Advanced features

Settings

BuildBox settings defaults can be changed in .bbx/custom_config file at the project root.

Accepted options are:

• BB_BUILD_JOBS: set to 9 by default, it is the number of jobs to spawn when building packages
• BB_TRASH_KEEP_DAYS: set to 15 by default, it is the minimum time to keep files in the trash before automatically removing them
• BB_DEBUG: disabled by default, set to 1 to enable debug (very verbose in standard output)

There are also prebuilt target options which are detailed in prebuilt target section.

Administration mode

Although it is possible to use sudo inside BuildBox, you also have an administration shell available. It is helpful to configure the system inside the container or to add system packages.

To open an administration shell, run from the container:

sudo -i

DANGER

If adding package or changing configuration as administrator, you should discuss with your BuildBox maintainer to make these changes available in the future container image release ! Else, you will have an environment not synchronized with other developers working on the same projects as you.