# man > DPKG-GENBUILDDEPS(1)

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## NAME
       dpkg-genbuilddeps - generate a list of packages used to build this package

## SYNOPSIS
       **dpkg-genbuilddeps **[_arg_ ...]

## DESCRIPTION
       This program is a wrapper around [**dpkg-depcheck**(1)](https://www.chedong.com/phpMan.php/man/dpkg-depcheck/1/markdown).  It should be run from the top of a Debian
       build  tree.  It calls **dpkg-buildpackage **with any arguments given on the command line, and by
       tracing the execution of this, it determines which non-essential packages  were  used  during
       the  package  building.   This  can  be  useful in determining what the _Build-Depends_ control
       fields should contain.  It does not determine which packages were used for the arch  indepen‐
       dent parts of the build and which for the arch dependent parts, not does it attempt to deter‐
       mine which versions of packages are required.  It should be able to run under **fakeroot **rather
       than being run as root, as **fakeroot dpkg-genbuilddeps**, or **dpkg-genbuilddeps -rfakeroot**.

       This  program requires the build-essential package to be installed.  If it is not, please use
       **dpkg-depcheck **directly, with a command such as
         dpkg-depcheck --all dpkg-buildpackage -us -uc -b -rfakeroot ...
       All this program itself does is essentially to run the command:
         dpkg-depcheck -b dpkg-buildpackage -us -uc -b -rfakeroot [arg ...]

## SEE ALSO
       [**dpkg-depcheck**(1)](https://www.chedong.com/phpMan.php/man/dpkg-depcheck/1/markdown), [**fakeroot**(1)](https://www.chedong.com/phpMan.php/man/fakeroot/1/markdown)

       **The Debian Policy Manual, **sections on Build-Depends etc.

## AUTHOR
       The original **dpkg-genbuilddeps **was written by Ben Collins <<bcollins@debian.org>>.  The current
       version is a simple wrapper around **dpkg-depcheck  **written  by  Bill  Allombert  <ballombe@de‐
       bian.org>.  This manual page was written by Julian Gilbey <<jdg@debian.org>>.

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