.TH ARKDEP-BUILD 8 "21 April 2024"
.SH NAME
arkdep-build - Build root filesystem Btrfs subvolume exports in Arkdep format
.SH SYNOPSIS
\fBarkdep-build\fR <variant>
.SH DESCRIPTION
Arkdep-build utilizes traditional distro-specific system installation tools to build and configure an new root filesystem installation to Btrfs subvolumes, afterwards these subvolumes are exported in a format \fIArkdep\fR will accept for deployement.

The tool has to be run from \fIarkdep-build.d\fR's parent directory, the completed images in both packaged and unpackages format will be outputted to the \fItarget\fR directory.
.SH ENVIRONMENT
.SS ARKDEP_NO_TAR
Do no create a compressed tarball, only create the images.
.SS ARKDEP_CUSTOM_NAME
Define a custom image name overwriting the default random 42 character hexadecimal string.
.SS ARKDEP_OUTPUT_TARGET
Overwrite the location to which images will be written.
.SS ARKDEP_CONFIGS
Define a directory in which arkdep-build will search for variant configuration files.
.SS ARKDEP_NO_CLEANUP
Do not remove the temporary rootfs upon error or completion.
.SH EXAMPLES
.SS arkdep-build arkanelinux
Build the arkanelinux variant in \fB./arkdep-build.d/arkanelinux\fR.