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User guide
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Welcome to the conda-build user guide. Here you can find
tutorials and recipes as well as information about environment
variables and wheel files.

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   getting-started
   tutorials/index
   recipes/index
   environment-variables
   wheel-files


Tutorials
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The :doc:`tutorials <../user-guide/tutorials/index>` will guide you through
how to build conda packages — whether you're creating a
package with compilers, using conda skeleton, creating from
scratch, or building R packages using skeleton CRAN.

Recipes
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Conda-build uses :doc:`recipes <../user-guide/recipes/index>` to create conda packages.
We have guides on debugging conda recipes, sample recipes for you to use, and
information on how to build a package without a recipe.

Environment variables
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Use our :doc:`environment variables <environment-variables>` guide
to understand which environment variables are available, set,
and inherited, and how they affect different processes.

Wheel files
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The user guide includes information about
:doc:`wheel files <wheel-files>` and how to build conda
packages from them.