORS.md in dnf5 source distribution.
.SH COPYRIGHT
Contributors to the dnf5 project.
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