5 dh_install - install files into package build directories
11 use Debian::Debhelper::Dh_Lib;
16 B<dh_install> [B<-X>I<item>] [B<--autodest>] [B<--sourcedir=>I<dir>] [S<I<debhelper options>>] [S<I<file [...] dest>>]
20 dh_install is a debhelper program that handles installing files into package
21 build directories. There are many dh_install* commands that handle installing
22 specific types of files such as documentation, examples, man pages, and so on,
23 and they should be used when possible as they often have extra intelligence for
24 those particular tasks. dh_install, then, is useful for installing everything
25 else, for which no particular intelligence is needed. It is a replacement for
26 the old dh_movefiles command.
28 Files named debian/package.install list the files to install into each
29 package and the directory they should be installed to. The format is a set
30 of lines, where each line lists a file or files to install, and at the end
31 of the line tells the directory it should be installed in. The name of the
32 files (or directories) to install should be given relative to the current
33 directory, while the installation directory is given relative to the
34 package build directory. You may use wildcards in the names of the files to
35 install (in v3 mode and above).
37 This program may be used in one of two ways. If you just have a file or two
38 that the upstream Makefile does not install for you, you can run dh_install
39 on them to move them into place. On the other hand, maybe you have a large
40 package that builds multiple binary packages. You can use the upstream
41 Makefile to install it all into debian/tmp, and then use dh_install to copy
42 directories and files from there into the proper package build directories.
48 =item B<-Xitem>, B<--exclude=item>
50 Exclude files that contain "item" anywhere in their filename from
55 Guess as the destination directory to install things to. If this is
56 specified, you should not list destination directories in
57 debian/package.install files or on the command line. Instead, dh_install
58 will guess as follows:
60 Strip off debian/tmp (or the sourcedir if one is given) from the front of
61 the filename, if it is present, and install into the dirname of the
62 filename. So if the filename is debian/tmp/usr/bin, then that directory
63 will be copied to debian/package/usr/. If the filename is
64 debian/tmp/etc/passwd, it will be copied to debian/package/etc/.
66 Note that if you list exactly one filename or wildcard-pattern on a line by
68 debian/package.install file, with no explicit destination, then dh_install
69 will automatically guess the destination even if this flag is not set.
71 =item B<--list-missing>
73 This option makes dh_install keep track of the files it installs, and then at
74 the end, compare that list with the files in the source directory. If any of
75 the files (and symlinks) in the source directory were not installed to
76 somewhere, it will warn on stderr about that.
78 This may be useful if you have a large package and want to make sure that
79 you don't miss installing newly added files in new upstream releases.
81 Note that files that are excluded from being moved via the -X option are not
84 =item B<--fail-missing>
86 This option is like --list-missing, except if a file was missed, it will
87 not only list the missing files, but also fail with a nonzero exit code.
89 =item B<--sourcedir=dir>
91 Makes all source files be found under dir. If this is specified, it is
92 akin to all the source filenames having "dir/" prepended to them.
94 To make dh_install behave like the old dh_movefiles, move your
95 package.files file to package.install and call dh_install with
96 "--sourcedir=debian/tmp" appended to the command. This will
97 approximate dh_movefiles behaviour, except it will copy files instead
100 =item I<file [...] dest>
102 Lists files (or directories) to install and where to install them to.
103 The files will be installed into the first package dh_install acts on.
114 $srcdir = $dh{SOURCEDIR}."/" if defined $dh{SOURCEDIR};
116 foreach my $package (@{$dh{DOPACKAGES}}) {
117 my $tmp=tmpdir($package);
118 my $file=pkgfile($package,"install");
122 @install=filedoublearray($file); # no globbing yet
125 if (($package eq $dh{FIRSTPACKAGE} || $dh{PARAMS_ALL}) && @ARGV) {
126 push @install, [@ARGV];
129 # Support for -X flag.
131 if ($dh{EXCLUDE_FIND}) {
132 $exclude = '! \( '.$dh{EXCLUDE_FIND}.' \)';
135 foreach my $set (@install) {
139 if (! defined $dh{AUTODEST} && @$set > 1) {
142 if (! compat(4)) { # check added in v5
143 # glob now, relative to srcdir
144 if (! map { glob "$srcdir/$_" } @$set) {
145 error("$package missing files (@$set), aborting");
148 foreach my $src (map { glob "$srcdir/$_" } @$set) {
149 next if excludefile($src);
151 if (! defined $dest) {
152 # Guess at destination directory.
156 $strip = "debian/tmp";
158 $dest=~s/^(.*\/)?\Q$strip\E//;
159 $dest=dirname($dest);
163 # Make sure the destination directory exists.
164 if (! -e "$tmp/$dest") {
165 doit("install","-d","$tmp/$dest");
168 # Keep track of what's installed.
169 if ($dh{LIST_MISSING} || $dh{FAIL_MISSING}) {
170 # Kill any extra slashes. Makes the
171 # @installed stuff more robust.
175 push @installed, "\Q$src\E\/.*|\Q$src\E";
178 if (-d $src && $exclude) {
179 my ($dir_basename) = basename(abs_path($src));
180 # Pity there's no cp --exclude ..
183 complex_doit("cd $src/.. && find $dir_basename $exclude \\( -type f -or -type l \\) -exec cp --parents -dp {} $pwd/$tmp/$dest/ \\;");
184 # cp is annoying so I need a separate pass
185 # just for empty directories
186 complex_doit("cd $src/.. && find $dir_basename $exclude \\( -type d -and -empty \\) -exec cp --parents -a {} $pwd/$tmp/$dest/ \\;");
189 doit("cp", "-a", $src, "$tmp/$dest/");
199 if ($dh{LIST_MISSING} || $dh{FAIL_MISSING}) {
200 # . as srcdir makes no sense, so this is a special case.
201 if ($srcdir eq '.') {
202 $srcdir='debian/tmp';
206 my $installed=join("|", @installed);
207 $installed=qr{^($installed)$};
210 $_="$File::Find::dir/$_";
211 if (! /$installed/ && ! excludefile($_)) {
213 $file=~s/^\Q$srcdir\E\///;
214 push @missing, $file;
218 warning "$_ exists in $srcdir but is not installed to anywhere" foreach @missing;
219 if ($dh{FAIL_MISSING}) {
220 error("missing files, aborting");
227 Suppose your package's upstream Makefile installs a binary, a man page, and
228 a library into appropriate subdirectories of debian/tmp. You want to put
229 the library into package libfoo, and the rest into package foo. Your rules
230 file will run "dh_install --sourcedir=debian/tmp". Make debian/foo.install
236 While debian/libfoo.install contains:
240 If you want a libfoo-dev package too, debian/libfoo-dev.install might contain:
248 dh_install cannot rename files or directories, it can only install them
249 with the names they already have into wherever you want in the package
256 This program is a part of debhelper.
260 Joey Hess <joeyh@debian.org>