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>

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