Hello
I am having trouble making a debian package that I building install a binary
file the directory of my choice.
I've been looking at
http://www.debian.org/doc/maint-guide/ch-modify.html#s-destdir to change the
install directory, but I can't seem to get it to work.
After running dpkg-buildpackage the Makefile of the program I trying to
build looks like this (irrelevant parts have been cut away) :
[...]
# Edited for Debian GNU/Linux.
DESTDIR =
[...]
prefix = /usr/local
exec_prefix = ${prefix}
#exec_prefix = $(DESTDIR)/usr/X11R6/bin
#bindir = ${exec_prefix}/bin
bindir = $(DESTDIR)/usr/X11R6/bin
sbindir = ${exec_prefix}/sbin
[...]
And debian/rules contains the following for the configure command:
[...]
configure-stamp:
dh_testdir
# Add here commands to configure the package.
# ./configure --prefix=/usr --mandir=\$${prefix}/share/man
--infodir=\$${p
refix}/share/info
./configure
touch configure-stamp
[...]
However, even with the above parameters, the binary is installed in /bin/,
which in this case is not desirable.
Any input would be greatly appreciated.
--
Søren O.
