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+[[pkg-build-steps]]
+
+==== Package-specific _make_ targets
+
+Running +make <package>+ builds and installs that particular package
+and its dependencies.
+
+For packages relying on the Buildroot infrastructure, there are
+numerous special make targets that can be called independently like
+this:
+
+------------
+make <package>-<target>
+------------
+
+The package build targets are (in the order they are executed):
+
+[width="90%",cols="^1,4",options="header"]
+|===================================================
+| command/target | Description
+
+| +source+ | Fetch the source (download the tarball, clone
+the source repository, etc)
+
+| +depends+ | Build and install all dependencies required to
+build the package
+
+| +extract+ | Put the source in the package build directory
+(extract the tarball, copy the source, etc)
+
+| +patch+ | Apply the patches, if any
+
+| +configure+ | Run the configure commands, if any
+
+| +build+ | Run the compilation commands
+
+| +install-staging+ |
+*target package:* Run the installation of the package in the
+staging directory, if necessary
+
+| +install-target+ |
+*target package:* Run the installation of the package in the
+target directory, if necessary
+
+| +install+ |
+*target package:* Run the 2 previous installation commands
+
+*host package:* Run the installation of the package in the host
+directory
+
+|===================================================
+
+Additionally, there are some other useful make targets:
+
+[width="90%",cols="^1,4",options="header"]
+|===================================================
+| command/target | Description
+
+| +show-depends+ | Displays the dependencies required to build the
+package
+
+| +graph-depends+ | Generate a dependency graph of the package, in the
+context of the current Buildroot configuration. See
+xref:graph-depends[this section] for more details about dependency
+graphs.
+
+| +dirclean+ | Remove the whole package build directory
+
+| +reinstall+ | Re-run the install commands
+
+| +rebuild+ | Re-run the compilation commands - this only makes
+sense when using the +OVERRIDE_SRCDIR+ feature or when you modified a file
+directly in the build directory
+
+| +reconfigure+ | Re-run the configure commands, then rebuild - this only
+makes sense when using the +OVERRIDE_SRCDIR+ feature or when you modified a
+file directly in the build directory
+
+|===================================================