dh_installdeb

install files into the DEBIAN directory

Synopsis

dh_installdeb [debhelper options]

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description

dh_installdeb is a debhelper program that is responsible for installing files into the DEBIAN directories in package build directories with the correct permissions.

files

package.postinst
package.preinst
package.postrm
package.prerm

These maintainer scripts are installed into the DEBIAN directory.

Inside the scripts, the token #DEBHELPER# is replaced with shell script snippets generated by other debhelper commands.

package.triggers
package.shlibs

These control files are installed into the DEBIAN directory.

package.conffiles

This control file will be installed into the DEBIAN directory.

In v3 compatibility mode and higher, all files in the etc/ directory in a package will automatically be flagged as conffiles by this program, so there is no need to list them manually here.

package.maintscript

Lines in this file correspond to dpkg-maintscript-helper(1) commands and parameters. Any shell metacharacters will be escaped, so arbitrary shell code cannot be inserted here. For example, a line such as "mv_conffile /etc/oldconffile /etc/newconffile" will insert maintainer script snippets into all maintainer scripts sufficient to move that conffile.

A versioned Pre-Dependency on dpkg is needed to use dpkg-maintscript-helper(1). An appropriate Pre-Dependency is set in ${misc:Pre-Depends} ; you should make sure to put that token into an appropriate place in your debian/control file.

see also

debhelper

This program is a part of debhelper.

author

Joey Hess <joeyh[:at:]debian[:dot:]org>