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B<dh_install> [B<-X>I<item>] [B<--autodest>] [B<--sourcedir=>I<dir>] [S<I<debhelper options>>] [S<I<file [...] dest>>]
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B<dh_install> [B<-X>I<item>] [B<--autodest>] [B<--sourcedir=>I<dir>] [S<I<debhelper options>>] [S<I<file> ... I<dest>>]
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dh_install is a debhelper program that handles installing files into package
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build directories. There are many dh_install* commands that handle installing
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B<dh_install> is a debhelper program that handles installing files into package
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build directories. There are many B<dh_install>I<*> commands that handle installing
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specific types of files such as documentation, examples, man pages, and so on,
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and they should be used when possible as they often have extra intelligence for
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those particular tasks. dh_install, then, is useful for installing everything
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those particular tasks. B<dh_install>, then, is useful for installing everything
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else, for which no particular intelligence is needed. It is a replacement for
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the old dh_movefiles command.
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the old B<dh_movefiles> command.
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This program may be used in one of two ways. If you just have a file or two
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that the upstream Makefile does not install for you, you can run dh_install
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that the upstream Makefile does not install for you, you can run B<dh_install>
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on them to move them into place. On the other hand, maybe you have a large
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package that builds multiple binary packages. You can use the upstream
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Makefile to install it all into debian/tmp, and then use dh_install to copy
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F<Makefile> to install it all into F<debian/tmp>, and then use B<dh_install> to copy
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directories and files from there into the proper package build directories.
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From debhelper compatibility level 7 on, dh_install will fall back to
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looking in debian/tmp for files, if it doesn't find them in the current
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directory (or whereever you've told it to look using --sourcedir).
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From debhelper compatibility level 7 on, B<dh_install> will fall back to
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looking in F<debian/tmp> for files, if it doesn't find them in the current
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directory (or whereever you've told it to look using B<--sourcedir>).
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This may be useful if you have a large package and want to make sure that
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you don't miss installing newly added files in new upstream releases.
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Note that files that are excluded from being moved via the -X option are not
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Note that files that are excluded from being moved via the B<-X> option are not
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=item B<--fail-missing>
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This option is like --list-missing, except if a file was missed, it will
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This option is like B<--list-missing>, except if a file was missed, it will
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not only list the missing files, but also fail with a nonzero exit code.
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=item B<-Xitem>, B<--exclude=item>
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=item B<-X>I<item>, B<--exclude=>I<item>
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Exclude files that contain "item" anywhere in their filename from
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Exclude files that contain I<item> anywhere in their filename from
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=item B<--sourcedir=dir>
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=item B<--sourcedir=>I<dir>
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Look in the specified directory for files to be installed.
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Note that this is not the same as the --sourcedirectory option used
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by the dh_auto_* commands. You rarely need to use this option, since
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dh_install automatically looks for files in debian/tmp in debhelper
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Note that this is not the same as the B<--sourcedirectory> option used
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by the B<dh_auto_>I<*> commands. You rarely need to use this option, since
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B<dh_install> automatically looks for files in F<debian/tmp> in debhelper
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compatibility level 7 and above.
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=item B<--autodest>
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Guess as the destination directory to install things to. If this is
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specified, you should not list destination directories in
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debian/package.install files or on the command line. Instead, dh_install
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F<debian/package.install> files or on the command line. Instead, B<dh_install>
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will guess as follows:
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Strip off debian/tmp (or the sourcedir if one is given) from the front of
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Strip off F<debian/tmp> (or the sourcedir if one is given) from the front of
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the filename, if it is present, and install into the dirname of the
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filename. So if the filename is debian/tmp/usr/bin, then that directory
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will be copied to debian/package/usr/. If the filename is
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debian/tmp/etc/passwd, it will be copied to debian/package/etc/.
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filename. So if the filename is F<debian/tmp/usr/bin>, then that directory
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will be copied to F<debian/package/usr/>. If the filename is
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F<debian/tmp/etc/passwd>, it will be copied to F<debian/package/etc/>.
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debian/package.install file, with no explicit destination, then dh_install
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F<debian/package.install> file, with no explicit destination, then B<dh_install>
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will automatically guess the destination even if this flag is not set.
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=item I<file [...] dest>
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=item I<file> ... I<dest>
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Lists files (or directories) to install and where to install them to.
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The files will be installed into the first package dh_install acts on.
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The files will be installed into the first package F<dh_install> acts on.
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Suppose your package's upstream Makefile installs a binary, a man page, and
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a library into appropriate subdirectories of debian/tmp. You want to put
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a library into appropriate subdirectories of F<debian/tmp>. You want to put
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the library into package libfoo, and the rest into package foo. Your rules
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file will run "dh_install --sourcedir=debian/tmp". Make debian/foo.install
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usr/share/man/man1
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While F<debian/libfoo.install> contains:
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