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<H1>deb-postrm</H1>
Section: dpkg suite (5)<BR>Updated: 2020-03-23<BR><A HREF="#index">Index</A>
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<H2>NAME</H2>
deb-postrm - package post-removal maintainer script
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<H2>SYNOPSIS</H2>
postrm
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<H2>DESCRIPTION</H2>
A package can perform several post-removal actions via maintainer
scripts, by including an executable <I>postrm</I> file in its control
archive (i.e. <I>DEBIAN/postrm</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>postrm</I> <B>remove</B><DD>
After the package was removed.
<DT id="2"><I>postrm</I> <B>purge</B><DD>
After the package was purged.
<DT id="3"><I>old-postrm</I> <B>upgrade</B> <I>new-version</I><DD>
After the package was upgraded.
<DT id="4"><I>new-postrm </I><B>failed-upgrade</B> <I>old-version new-version</I><DD>
If the above <B>upgrade</B> call fails.
<DT id="5"><I>postrm</I> <B>disappear</B> <I>overwriter-package</I> <I>overwriter-version</I><DD>
After all of the packages files have been replaced.
<DT id="6"><I>new-postrm</I> <B>abort-install</B><DD>
If <I>preinst</I> fails during install.
<DT id="7"><I>new-postrm</I> <B>abort-install</B> <I>old-version new-version</I><DD>
If <I>preinst</I> fails during upgrade of removed package.
<DT id="8"><I>new-postrm</I> <B>abort-upgrade</B> <I>old-version new-version</I><DD>
If <I>preinst</I> fails during upgrade.
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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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<DT id="9"><A HREF="#lbAB">NAME</A><DD>
<DT id="10"><A HREF="#lbAC">SYNOPSIS</A><DD>
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