Basic steps: ------------ 1. To create a base tarball with the chroot environment, type - for Debian: sudo yum install debian-keyring sudo pbuilder create --mirror ftp://ftp.us.debian.org/debian/ --debootstrapopts "--keyring=/usr/share/keyrings/debian-archive-keyring.gpg" --distribution <distro> - for Ubuntu: sudo yum install ubu-keyring sudo pbuilder create --mirror http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ --debootstrapopts "--keyring=/usr/share/keyrings/ubuntu-archive-keyring.gpg" --distribution <distro> - distro: a distro name, such as squeeze, wheezy, sid, lucid, quantal, etc 2. To build a package: - From within an extracted source tarball with a "debian" folder, in that folder just type pdebuild - Or by using a <package>.dsc file, type pbuilder build <package>.dsc 3. To update the chroot tarball, type sudo pbuilder update Performance enhancements: ------------------------- 1. To build on tmpfs - Add to /etc/fstab tmpfs /var/cache/pbuilder/build tmpfs mode=0755,auto 0 0 - Ensure the partition is mounted: sudo mount /var/cache/pbuilder/build - Set in /etc/pbuilderrc: APTCACHEHARDLINK=no 2. To use ccache - Install ccache - Uncomment the lines under #ccache in /etc/pbuilderrc