Re: Installing data in heirarchical fashion

[Benoit Sigoure]

On Nov 20, 2007, at 5:03 PM, David Bruce wrote:

> Hi,
>
> I'm trying to rewrite my Makefile.am's to make better use of  
> Automake's
> built-in variables.  I'm a little stuck on how to get my program's  
> (tuxmath)
> data files installed in a heirarchical tree.  My current scheme  
> puts the data
> under /usr/local/share/tuxmath, with deeper directories such
> as /usr/local/share/tuxmath/images, /usr/local/share/tuxmath/images/ 
> backgrounds,
> and so forth.
>
> If I just use:
>
> dist_pkgdata_DATA = bkgd1.jpg bkgd2.jpg bkgd3.jpg
>
> in my Makefile.am for the backgrounds subdirectory, the files just  
> wind up in
> $(pkgdata) itself, i.e. /usr/local/share/tuxmath.
>
> Is there a proper, automated, "Automake Way" to get the whole data  
> tree
> installed in the desired location?

Hi David,
create the directory hierarchy in your source tree and then list all  
the files in nobase_dist_pkgdata_DATA, e.g.:
  nobase_dist_pkgdata_DATA = images/vortex.pgm sounds/whirl.ogg
See: http://www.gnu.org/software/automake/manual/html_node/ 
Alternative.html

Cheers,

--
Benoit Sigoure aka Tsuna
EPITA Research and Development Laboratory

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