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Asked: 2026-06-08T22:45:40+00:00

Is there anyway I can modify the path for pkginclude_ without actually changing the

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Is there anyway I can modify the path for pkginclude_ without actually changing the structure of my project? Heres the directory stucture I have.

My_Project >
       include >
             banana.h
             apple.h
             pear.h
Makefile.am
configure

In the Makefile.am I have..

pkginclude_HEADERS=include/*.h

Running make install places the files in..

/usr/include/My_Project/

What I would like to happen is have includes installed in..

/usr/include/My_Project/fruits/

I would like to do this without passing any flags into configure or make and without changing the directory structure on my machine. Is there a way to specifiy this as the default behaviour?

Digging around the ineterweb. Couldn’t find the answer, although I may have missed it. I rather dislike autotools docs.

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  1. Editorial Team

    how about: 

    fruitsdir=$(pkgincludedir)/fruits
fruits_HEADERS=include/*.h

    the more orthodox way would be to restructure your project to have the fruits/ directory:

    My_Project > 
   includes > 
      fruits > 
         apple.h
         banana.h
         pear.h

    and then add to My_Project/includes/Makefile.am

    nobase_pkginclude_HEADERS = fruits/apple.h fruits/banana.h fruits/pear.h
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