NAME

       dh_installdocs - install documentation into package build directories

SYNOPSIS

       dh_installdocs [debhelper options] [-A] [-Xitem] [file ...]

DESCRIPTION

       dh_installdocs is a debhelper program that is responsible for installing documentation into
       usr/share/doc/package in package build directories.

FILES

       debian/package.docs
           List documentation files to be installed into package.

       debian/copyright
           The  copyright  file  is  installed  into  all  packages,  unless  a  more specific copyright file is
           available.

       debian/package.copyright
       debian/package.README.Debian
       debian/package.TODO
           Each of these files is automatically installed if present for a package.

       debian/README.Debian
       debian/TODO
           These files are installed into the first binary package listed in debian/control.

           Note that README.debian files are also installed as README.Debian, and TODO files will  be  installed
           as TODO.Debian in non-native packages.

       debian/package.doc-base
           Installed as doc-base control files. Note that the doc-id will be determined from the Document: entry
           in  the  doc-base  control  file  in  question. In the event that multiple doc-base files in a single
           source package share the same doc-id, they will be installed to usr/share/doc-base/package instead of
           usr/share/doc-base/doc-id.

       debian/package.doc-base.*
           If your package needs to register more than one document, you need multiple doc-base files,  and  can
           name  them  like  this.  In  the  event that multiple doc-base files of this style in a single source
           package share the same doc-id, they will be  installed  to  usr/share/doc-base/package-*  instead  of
           usr/share/doc-base/doc-id.

OPTIONS

       -A, --all
           Install all files specified by command line parameters in ALL packages acted on.

       -Xitem, --exclude=item
           Exclude  files  that  contain  item  anywhere  in their filename from being installed. Note that this
           includes doc-base files.

       --link-doc=package
           Make the documentation directory of all packages acted on be a symlink to the documentation directory
           of package. This has no effect when acting on package itself, or if the documentation directory to be
           created already exists when dh_installdocs is run. To comply with policy, package must  be  a  binary
           package that comes from the same source package.

           debhelper  will  try to avoid installing files into linked documentation directories that would cause
           conflicts with the linked package. The -A  option  will  have  no  effect  on  packages  with  linked
           documentation  directories,  and  copyright,  changelog,  README.Debian,  and  TODO files will not be
           installed.

           (An older method to accomplish the same thing, which is still supported, is to make the documentation
           directory of a package be a dangling symlink, before calling dh_installdocs.)

           CAVEAT: If a previous version of the package was built without this option and is now built  with  it
           (or vice-versa), it requires a "dir to symlink" (or "symlink to dir") migration.  Since debhelper has
           no knowledge of previous versions, you have to enable this migration itself.

           This  can  be  done  by  providing  a "debian/package.maintscript" file and using dh_installdeb(1) to
           provide the relevant maintainer script snippets.

       file ...
           Install these files as documentation into the first package acted on. (Or in all packages  if  -A  is
           specified).

EXAMPLES

       This is an example of a debian/package.docs file:

         README
         TODO
         debian/notes-for-maintainers.txt
         docs/manual.txt
         docs/manual.pdf
         docs/manual-html/

NOTES

       Note  that  dh_installdocs will happily copy entire directory hierarchies if you ask it to (similar to cp
       -a). If it is asked to install a directory, it will install the complete contents of the directory.

SEE ALSO

       debhelper(7)

       This program is a part of debhelper.

AUTHOR

       Joey Hess <joeyh@debian.org>

9.20160115ubuntu3                                  2016-03-31                                  DH_INSTALLDOCS(1)