deb-postrm
Section: dpkg suite (5)
Updated: 1970-01-01
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NAME
deb-postrm - package post-removal maintainer script
SYNOPSIS
DEBIAN/postrm
DESCRIPTION
A package can perform several post-removal actions via maintainer
scripts, by including an executable
postrm file in its control
archive (i.e.
DEBIAN/postrm during package creation).
The script can be called in the following ways:
- postrm remove
-
After the package was removed.
- postrm purge
-
After the package was purged.
- old-postrm upgrade new-version
-
After the package was upgraded.
- new-postrm failed-upgrade old-version new-version
-
If the above upgrade call fails.
- postrm disappear overwriter-package overwriter-version
-
After all of the packages files have been replaced.
- new-postrm abort-install
-
If preinst fails during install.
- new-postrm abort-install old-version new-version
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If preinst fails during upgrade of removed package.
- new-postrm abort-upgrade old-version new-version
-
If preinst fails during upgrade.
SEE ALSO
dpkg(1).