dh_auto_install - automatically runs make install or similar
dh_auto_install [
build system options]
[
debhelper options] [
-- params]
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 15 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.
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.
debhelper(7)
This program is a part of debhelper.
Joey Hess <
[email protected]>