Join Log in
Score:1
avatar Ubuntu

dpkg-buildpackage: install to /usr/games instead of /usr bin

cn flag
Enno

I'm building my first Debian package for a small game project, and it builds fine from the C sources, but the compiled executable gets installed in /usr/bin. How can I get it installed in /usr/games instead?

I've tried adding it to debian/install like so:

obj-x86_64-linux-gnu/mygame usr/games

but that only works when building a package for x86_64, because on other architectures, the build directory is obviously going have a different name.

58
0 + 0
Score:2
N0rbert avatar Ubuntu
zw flag
N0rbert

You can try to learn by small example like https://packages.ubuntu.com/source/hirsute/xball .

This xball package has the following in debian/rules:

override_dh_auto_configure:
    dh_auto_configure -- \
        --prefix=/usr \
        --bindir=/usr/games \
        --datadir=/usr/share/games/xball

in the above --bindir=/usr/games will do what you want.

You can do the same for your code.

Update based on comment from OP. For cmake based build:

I ended up looking at blockattack, which does this:

override_dh_auto_configure: 
  dh_auto_configure -- \
      -DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=Release \ -DINSTALL_BIN_DIR=/usr/games \
      -DINSTALL_DATA_DIR=share/games/blockattack
0 + 0
cn flag
Enno
This seemed good, but didn't work. Could it be because my project is built with cmake, not autotools?
0
Reply
N0rbert avatar
zw flag
N0rbert
I do not really know, all Ubuntu repository is available as examples for you. Try to find cmake-built package to use it as prototype.
0
Reply
cn flag
Enno
For cmake, I ended up looking at blockattack, which does this: override_dh_auto_configure: dh_auto_configure -- \ -DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=Release \ -DINSTALL_BIN_DIR=/usr/games \ -DINSTALL_DATA_DIR=share/games/blockattack Thanks for your help!
0
Reply
ธงชาติไทย
Elon Musk
I sit in a Tesla and translated this thread with Ai:

mangohost

Post an answer

Most people don’t grasp that asking a lot of questions unlocks learning and improves interpersonal bonding. In Alison’s studies, for example, though people could accurately recall how many questions had been asked in their conversations, they didn’t intuit the link between questions and liking. Across four studies, in which participants were engaged in conversations themselves or read transcripts of others’ conversations, people tended not to realize that question asking would influence—or had influenced—the level of amity between the conversationalists.