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,…
dh_link – create symlinks in package build directories Synopsisdh_link [debhelper options] [-A] [-Xitem] [source destination …] Descriptiondh_link is a debhelper program that creates symlinks in package build directories. dh_link accepts a list of pairs of source and destination files. The source files are the already existing files that will be symlinked from (called target by ln(1)). The destination…
dh_installxmlcatalogs – install and register XML catalog files Synopsisdh_installxmlcatalogs [debhelper options] [-n] Descriptiondh_installxmlcatalogs is a debhelper program that installs and registers XML catalog files. It complies with the Debian XML/SGML policy. The file debian/package.xmlcatalogs lists the local XML catalog files to be installed per package as well as the XML entities in those local XML…
dh_installxfonts – register X fonts Synopsisdh_installxfonts [debhelper options] Descriptiondh_installxfonts is a debhelper program that is responsible for registering X fonts, so their corresponding fonts.dir, fonts.alias, and fonts.scale be rebuilt properly at install time. Before calling this program, you should have installed any X fonts provided by your package into the appropriate location in the package build…
dh_installwm – register a window manager Synopsisdh_installwm [debhelper options] [-n] [–priority=n] [wm …] Descriptiondh_installwm is a debhelper program that is responsible for generating the postinst and prerm commands that register a window manager with update-alternatives(8). The window manager’s man page is also registered as a slave symlink (in v6 mode and up). It must be installed in…
dh_installudev – install udev rules files Synopsisdh_installudev [debhelper options] [-n] [–name=name] [–priority=priority] Descriptiondh_installudev is a debhelper program that is responsible for installing udev rules files. Filesdebian/package.udev Installed into lib/udev/rules.d/ in the package build directory.Options–name=name When this parameter is used, dh_installudev looks for and installs files named debian/package.name.udev instead of the usual debian/package.udev. –priority=priority Sets the priority…
dh_installtex – register Type 1 fonts, hyphenation patterns, or formats with TeX Synopsisdh_installtex [debhelper options] [-n] [–flavor=flavor[,flavor]] [map=MixedMap,file.map] [map=Map,file.map] [map=KanjiMap,file.map] [mapfile=file.cfg] [hyphen=lang,file[,lhm=n][,rhm=n][,synonym=syn,…]] [hyphenfile=file.cnf] [format=format,engine,hyphenfile,rest args] [formatfile=file.cnf] Descriptiondh_installtex is a debhelper program that is responsible for updating the ls-R databases, registering map files, new formats, and new hyphenation patterns with TeX. Your package should depend on…
dh_installsystemd – install systemd unit files Synopsisdh_installsystemd [debhelper options] [–restart-after-upgrade] [–no-stop-on-upgrade] [–no-enable] [–name=name] [unit file …] Descriptiondh_installsystemd is a debhelper program that is responsible for enabling, disabling, starting, stopping and restarting systemd unit files. In the simple case, it finds all unit files installed by a package (e.g. bacula-fd.service) and enables them. It is not necessary that the…
dh_installppp – install ppp ip-up and ip-down files Synopsisdh_installppp [debhelper options] [–name=name] Descriptiondh_installppp is a debhelper program that is responsible for installing ppp ip-up and ip-down scripts into package build directories. Filesdebian/package.ppp.ip-up Installed into etc/ppp/ip-up.d/package in the package build directory. debian/package.ppp.ip-down Installed into etc/ppp/ip-down.d/package in the package build directory.Options–name=name Look for files named debian/package.name.ppp.ip-* and install…