deb-postinst
Section: dpkg suite (5)
Updated: 1970-01-01
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NAME
deb-postinst - package post-installation maintainer script
SYNOPSIS
DEBIAN/postinst
DESCRIPTION
A package can perform several post-installation actions via maintainer
scripts, by including an executable
postinst file in its control
archive (i.e.
DEBIAN/postinst during package creation).
The script can be called in the following ways:
- postinst configure old-version
-
After the package was installed.
- postinst triggered "trigger-name..."
-
After the package was triggered.
The list of space-separated trigger-names is passed as the second
argument.
- old-postinst abort-upgrade new-version
-
If prerm fails during upgrade or fails on failed upgrade.
- old-postinst abort-remove
-
If prerm fails during removal.
- postinst abort-deconfigure in-favour new-package new-version
-
- [ removing old-package old-version ]
-
If prerm fails during deconfiguration of a package.
- postinst abort-remove in-favour new-package new-version
-
If prerm fails during replacement due to conflict.
SEE ALSO
dpkg(1).