Linux build from source: "make clean"?

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Hi all,
is there a way to clean up all intermediate files after a successful Linux build to free some of the HD storage again, like “make clean”, or maybe a simple way to install the binaries in, say, /opt, like other packages?

Thx in advance.

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Yes, you run UnrealBuildTool with -clean option. It will only delete object files, but you can manually delete intermediate folder and if you use generated IDE project, you need to regenerate it again as UBT holds some project files in Intermediate

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Thanks a lot for the help and sorry for the late reply, I got sidetracked …

It seems UnrealBuildTool isn’t included in a default build under Linux? I could find directories related to it but no compiled binary. However I have to postpone that issue for another couple of days … other business inserted itself.

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make ARGS="-clean"

That’s the command you are looking for

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Unfortunately this will “clean” everything, even the libraries and programs. The OP only wants to clean intermediate and temporary files, not the built programs (in my understanding).

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you can use

make ARGS="-clean" StandardSet

StandardSet is the only target I ever need to build for UE5.5 on Linux ( I am not trying to debug the Editor just my game projects)

StandardSet is an alias for the following Targets:

CrashReportClient-Linux-Shipping CrashReportClientEditor-Linux-Shipping ShaderCompileWorker UnrealLightmass EpicWebHelper-Linux-Shipping UnrealFrontend UnrealEditor UnrealInsights

supposedly on the GitHub Repo for UnrealEngine blank target make and make all and make StandardSet are all the same targets but when I executemake it wasn’t targeting just the StandardSet

From within the 5.5 Makefile:

all: StandardSet

RequiredTools: CrashReportClient-Linux-Shipping CrashReportClientEditor-Linux-Shipping ShaderCompileWorker UnrealLightmass EpicWebHelper-Linux-Shipping

StandardSet: RequiredTools UnrealFrontend UnrealEditor UnrealInsights

If you need to develop or debug the editor use the target DebugSet:

DebugSet: RequiredTools UnrealFrontend-Linux-Debug UnrealEditor-Linux-Debug