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PLAKAR-PKG-BUILD(1) General Commands Manual PLAKAR-PKG-BUILD(1)

plakar-pkg-buildBuild Plakar plugins from source

plakar pkg build recipe.yaml

The plakar pkg build fetches the sources and builds the plugin as specified in the given plakar-pkg-recipe.yaml(5). If it builds successfully, the resulting plugin will be created in the current working directory.

If set, this token will be used to authenticate git clone operations. This is useful for cloning private repositories.

~/.cache/plakar/plugins/
Plugin cache directory. Respects XDG_CACHE_HOME if set.
~/.local/share/plakar/plugins
Plugin directory. Respects XDG_DATA_HOME if set.

plakar-pkg-add(1), plakar-pkg-create(1), plakar-pkg-rm(1), plakar-pkg-show(1), plakar-pkg-recipe.yaml(5)

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