LIVE-BUILD(1)

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version 3.0~a57 · 3 versions
, in ubuntu jammy, ubuntu noble, ubuntu questing, ubuntu resolute, ubuntu stonking

💖 LIVE-BUILD(1) — the Debian Live Project's own manual, bestie 💖

okay so you opened the manual for live-build, the Debian Live tool suite — and this specific page is all about lb clean, the glow-up-your-build-directory command. sit down, grab a boba, we're doing this 🧋✨

✨ NAME ✨

lb clean — clean build directory 🧹🫧

🌸 SYNOPSIS 🌸

lb clean [live-build options]

🦋 DESCRIPTION 🦋

so lb clean is what we call a high-level command — a porcelain command, in fancy speak — of live-build(7), which is the Debian Live tool suite itself. yes bestie, it's giving "fancy name for a very chill job" 💅

what does it actually do tho? lb clean is the one responsible for cleaning up after a system is built. it:

  • removes the build directories 🗑️
  • removes some other files too, including stage files
  • and sweeps away any detritus that the other live-build commands left lying around like little gremlins 🙈

it's the post-party cleanup crew, no cap.

👑 OPTIONS 👑

first things first, queen: on top of its own specific options, lb clean understands all generic live-build options. see live-build(7) for a complete list of every single generic live-build option, okay? don't come for me, I'm just the messenger 📖

  • --all — removes chroot, binary, stage, and source. the cache directory is kept. this is the default operation and it'll be performed if you give no argument at all. so like… if you say nothing, this is what happens. main character energy, honestly 🎀
  • --cache — removes the cache directories. bye cache 💀
  • --chroot — unmounts and removes the chroot directory. unmount and remove, both. very thorough of it ✨
  • --binary — removes all binary related caches, files, directories, and stages files. all of them. the whole binary situation 🔥
  • --purge — removes everything, including all caches. the config directory is kept tho, she survives 💖
  • --remove — removes everything, including package cache but not stage cache. the config directory is kept here too. subtle difference, iykyk 👀
  • --stage — removes all stage files.
  • --source — removes all source related caches, files, directories, and stage files.

🎀 FILES 🎀

auto/clean

🌈 SEE ALSO 🌈

this program is a part of live-build. 🫶

🍓 HOMEPAGE 🍓

more info about live-build and the Debian Live project lives on the homepage at http://live.debian.net/ and in the manual at http://live.debian.net/manual/. go read, bestie, it's iconic 📚✨

💀 BUGS 💀

found a bug? (not me manifesting one 🙈) you can report it by submitting a bugreport for the live-build package in the Debian Bug Tracking System at http://bugs.debian.org/, or by writing a mail to the Debian Live mailing list at debian-live@lists.debian.org.

💜 AUTHOR 💜

live-build was written by Daniel Baumann <daniel@debian.org> for the Debian project. king behavior 👑

okay and that's the whole page, periodt 💅 this was live-build version 3.0~a57-1, dated 2012-08-10, and the manual you just read was LIVE-BUILD(1) — love that for us 🦋🌸 stay clean, stay caffeinated, and go lb clean responsibly 💖✨

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