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NAME

       dh_install - install files into package build directories

SYNOPSIS

       dh_install [-Xitem] [--autodest] [--sourcedir=dir] [debhelperoptions] [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, examples, 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.

       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.

       From debhelper compatibility level 7 on, dh_install will fall back to looking in debian/tmp for files, if it doesn't find them in the
       current directory (or whereever you've told it to look using --sourcedir).

FILES

       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).

OPTIONS

       --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 directory 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 don't 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.

       -Xitem, --exclude=item
	   Exclude files that contain item anywhere in their filename from being installed.

       --sourcedir=dir
	   Look in the specified directory for files to be installed.

	   Note that this is not the same as the --sourcedirectory option used by the dh_auto_* commands. You rarely need to use this option,
	   since dh_install automatically looks for files in debian/tmp in debhelper

	   compatibility level 7 and above.

       --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 destination even if this flag is not set.

       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 package's 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 <joeyh@debian.org>

8.9.0ubuntu2.1							    2012-06-12							     DH_INSTALL(1)