automake-1.16: Basics of Installation
12.1 Basics of Installation
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A file named in a primary is installed by copying the built file into
the appropriate directory. The base name of the file is used when
installing.
bin_PROGRAMS = hello subdir/goodbye
In this example, both ‘hello’ and ‘goodbye’ will be installed in
‘$(bindir)’.
Sometimes it is useful to avoid the basename step at install time.
For instance, you might have a number of header files in subdirectories
of the source tree that are laid out precisely how you want to install
them. In this situation you can use the ‘nobase_’ prefix to suppress
the base name step. For example:
nobase_include_HEADERS = stdio.h sys/types.h
will install ‘stdio.h’ in ‘$(includedir)’ and ‘types.h’ in
‘$(includedir)/sys’.
For most file types, Automake will install multiple files at once,
while avoiding command line length issues (⇒Length Limitations).
Since some ‘install’ programs will not install the same file twice in
one invocation, you may need to ensure that file lists are unique within
one variable such as ‘nobase_include_HEADERS’ above.
You should not rely on the order in which files listed in one
variable are installed. Likewise, to cater for parallel make, you
should not rely on any particular file installation order even among
different file types (library dependencies are an exception here).
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