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<H1>deb-postinst</H1>
Section: dpkg suite (5)<BR>Updated: 2020-03-23<BR><A HREF="#index">Index</A>
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<H2>NAME</H2>
deb-postinst - package post-installation maintainer script
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<H2>SYNOPSIS</H2>
postinst
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<H2>DESCRIPTION</H2>
A package can perform several post-installation actions via maintainer
scripts, by including an executable <I>postinst</I> file in its control
archive (i.e. <I>DEBIAN/postinst</I> during package creation).
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The script can be called in the following ways:
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<DT id="1"><I>postinst</I> <B>configure</B> <I>old-version</I><DD>
After the package was installed.
<DT id="2"><I>postinst</I> <B>triggered</B> <I>trigger-name...</I><DD>
After the package was triggered.
<DT id="3"><I>old-postinst</I> <B>abort-upgrade</B> <I>new-version</I><DD>
If <I>prerm</I> fails during upgrade or fails on failed upgrade.
<DT id="4"><I>old-postinst</I> <B>abort-remove</B><DD>
If <I>prerm</I> fails during removal.
<DT id="5"><I>postinst</I> <B>abort-deconfigure in-favour</B> <I>new-package new-version</I><DD>
<BR>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;[&nbsp;<B>removing</B>&nbsp;<I>old-package&nbsp;old-version</I>&nbsp;]
If <I>prerm</I> fails during deconfiguration of a package.
<DT id="6"><I>postinst</I> <B>abort-remove in-favour</B> <I>new-package new-version</I><DD>
If <I>prerm</I> fails during replacement due to conflict.
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<H2>SEE ALSO</H2>
<B><A HREF="/cgi-bin/man/man2html?1+dpkg">dpkg</A></B>(1).
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