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 Build Ceph Packages
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To build packages, you must clone the `Ceph`_ repository. You can create 
installation packages from the latest code using ``dpkg-buildpackage`` for 
Debian/Ubuntu or ``rpmbuild`` for the RPM Package Manager.

.. tip:: When building on a multi-core CPU, use the ``-j`` and the number of 
   cores * 2. For example, use ``-j4`` for a dual-core processor to accelerate 
   the build.

Advanced Package Tool (APT)
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To create ``.deb`` packages for Debian/Ubuntu, ensure that you have cloned the 
`Ceph`_ repository, installed the `build prerequisites`_ and installed 
``debhelper``::

	sudo apt-get install debhelper

Once you have installed debhelper, you can build the packages:

	sudo dpkg-buildpackage

For multi-processor CPUs use the ``-j`` option to accelerate the build.

RPM Package Manager
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To create ``.rpm`` packages, ensure that you have cloned the `Ceph`_ repository,
installed the `build prerequisites`_ and installed ``rpm-build`` and 
``rpmdevtools``::

	yum install rpm-build rpmdevtools

Once you have installed the tools, setup an RPM compilation environment::

	rpmdev-setuptree

Fetch the source tarball for the RPM compilation environment::

	wget -P ~/rpmbuild/SOURCES/ http://ceph.newdream.net/download/ceph-<version>.tar.gz

Build the RPM packages::

	rpmbuild -tb ~/rpmbuild/SOURCES/ceph-<version>.tar.gz

For multi-processor CPUs use the ``-j`` option to accelerate the build.

.. _build prerequisites: ../build-prerequisites
.. _Ceph: ../cloning-the-ceph-source-code-repository
