NAME

       dh_install - install files into package build directories

SYNOPSIS

       dh_install [-Xitem] [--autodest] [--sourcedir=dir] [debhelper options] [file|dir ... destdir]

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 wherever 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).

           Note that if you list exactly one filename or wildcard-pattern on a line by itself, with no  explicit
           destination,  then  dh_install  will  automatically  guess the destination to use, the same as if the
           --autodest option were used.

       debian/not-installed
           List the files that are deliberately not installed in any package.  This is used with  --list-missing
           (or --fail-missing) as an exclude file.

           Please keep in mind that dh_install will not expand wildcards in this file.

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/.

       file|dir ... destdir
           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.

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.

       However,  renaming  can  be  achieved  by  using dh-exec with compatibility level 9 or later.  An example
       debian/package.install file using dh-exec could look like:

        #!/usr/bin/dh-exec
        debian/default.conf => /etc/my-package/start.conf

       Please remember the following three things:

       •   The package must be using compatibility level 9 or later (see debhelper(7))

       •   The package will need a build-dependency on dh-exec.

       •   The install file must be marked as executable.

SEE ALSO

       debhelper(7)

       This program is a part of debhelper.

AUTHOR

       Joey Hess <joeyh@debian.org>

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