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deb-postinst(5) 		   dpkg suite			 deb-postinst(5)

NAME
     deb-postinst - package post-installation maintainer script

SYNOPSIS
     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.

     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).

1.19.8				   2022-05-24			 deb-postinst(5)

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