Commands

Commands in theos are implemented as Makefile targets, and executed with

make <commands>

These can often be combined to accomplish multiple things in one go. Theos includes a variety of commands for everything from packaging to installation.

Packaging

make package - Build a package

make clean package - Clean the build directory and rebuild the project. If you’ve updated a header without touching any source files, you may need to use the clean command to see the update in your build.

make do will build and install a package, and is a shortcut for make package install

make package FINALPACKAGE=1 will optimise assets, convert plists to binary format, and generate a package with a “clean” version (ie, no build number). Recommended when building a package you’re about to release.

make package FINALPACKAGE=1 STRIP=0 will build a release package, but without stripping symbols.

Installation

make install will install a package to the device located at $THEOS_DEVICE_IP:$THEOS_DEVICE_PORT. If ran on an iOS Device without $THEOS_DEVICE_IP set, it will install the package locally instead.

make do will both build and install a package.

Miscellaneous

make all is the same as running pure make.

make messages=yes will enable verbosity for the build. Useful to provide when asking for assistance.

make update-theos will, predictably enough, update Theos to the latest commit. See Installation for more info.

make troubleshoot will present quick links to troubleshooting info, and upload the make output to GitHub Gist for sharing. See Help for more info.

make clean-packages will remove all packages from $THEOS_PACKAGE_DIR.

make show will open the directory packages have been placed in, via your system’s file manager.