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DH_AUTO_INSTALL

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NAME

dh_auto_install - automatically runs make install or similar

SYNOPSIS

dh_auto_install [ build system options ] [ debhelper options ] [ -- params ]

DESCRIPTION

dh_auto_install is a debhelper program that tries to automatically install built files. It does so by running the appropriate command for the build system it detects the package uses. For example, if there’s a Makefile and it contains a install target, then this is done by running make (or MAKE , if the environment variable is set). If there is a setup.py or Build.PL , it is used. Note that the Ant build system does not support installation, so dh_auto_install will not install files built using Ant.

In compat 14 or later, dh_auto_install will use debian/tmp as the default --destdir and should be moved from there to the appropriate package build directory using dh_install (1) or similar tools. Though if the single-binary addon for dh (1) is activated, then it will pass an explicit --destdir=debian/ package / to dh_auto_install .

For earlier compat levels then unless --destdir option is specified, the files are installed into debian/ package / if there is only one binary package. In the multiple binary package case, the files are instead installed into debian/tmp/ , and should be moved from there to the appropriate package build directory using dh_install (1) or similar tools.

DESTDIR is used to tell make where to install the files. If the Makefile was generated by MakeMaker from a Makefile.PL , it will automatically set PREFIX=/usr too, since such Makefiles need that.

This is intended to work for about 90% of packages. If it doesn’t work, or tries to use the wrong install target, you’re encouraged to skip using dh_auto_install at all, and just run make install manually.

OPTIONS

See " BUILD SYSTEM OPTIONS " in debhelper (7) for a list of common build system selection and control options.
--destdir=
directory

Install files into the specified directory . If this option is not specified, destination directory is determined automatically as described in the " DESCRIPTION " section.

-- params

Pass params to the program that is run, after the parameters that dh_auto_install usually passes.

SEE ALSO

debhelper (7)

This program is a part of debhelper.

AUTHOR

Joey Hess <joeyh@debian.org>