diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index f9a44a6b84c..03e6753cfb2 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -400,8 +400,8 @@ if(MSVC)
     set(${flag} "${${flag}} /wd4996") # The POSIX name for this item is deprecated.
   endforeach()
 
-# this flag causes MSVC to correctly report __cplusplus, which prevents a compiler error 
-# caused by some versions of libsndfile's C++ header redefining nullptr as NULL. 
+# this flag causes MSVC to correctly report __cplusplus, which prevents a compiler error
+# caused by some versions of libsndfile's C++ header redefining nullptr as NULL.
 # See https://devblogs.microsoft.com/cppblog/msvc-now-correctly-reports-__cplusplus/
   add_compile_options("/Zc:__cplusplus")
 
@@ -578,20 +578,43 @@ endif()
 install(FILES ${AdditionalInstallFiles} DESTINATION ${auxresourcesdir})
 
 if(INSTALL_HELP)
-	if(SC_SYMLINK_CLASSLIB AND APPLE)
-		message(STATUS "Will create symlink of HelpSource to ${CMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX}/${auxresourcesdir}/HelpSource")
-		if(EXISTS "${CMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX}/${auxresourcesdir}/HelpSource")
-			message(FATAL_ERROR "Symlinking will fail ! HelpSource folder already exists, please delete it first." )
-		endif()
-		install( CODE
-					"EXECUTE_PROCESS(COMMAND ln -shF ${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/HelpSource ${CMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX}/${auxresourcesdir}/HelpSource )" )
-	elseif(NOT APPLE)
-		install(DIRECTORY HelpSource
-			DESTINATION ${auxresourcesdir}
-			PATTERN "*~" EXCLUDE
-			PATTERN "*#" EXCLUDE
-		)
-	endif()
+    if(SC_SYMLINK_CLASSLIB AND APPLE)
+        message(STATUS "Will create symlink of HelpSource to ${CMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX}/${auxresourcesdir}/HelpSource")
+        if(EXISTS "${CMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX}/${auxresourcesdir}/HelpSource")
+            message(FATAL_ERROR "Symlinking will fail! HelpSource folder already exists, please delete it first.")
+        endif()
+        install(CODE
+            "EXECUTE_PROCESS(COMMAND ln -shF ${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/HelpSource ${CMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX}/${auxresourcesdir}/HelpSource)")
+    elseif(NOT APPLE)
+        if(CMAKE_SYSTEM_NAME MATCHES "Linux")
+            # Check if the system is based on Debian
+            execute_process(
+                COMMAND cat /proc/version
+                OUTPUT_VARIABLE SYSTEM_VERSION_INFO
+            )
+            # If the system is Debian, exclude the HelpSource/lib/MathLab folder
+            if("${SYSTEM_VERSION_INFO}" MATCHES "debian")
+                install(DIRECTORY HelpSource
+                    DESTINATION ${auxresourcesdir}
+                    PATTERN "HelpSource/lib/node_modules/*" EXCLUDE
+                    PATTERN "*~" EXCLUDE
+                    PATTERN "*#" EXCLUDE
+                )
+            else()
+                install(DIRECTORY HelpSource
+                    DESTINATION ${auxresourcesdir}
+                    PATTERN "*~" EXCLUDE
+                    PATTERN "*#" EXCLUDE
+                )
+            endif()
+        else()
+            install(DIRECTORY HelpSource
+                DESTINATION ${auxresourcesdir}
+                PATTERN "*~" EXCLUDE
+                PATTERN "*#" EXCLUDE
+            )
+        endif()
+    endif()
 endif()