FLATPAK BUILD(1)

NAME
flatpak-build - Build in a directory

SYNOPSIS

flatpak build [OPTION...] DIRECTORY [COMMAND [ARG...]]

DESCRIPTION

Runs a build command in a directory. DIRECTORY must have been initialized with flatpak build-init.

The sdk that is specified in the metadata file in the directory is mounted at /usr and the files and var subdirectories are mounted at /app and /var, respectively. They are writable, and their contents are preserved between build commands, to allow accumulating build artifacts there.

OPTIONS

The following options are understood:

-h, --help
    Show help options and exit.

-r, --runtime
    Use the non-devel runtime that is specified in the application metadata instead of the devel runtime.

--bind-mount=DEST=SOURCE
    Add a custom bind mount in the build namespace. Can be specified multiple times.

--build-dir=PATH
    Start the build in this directory (default is in the current directory).

--share=SUBSYSTEM
    Share a subsystem with the host session. This overrides the Context section from the application metadata. SUBSYSTEM must be one of: network, ipc. This option can be used multiple times.

--unshare=SUBSYSTEM
    Don't share a subsystem with the host session. This overrides the Context section from the application metadata. SUBSYSTEM must be one of: network, ipc. This option can be used multiple times.

--socket=SOCKET
    Expose a well known socket to the application. This overrides to the Context section from the application metadata. SOCKET must be one of: x11, wayland, pulseaudio, system-bus, session-bus. This option can be used multiple times.

--nosocket=SOCKET
    Don't expose a well known socket to the application. This overrides to the Context section from the application metadata. SOCKET must be one of: x11, wayland, pulseaudio, system-bus, session-bus. This option can be used multiple times.

--device=DEVICE
    Expose a device to the application. This overrides to the Context section from the application metadata. DEVICE must be one of: dri. This option can be used multiple times.

--nodevice=DEVICE
    Don't expose a device to the application. This overrides to the Context section from the application metadata. DEVICE must be one of: dri. This option can be used multiple times.

--filesystem=FS
    Allow the application access to a subset of the filesystem. This overrides to the Context section from the application metadata. FS can be one of: home, host, xdg-desktop, xdg-documents, xdg-download xdg-music, xdg-pictures, xdg-public-share, xdg-templates, xdg-videos, an absolute path, or a homedir-relative path like ~/dir. This option can be used multiple times.

--env=VAR=VALUE
    Set an environment variable in the application. This overrides to the Context section from the application metadata. This option can be used multiple times.

--own-name=NAME
    Allow the application to own the well known name NAME on the session bus. This overrides to the Context section from the application metadata. This option can be used multiple times.

--talk-name=NAME
    Allow the application to talk to the well known name NAME on the session bus. This overrides to the Context section from the application metadata. This option can be used multiple times.

--persist=FILENAME
    If the application doesn't have access to the real homedir, make the (homedir-relative) path FILENAME a bind mount to the corresponding path in the per-application directory, allowing that location to be used for persistent data. This overrides to the Context section from the application metadata. This option can be used multiple times.

EXAMPLES

$ flatpak build /build/my-app rpmbuild my-app.src.rpm

SEE ALSO

flatpak(1), flatpak-build-init(1), flatpak-build-finish(1), flatpak-build-export(1)