Recipes

Recipes are directions to Compile on how to configure, build, and install a particular software package.

Topics

• Online recipe browser
• Writing Recipes
• Recipe Format Specification
• Recipes for precompiled software (such as Skype or Adobe Flash Player)
• Sharing recipes

Commands

Acquiring

• FindPackage - Search for recipes and packages
• UpdateRecipes - Update local recipe cache from the recipe store.
• GetRecipe - Fetch a recipe and place it in the local recipe cache, /Data/Compile/Recipes/.

Creating

• NewVersion - Use an existing recipe as a template for a new software version
• MakeRecipe - Create a recipe template from a URL.

Modifying

• EditRecipe - Edit an existing recipe.
• RecipeLint - Make sure a recipe has no obvious errors.

Submitting

• PackRecipe - Generate a packed recipe tarball from local recipe cache, ready for submission.
• ContributeRecipe - Submit a recipe to the recipe store for review and inclusion.