NAME    [Toc]    [Back]

       dh_install - install files into package build directories

SYNOPSIS    [Toc]    [Back]

       dh_install [-Xitem] [debhelper options] [file [...] dest]

DESCRIPTION    [Toc]    [Back]

       dh_install is a debhelper program that handles installing files into
       package build directories. There are many dh_install* commands that
       handle installing specific types of files such as documentation, examples,
 man pages, and so on, and they should be used when possible as
       they often have extra intelligence for those particular tasks.
       dh_install, then, is useful for installing everything else, for which
       no particular intelligence is needed. It is a replacement for the old
       dh_movefiles command.

       Files named debian/package.install list the files to install into each
       package and where they should be installed to. The format is a set of
       lines, where each line lists a file or files to install, and at the end
       of the line tells the directory it should be installed in. The name of
       the files (or directories) to install should be given relative to the
       current directory, while the installation directory is given relative
       to the package build directory. You may use wildcards in the names of
       the files to install (in v3 mode and above).

       This program may be used in one of two ways. If you just have a file or
       two that the upstream Makefile does not install for you, you can run
       dh_install on them to move them into place. On the other hand, maybe
       you have a large package that builds multiple binary packages. You can
       use the upstream Makefile to install it all into debian/tmp, and then
       use dh_install to copy directories and files from there into the proper
       package build directories.

OPTIONS    [Toc]    [Back]

       -Xitem, --exclude=item
	   Exclude files that contain "item" anywhere in their filename from
	   being installed.

       --autodest
	   Guess as the destination directory to install things to. If this is
	   specified, you should not list destination directories in
	   debian/package.install files or on the command line. Instead,
	   dh_install will guess as follows:

	   Strip off debian/tmp from the front of the filename, of it is
	   present, and install into the dirname of the filename. So if the
	   filename is debian/tmp/usr/bin, then that directory will be copied
	   to debian/package/usr/. If the filename is debian/tmp/etc/passwd,
	   it will be copied to debian/package/etc/.

	   Note that if you list only a filename on a line by itself in a
	   debian/package.install file, with no explicit destination, then
	   dh_install will automatically guess the destination even if this
	   flag is not set.

       file [...] dest
	   Lists files (or directories) to install and where to install them
	   to.	The files will be installed into the first package dh_install
	   acts on.

SEE ALSO    [Toc]    [Back]

       debhelper(1)

       This program is a part of debhelper.

AUTHOR    [Toc]    [Back]

       Joey Hess <joeyh@debian.org>



3rd Berkeley Distribution	  2002-04-16			 DH_INSTALL(1)