DH_AUTO_INSTALL(1) Debhelper 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, 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>
13.2 2020-07-05 DH_AUTO_INSTALL(1)