5 dh_install - install files into package build directories
11 use Debian::Debhelper::Dh_Lib;
15 B<dh_install> [B<-X>I<item>] [B<--autodest>] [B<--sourcedir=>I<dir>] [S<I<debhelper options>>] [S<I<file [...] dest>>]
19 dh_install is a debhelper program that handles installing files into package
20 build directories. There are many dh_install* commands that handle installing
21 specific types of files such as documentation, examples, man pages, and so on,
22 and they should be used when possible as they often have extra intelligence for
23 those particular tasks. dh_install, then, is useful for installing everything
24 else, for which no particular intelligence is needed. It is a replacement for
25 the old dh_movefiles command.
27 Files named debian/package.install list the files to install into each
28 package and the directory they should be installed to. The format is a set
29 of lines, where each line lists a file or files to install, and at the end
30 of the line tells the directory it should be installed in. The name of the
31 files (or directories) to install should be given relative to the current
32 directory, while the installation directory is given relative to the
33 package build directory. You may use wildcards in the names of the files to
34 install (in v3 mode and above).
36 This program may be used in one of two ways. If you just have a file or two
37 that the upstream Makefile does not install for you, you can run dh_install
38 on them to move them into place. On the other hand, maybe you have a large
39 package that builds multiple binary packages. You can use the upstream
40 Makefile to install it all into debian/tmp, and then use dh_install to copy
41 directories and files from there into the proper package build directories.
43 From debhelper compatibility level 7 on, dh_install will fall back to
44 looking in debian/tmp for files, if it doesn't find them in the current
45 directory (or whereever you've told it to look using --sourcedir).
53 Guess as the destination directory to install things to. If this is
54 specified, you should not list destination directories in
55 debian/package.install files or on the command line. Instead, dh_install
56 will guess as follows:
58 Strip off debian/tmp (or the sourcedir if one is given) from the front of
59 the filename, if it is present, and install into the dirname of the
60 filename. So if the filename is debian/tmp/usr/bin, then that directory
61 will be copied to debian/package/usr/. If the filename is
62 debian/tmp/etc/passwd, it will be copied to debian/package/etc/.
64 Note that if you list exactly one filename or wildcard-pattern on a line by
66 debian/package.install file, with no explicit destination, then dh_install
67 will automatically guess the destination even if this flag is not set.
69 =item B<--fail-missing>
71 This option is like --list-missing, except if a file was missed, it will
72 not only list the missing files, but also fail with a nonzero exit code.
74 =item B<--list-missing>
76 This option makes dh_install keep track of the files it installs, and then at
77 the end, compare that list with the files in the source directory. If any of
78 the files (and symlinks) in the source directory were not installed to
79 somewhere, it will warn on stderr about that.
81 This may be useful if you have a large package and want to make sure that
82 you don't miss installing newly added files in new upstream releases.
84 Note that files that are excluded from being moved via the -X option are not
87 =item B<--sourcedir=dir>
89 Makes all source files be found under dir. If this is specified, it is
90 akin to all the source filenames having "dir/" prepended to them.
92 To make dh_install behave like the old dh_movefiles, move your
93 package.files file to package.install and call dh_install with
94 "--sourcedir=debian/tmp" appended to the command. This will
95 approximate dh_movefiles behaviour, except it will copy files instead
98 =item B<-Xitem>, B<--exclude=item>
100 Exclude files that contain "item" anywhere in their filename from
103 =item I<file [...] dest>
105 Lists files (or directories) to install and where to install them to.
106 The files will be installed into the first package dh_install acts on.
113 "autodest" => \$dh{AUTODEST},
114 "list-missing" => \$dh{LIST_MISSING},
115 "fail-missing" => \$dh{FAIL_MISSING},
121 $srcdir = $dh{SOURCEDIR}."/" if defined $dh{SOURCEDIR};
123 foreach my $package (@{$dh{DOPACKAGES}}) {
124 my $tmp=tmpdir($package);
125 my $file=pkgfile($package,"install");
129 @install=filedoublearray($file); # no globbing yet
132 if (($package eq $dh{FIRSTPACKAGE} || $dh{PARAMS_ALL}) && @ARGV) {
133 push @install, [@ARGV];
136 # Support for -X flag.
138 if ($dh{EXCLUDE_FIND}) {
139 $exclude = '! \( '.$dh{EXCLUDE_FIND}.' \)';
142 foreach my $set (@install) {
146 if (! defined $dh{AUTODEST} && @$set > 1) {
151 foreach my $glob (@$set) {
152 my @found = glob "$srcdir/$glob";
154 # Fall back to looking in debian/tmp.
155 if (! @found || ! -e $found[0]) {
156 @found = glob "debian/tmp/$glob";
159 push @filelist, @found;
162 if (! compat(4)) { # check added in v5
163 # glob now, relative to srcdir
165 error("$package missing files (@$set), aborting");
168 foreach my $src (@filelist) {
169 next if excludefile($src);
171 if (! defined $dest) {
172 # Guess at destination directory.
176 $strip = "debian/tmp";
178 $dest=~s/^(.*\/)?\Q$strip\E//;
179 $dest=dirname($dest);
183 # Make sure the destination directory exists.
184 if (! -e "$tmp/$dest") {
185 doit("install","-d","$tmp/$dest");
188 # Keep track of what's installed.
189 if ($dh{LIST_MISSING} || $dh{FAIL_MISSING}) {
190 # Kill any extra slashes. Makes the
191 # @installed stuff more robust.
195 push @installed, "\Q$src\E\/.*|\Q$src\E";
198 if (-d $src && $exclude) {
199 my $basename = basename($src);
200 my $dir = ($basename eq '.') ? $src : "$src/..";
203 complex_doit("cd '$dir' && find '$basename' $exclude \\( -type f -or -type l \\) -exec cp --parents -dp {} $pwd/$tmp/$dest/ \\;");
204 # cp is annoying so I need a separate pass
205 # just for empty directories
206 complex_doit("cd '$dir' && find '$basename' $exclude \\( -type d -and -empty \\) -exec cp --parents -a {} $pwd/$tmp/$dest/ \\;");
209 doit("cp", "-a", $src, "$tmp/$dest/");
219 if ($dh{LIST_MISSING} || $dh{FAIL_MISSING}) {
220 # . as srcdir makes no sense, so this is a special case.
221 if ($srcdir eq '.') {
222 $srcdir='debian/tmp';
226 my $installed=join("|", @installed);
227 $installed=qr{^($installed)$};
230 $_="$File::Find::dir/$_";
231 if (! /$installed/ && ! excludefile($_)) {
233 $file=~s/^\Q$srcdir\E\///;
234 push @missing, $file;
238 warning "$_ exists in $srcdir but is not installed to anywhere" foreach @missing;
239 if ($dh{FAIL_MISSING}) {
240 error("missing files, aborting");
247 Suppose your package's upstream Makefile installs a binary, a man page, and
248 a library into appropriate subdirectories of debian/tmp. You want to put
249 the library into package libfoo, and the rest into package foo. Your rules
250 file will run "dh_install --sourcedir=debian/tmp". Make debian/foo.install
256 While debian/libfoo.install contains:
260 If you want a libfoo-dev package too, debian/libfoo-dev.install might contain:
268 dh_install cannot rename files or directories, it can only install them
269 with the names they already have into wherever you want in the package
276 This program is a part of debhelper.
280 Joey Hess <joeyh@debian.org>