DH_INSTALL(1)			   Debhelper			 DH_INSTALL(1)



NAME
       dh_install - install files into package build directories

SYNOPSIS
       dh_install [-Xitem] [--autodest] [--sourcedir=dir] [debhelper options]
       [file [...] dest]

DESCRIPTION
       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, exam
       ples, 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 the directory 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
       -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 (or the sourcedir if one is given) from the
	   front of the filename, if 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 exactly one filename or wildcard-pattern on a
	   line by itself in a debian/package.install file, with no explicit
	   destination, then dh_install will automatically guess the destina
	   tion even if this flag is not set.

       --list-missing
	   This option makes dh_install keep track of the files it installs,
	   and then at the end, compare that list with the files in the source
	   directory. If any of the files (and symlinks) in the source direc
	   tory were not installed to somewhere, it will warn on stderr about
	   that.

	   This may be useful if you have a large package and want to make
	   sure that you dont miss installing newly added files in new
	   upstream releases.

	   Note that files that are excluded from being moved via the -X
	   option are not warned about.

       --fail-missing
	   This option is like --list-missing, except if a file was missed, it
	   will not only list the missing files, but also fail with a nonzero
	   exit code.

       --sourcedir=dir
	   Makes all source files be found under dir. If this is specified, it
	   is akin to all the source filenames having "dir/" prepended to
	   them.

	   To make dh_install behave like the old dh_movefiles, move your
	   package.files file to package.install and call dh_install with
	   "--sourcedir=debian/tmp" appended to the command. This will approx
	   imate dh_movefiles behaviour, except it will copy files instead of
	   moving them.

       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.

EXAMPLE
       Suppose your packages upstream Makefile installs a binary, a man page,
       and a library into appropriate subdirectories of debian/tmp. You want
       to put the library into package libfoo, and the rest into package foo.
       Your rules file will run "dh_install --sourcedir=debian/tmp". Make
       debian/foo.install contain:

	 usr/bin
	 usr/share/man/man1

       While debian/libfoo.install contains:

	 usr/lib/libfoo*.so.*

       If you want a libfoo-dev package too, debian/libfoo-dev.install might
       contain:

	 usr/include
	 usr/lib/libfoo*.so
	 usr/share/man/man3

LIMITATIONS
       dh_install cannot rename files or directories, it can only install them
       with the names they already have into wherever you want in the package
       build tree.

SEE ALSO
       debhelper(7)

       This program is a part of debhelper.

AUTHOR
       Joey Hess 



5.0.42				  2006-01-03			 DH_INSTALL(1)