Install hints allow many different type of installation tasks to be expressed in a simple way. While not an install hint, the EXTRA_TS_FILES variable is also used to simplify installation.
| hint=background | Specify images that should be scaled to the size of the screen |
| hint=content | Specify content files that should be installed into the image |
| hint=dawg | Register a dawg install |
| hint=desktop | This is used to specify .desktop files that should have their contents put into the PREFIX database |
| hint=extra_ts | Register extra .ts files |
| hint=headers | Register a header install |
| hint=help | Register a help install |
| hint=nct | Register non-code translatable files |
| hint=non_qt_headers | Register a non-Qt header install |
| hint=pics | Register an image install |
| hint=script | Install a script that needs to know where Qtopia is located |
| hint=sdk | Tie an install rule to instead of |
| hint=sxe | Register an app/script with sxe_installer |
| hint=themecfg | Specify a theme configuration file so that the theme's translatables strings are handled |