dh_auto_install(1)

NAME

dh_auto_install - automatically runs make install or similar

SYNOPSIS

dh_auto_install [buildsystemoptions] [debhelperoptions] [--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. These can be used to
supplement or override the any standard parameters that
dh_auto_install passes.

SEE ALSO

debhelper(7)

This program is a part of debhelper.

AUTHOR

Joey Hess <joeyh@debian.org>
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