dh_strip – strip executables, shared libraries, and some static libraries Synopsisdh_strip [debhelper options] [-Xitem] [–dbg-package=package] [–keep-debug] Descriptiondh_strip is a debhelper program that is responsible for stripping executables, shared libraries, and static libraries that are not used for debugging. This program examines your package build directories and works out what to strip on its own. It uses…
dh_shlibdeps – calculate shared library dependencies Synopsisdh_shlibdeps [debhelper options] [-Lpackage] [-ldirectory] [-Xitem] [— params] Descriptiondh_shlibdeps is a debhelper program that is responsible for calculating shared library dependencies for packages. This program is merely a wrapper around dpkg-shlibdeps(1) that calls it once for each package listed in the control file, passing it a list of ELF executables and…
dh_scrollkeeper – deprecated no-op Synopsisdh_scrollkeeper [debhelper options] [-n] [directory] Descriptiondh_scrollkeeper was a debhelper program that handled registering OMF files for ScrollKeeper. However, it no longer does anything, and is now deprecated. See Alsodebhelper This program is a part of debhelper. AuthorRoss Burton <ross [at] burtonini.com>
dh_scour – run scour optimizer on shipped SVG files Synopsisdh_scour [debhelper options] [— params] Descriptiondh_scour is a debhelper program that will run the scour SVG image scrubber on all shipped SVG files. Options— params Pass “params” to scour(1). By default, no extra arguments are passed.See Alsodebhelper AuthorMartin Pitt <martin.pitt [at] ubuntu.com>
dh_python3 – calculates Python dependencies, adds maintainer scripts to byte compile files, etc. Synopsisdh_python3 -p PACKAGE [-V [X.Y][-][A.B]] DIR [-X REGEXPR] DescriptionQuick Guide For Maintainers• if necessary, describe supported Python 3 versions via X-Python3-Version field in debian/control, • build depend on dh-python • build-depend on python3 or python3-all or python3-all-dev, • build module/application using its…
dh_python2 – calculates Python dependencies, adds maintainer scripts to byte compile files, etc. Synopsisdh_python2 -p PACKAGE [-V [X.Y][-][A.B]] DIR_OR_FILE [-X REGEXPR] DescriptionQuick Guide For Maintainers• if necessary, describe supported Python versions via X-Python-Version field in debian/control, • build-depend on python or python-all or python-all-dev (>= 2.6.6-3~), • build module/application using its standard build system, remember…
dh_pysupport – use the python-support framework to handle Python modules Synopsisdh_pysupport [debhelper options] [-V X.Y] [-X item […]] [-n] [module dirs …] Descriptiondh_pysupport is a debhelper program that will scan your package, detect public modules in /usr/lib/pythonX.Y/site-packages, and move them to the shared Python modules location. It will generate appropriate postinst/prerm scripts to byte-compile modules…
dh_pypy – calculates PyPy dependencies, adds maintainer scripts to byte compile files, etc. Synopsisdh_pypy -p PACKAGE [-V [X.Y][-][A.B]] DIR [-X REGEXPR] DescriptionQuick Guide For Maintainers• build-depend on pypy and dh-python, • add ${pypy:Depends} to Depends • build module/application using its standard build system, • install files to the standard locations, • add pypy to dh’s…
dh_pycentral – use the python-central framework to handle Python modules and extensions Synopsisdh_pycentral [debhelper options] [-n] [-Xitem] [-V version] [module dirs …] Descriptiondh_pycentral is a debhelper program that will scan your package, detect public Python modules and move them in /usr/share/pycentral so that python-central can byte-compile those for all supported Python versions. Extensions are kept…
dh_prep – perform cleanups in preparation for building a binary package Synopsisdh_prep [debhelper options] [-Xitem] Descriptiondh_prep is a debhelper program that performs some file cleanups in preparation for building a binary package. (This is what dh_clean -k used to do.) It removes the package build directories, debian/tmp, and some temp files that are generated when building…
dh_perl_openssl – add dependencies required for OpenSSL modules Synopsisdh_perl_openssl [debhelper options] Descriptiondh_perl_openssl is a debhelper program that is responsible for adding a dependency on perl-openssl-abi-* to the ${perl:Depends} substitution variable. Such a dependency is needed for packages that expose the OpenSSL binary interface to Perl code, such as pointers to "SSL_CTX" structs. A debhelper addon…
dh_perl – calculates Perl dependencies and cleans up after MakeMaker Synopsisdh_perl [debhelper options] [-d] [library dirs …] Descriptiondh_perl is a debhelper program that is responsible for generating the ${perl:Depends} substitutions and adding them to substvars files. The program will look at Perl scripts and modules in your package, and will use this information to generate a dependency on…
dh_numpy – adds Numpy depends to python:Depends substvar Synopsisdh_numpy [debhelper options] Descriptiondh_numpy adds information about the correct versioned depends on python-numpy to python:Depends substvar. This is needed because some Python extensions require strict versioned depends on python-numpy, and using this helper script is the easiest and most consistent way to get them. The helper script…
dh_nodejs – set nodejs dependencies Synopsisdh_nodejs [debhelper options] Descriptiondh_nodejs is a debhelper program that is responsible for generating appropriate dependencies on nodejs. The dependency on nodejs will be generated in ${misc:Depends}. See Alsodebhelper(7) This program is a part of nodejs-dev. AuthorJonas Smedegaard <dr [at] jones.dk>
dh_movefiles – move files out of debian/tmp into subpackages Synopsisdh_movefiles [debhelper options] [–sourcedir=dir] [-Xitem] [file …] Descriptiondh_movefiles is a debhelper program that is responsible for moving files out of debian/tmp or some other directory and into other package build directories. This may be useful if your package has a Makefile that installs everything into debian/tmp, and you…
dh_missing – check for missing files Synopsisdh_missing [-Xitem] [–sourcedir=dir] [debhelper options] Descriptiondh_missing compares the list of installed files with the files in the source directory. If any of the files (and symlinks) in the source directory were not installed to somewhere, it will warn on stderr about that (–list-missing) or fail (–fail-missing). Please note that without…
dh_md5sums – generate DEBIAN/md5sums file Synopsisdh_md5sums [debhelper options] [-x] [-Xitem] [–include-conffiles] Descriptiondh_md5sums is a debhelper program that is responsible for generating a DEBIAN/md5sums file, which lists the md5sums of each file in the package. These files are used by dpkg –verify or the debsums(1) program. All files in DEBIAN/ are omitted from the md5sums file, as…
dh_makeshlibs – automatically create shlibs file and call dpkg-gensymbols Synopsisdh_makeshlibs [debhelper options] [-mmajor] [-V[dependencies]] [-n] [-Xitem] [— params] Descriptiondh_makeshlibs is a debhelper program that automatically scans for shared libraries, and generates a shlibs file for the libraries it finds. It will also ensure that ldconfig is invoked during install and removal when it finds shared libraries. Since…
dh_listpackages – list binary packages debhelper will act on Synopsisdh_listpackages [debhelper options] Descriptiondh_listpackages is a debhelper program that outputs a list of all binary packages debhelper commands will act on. If you pass it some options, it will change the list to match the packages other debhelper commands would act on if passed the same options….
dh_lintian – install lintian override files into package build directories Synopsisdh_lintian [debhelper options] Descriptiondh_lintian is a debhelper program that is responsible for installing override files used by lintian into package build directories. Filesdebian/package.lintian-overrides Installed into usr/share/lintian/overrides/package in the package build directory. This file is used to suppress erroneous lintian diagnostics. debian/source/lintian-overrides These files are not installed,…