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.
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).
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>