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<H1>deb-prerm</H1>
Section: dpkg suite (5)<BR>Updated: 2020-03-23<BR><A HREF="#index">Index</A>
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<H2>NAME</H2>
deb-prerm - package pre-removal maintainer script
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<H2>SYNOPSIS</H2>
prerm
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<H2>DESCRIPTION</H2>
A package can perform several pre-removal actions via maintainer
scripts, by including an executable <I>prerm</I> file in its control
archive (i.e. <I>DEBIAN/prerm</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>prerm</I> <B>remove</B><DD>
Before the package is removed.
<DT id="2"><I>old-prerm</I> <B>upgrade</B> <I>new-version</I><DD>
Before an upgrade.
<DT id="3"><I>new-prerm</I> <B>failed-upgrade</B> <I>old-version new-version</I><DD>
If the above <B>upgrade</B> fails.
<DT id="4"><I>prerm</I> <B>deconfigure in-favour</B> <I>new-package new-version</I><DD>
<BR>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;[&nbsp;<B>removing</B>&nbsp;<I>old-package&nbsp;old-version</I>&nbsp;]
Before package is deconfigured while dependency is replaced due to conflict.
<DT id="5"><I>prerm</I> <B>remove in-favour</B> <I>new-package new-version</I><DD>
Before the package is replaced 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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<DT id="7"><A HREF="#lbAC">SYNOPSIS</A><DD>
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