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<?xml version="1.0"?>
<guide self="ebuild-writing/functions/src_install/">
<chapter>
<title>src_install</title>

<body>
<table>
  <tr>
    <th>Function</th>
    <ti><c>src_install</c></ti>
  </tr>
  <tr>
    <th>Purpose</th>
    <ti>Install a package to <c>${D}</c></ti>
  </tr>
  <tr>
    <th>Sandbox</th>
    <ti>Enabled</ti>
  </tr>
  <tr>
    <th>Privilege</th>
    <ti>root</ti>
  </tr>
  <tr>
    <th>Called for</th>
    <ti>ebuild</ti>
  </tr>
</table>
</body>

<section>
<title>Default <c>src_install</c></title>
<body>
<p>
For EAPIs 0,1,2, and 3, the default <c>src_install</c> function is the
following:
</p>
<codesample lang="ebuild">
src_install()
{
    return
}
</codesample>
<p>
For EAPIs 4 and later, the default <c>src_install</c> function is the following:
</p>
<codesample lang="ebuild">
src_install() {
	if [[ -f Makefile ]] || [[ -f GNUmakefile]] || [[ -f makefile ]] ; then
		emake DESTDIR="${D}" install
	fi

	if ! declare -p DOCS >/dev/null 2>&amp;1 ; then
		local d
		for d in README* ChangeLog AUTHORS NEWS TODO CHANGES THANKS BUGS \
				FAQ CREDITS CHANGELOG ; do
			[[ -s "${d}" ]] &amp;&amp; dodoc "${d}"
		done
	elif declare -p DOCS | grep -q "^declare -a " ; then
		dodoc "${DOCS[@]}"
	else
		dodoc ${DOCS}
	fi
}
</codesample>
<p>
For EAPIs 6 and later, the default <c>src_install</c> function is the following:
</p>
<codesample lang="ebuild">
src_install() {
    if [[ -f Makefile ]] || [[ -f GNUmakefile ]] || [[ -f makefile ]] ; then
        emake DESTDIR="${D}" install
    fi
    einstalldocs
}
</codesample>
<important>The following examples assume EAPI 4 or later</important>
</body>
</section>

<section>
<title>Sample <c>src_install</c></title>
<body>

<codesample lang="ebuild">
src_install() {
    emake DESTDIR="${D}" install
    dodoc README CHANGES
}
</codesample>

</body>
</section>

<section>
<title>Easy Installs</title>
<body>
<p>
Often, especially with autotools-powered packages, there is a <c>Makefile</c>
<c>install</c> target which will honour the <c>DESTDIR</c> variable to tell it to
install to a non-root location. If possible, this should be used:
</p>

<codesample lang="ebuild">
    emake DESTDIR="${D}" install
</codesample>

<note>
<c>emake</c> should be used to parallelise here. Some installs are
not designed to be parallelised, use <c>emake -j1</c> or <c>make</c>
if you hit an error.
</note>

<p>
  Sometimes this will end up installing a few things into strange
  places. If and only if this is the case, the <c>einstall</c>
  function can be used. It is usually necessary to include additional
  <c>dodoc</c> statements for the <c>README</c>, <c>ChangeLog</c>, etc
  in these cases:
</p>

<codesample lang="ebuild">
    einstall
    dodoc README CHANGES
</codesample>

<note>
There is no need to <c>dodoc</c> <c>COPYING</c>! The license belongs
to <c>${PORTDIR}/licenses</c>. Sometimes though, you might want to
install <c>COPYING</c> regardless, if it explains how different
licenses are applied to different parts of the application, for
example.
</note>
</body>
</section>

<section>
<title>Trivial Installs</title>
<body>

<p>
For some packages with no <c>Makefile</c> that only install a small
number of files, writing a manual install using <c>cp</c> is the
easiest option. For example, to do a simple install of some (no
compilation required) themes:
</p>

<codesample lang="ebuild">
    dodir /usr/share/foo-styles/
    cp -R "${S}/" "${D}/" || die "Install failed!"
</codesample>

<p>
Or sometimes a combination of <c>insinto</c> and <c>doins</c> (plus related
functions -- see <uri link="::function-reference/install-functions"/>) <d/> the following is based
upon the <c>sys-fs/udev</c> install:
</p>

<codesample lang="ebuild">
src_install() {
    dobin udevinfo
    dobin udevtest
    into /
    dosbin udev
    dosbin udevd
    dosbin udevsend
    dosbin udevstart
    dosbin extras/scsi_id/scsi_id
    dosbin extras/volume_id/udev_volume_id

    exeinto /etc/udev/scripts
    doexe extras/ide-devfs.sh
    doexe extras/scsi-devfs.sh
    doexe extras/cdsymlinks.sh
    doexe extras/dvb.sh

    insinto /etc/udev
    newins "${FILESDIR}/udev.conf.post_050" udev.conf
    doins extras/cdsymlinks.conf

    # For devfs style layout
    insinto /etc/udev/rules.d/
    newins etc/udev/gentoo/udev.rules 50-udev.rules

    # scsi_id configuration
    insinto /etc
    doins extras/scsi_id/scsi_id.config

    # set up symlinks in /etc/hotplug.d/default
    dodir /etc/hotplug.d/default
    dosym ../../../sbin/udevsend /etc/hotplug.d/default/10-udev.hotplug

    # set up the /etc/dev.d directory tree
    dodir /etc/dev.d/default
    dodir /etc/dev.d/net
    exeinto /etc/dev.d/net
    doexe etc/dev.d/net/hotplug.dev

    doman *.8
    doman extras/scsi_id/scsi_id.8

    dodoc ChangeLog FAQ HOWTO-udev_for_dev README TODO
    dodoc docs/{overview,udev-OLS2003.pdf,udev_vs_devfs,RFC-dev.d,libsysfs.txt}
    dodoc docs/persistent_naming/* docs/writing_udev_rules/*

    newdoc extras/volume_id/README README_volume_id
}
</codesample>

<p>
This is, of course, considerably harder to handle than a
simple <c>Makefile</c> driven install.
</p>
</body>
</section>

<section>
<title>Other Installs</title>
<body>
<p>
Sometimes, there will be a <c>Makefile</c> that does not
honour <c>DESTDIR</c> and a non-trivial number of files to install. In
these situations, it is best to patch the <c>Makefile</c> and contact
upstream explaining the situation to them.
</p>
</body>
</section>

</chapter>
</guide>