# Creating mender artefact for designated devices

**URL:** <https://hub.mender.io/t/creating-mender-artefact-for-designated-devices/5829>\
**Category:** General Discussions\
**Tags:** buildroot, deployment, update, radxa\
**Created:** [May 9, 2023, 9:58am UTC](https://hub.mender.io/t/creating-mender-artefact-for-designated-devices/5829 "2023-05-09T09:58:29Z")\
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**Author:** ![mister\_kanister](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/8edcca/32.png) [@mister\_kanister](https://hub.mender.io/u/mister_kanister)\
**Post date:** [May 9, 2023, 9:58am UTC](https://hub.mender.io/t/creating-mender-artefact-for-designated-devices/5829/1 "2023-05-09T09:58:30Z")

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Hello Friends!

I have created a mender artefact with the `--depends <custom-key>:<value>`. Something like this.

```auto
export DEPENDS="--depends stage:DEV --depends radxa_version:1.51"

# Create artifact
mender-artifact write rootfs-image \
--file $ROOTFS \
--artifact-name $ARTIFACT_NAME \
--device-type $DEVICE_TYPE \
--output-path $OUTPUT_FILE \
--software-name $SW_NAME \
--software-version $SW_VERSION \
$DEPENDS

```

For now I assume that the `--depends` option is referring to the software attributes currently installed on my device. Currently I can’t install with this option set.

```auto
2023-05-09 09:36:31 +0000 UTC error: Artifact dependency "stage" not satisfied by currently installed artifact (DEV != <nil>).

```

Where are these key-values pairs defined on the device?

Thanks in advance!