dh_installexamples(1) - Linux manual page

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NAME         top

       dh_installexamples - install example files into package build
       directories

SYNOPSIS         top

       dh_installexamples [debhelper options] [-A] [-Xitem] [file ...]

DESCRIPTION         top

       dh_installexamples is a debhelper program that is responsible for
       installing examples into usr/share/doc/package/examples in package
       build directories.

FILES         top

       debian/package.examples
           Lists example files or directories to be installed.

OPTIONS         top

       -A, --all
           Install any files specified by command line parameters in ALL
           packages acted on.

       --sourcedir=dir
           Look in the specified directory for files to be installed.  This
           option requires compat 11 or later (it is silently ignored in
           compat 10 or earlier).

           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_installexamples automatically looks for files in
           debian/tmp in debhelper compatibility level 11 and above.

       --doc-main-package=main-package
           Set the main package for a documentation package.  This is used
           to install the documentation of the documentation package in
           /usr/share/doc/main-package as recommended by the Debian policy
           manual 3.9.7 in §12.3.

           In compat 11 (or later), this option is only useful if
           debhelper's auto-detection of the main package is wrong.  The
           option can also be used to silence a warning from debhelper when
           the auto-detection fails but the default happens to be correct.

           This option cannot be used when dh_installexamples is instructed
           to act on multiple packages.  If you need this option, you will
           generally need to combine it with -p to ensure exactly one
           package is acted on.

       -Xitem, --exclude=item
           Exclude files that contain item anywhere in their filename from
           being installed.

       file ...
           Install these files (or directories) as examples into the first
           package acted on. (Or into all packages if -A is specified.)

NOTES         top

       Note that dh_installexamples will happily copy entire directory
       hierarchies if you ask it to (similar to cp -a). If it is asked to
       install a directory, it will install the complete contents of the
       directory.

SEE ALSO         top

       debhelper(7)

       This program is a part of debhelper.

AUTHOR         top

       Joey Hess <joeyh@debian.org>

COLOPHON         top

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