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dh_installmime – install mime files into package build directories Synopsisdh_installmime [debhelper options] Descriptiondh_installmime is a debhelper program that is responsible for installing mime files into package build directories. Filesdebian/package.mime Installed into usr/lib/mime/packages/package in the package build directory. debian/package.sharedmimeinfo Installed into /usr/share/mime/packages/package.xml in the package build directory.See Alsodebhelper(7) This program is a part of debhelper. AuthorJoey Hess…

dh_installmenu – install Debian menu files into package build directories Synopsisdh_installmenu [debhelper options] [-n] Descriptiondh_installmenu is a debhelper program that is responsible for installing files used by the Debian menu package into package build directories. It also automatically generates the postinst and postrm commands needed to interface with the Debian menu package. These commands are inserted…

dh_installmanpages – old-style man page installer (deprecated) Synopsisdh_installmanpages [debhelper options] [file …] Descriptiondh_installmanpages is a debhelper program that is responsible for automatically installing man pages into usr/share/man/ in package build directories. This is a DWIM-style program, with an interface unlike the rest of debhelper. It is deprecated, and you are encouraged to use dh_installman(1) instead. dh_installmanpages scans…

dh_installman – install man pages into package build directories Synopsisdh_installman [debhelper options] [manpage …] Descriptiondh_installman is a debhelper program that handles installing man pages into the correct locations in package build directories. In compat 10 and earlier, this program was primarily for when upstream’s build system does not properly install them as a part of its install…

dh_installlogrotate – install logrotate config files Synopsisdh_installlogrotate [debhelper options] [–name=name] Descriptiondh_installlogrotate is a debhelper program that is responsible for installing logrotate config files into etc/logrotate.d in package build directories. Files named debian/package.logrotate are installed. Options–name=name Look for files named debian/package.name.logrotate and install them as etc/logrotate.d/name, instead of using the usual files and installing them as the…

dh_installlogcheck – install logcheck rulefiles into etc/logcheck/ Synopsisdh_installlogcheck [debhelper options] Descriptiondh_installlogcheck is a debhelper program that is responsible for installing logcheck rule files. Filesdebian/package.logcheck.cracking debian/package.logcheck.violations debian/package.logcheck.violations.ignore debian/package.logcheck.ignore.workstation debian/package.logcheck.ignore.server debian/package.logcheck.ignore.paranoid Each of these files, if present, are installed into corresponding subdirectories of etc/logcheck/ in package build directories.Options–name=name Look for files named debian/package.name.logcheck.* and install them into the…

dh_installinit – install service init files into package build directories Synopsisdh_installinit [debhelper options] [–name=name] [-n] [-R] [-r] [-d] [— params] Descriptiondh_installinit is a debhelper program that is responsible for installing init scripts with associated defaults files. In compatibility levels up to 11, dh_installinit also handled upstart job files and systemd service files. It also automatically generates the…

dh_installinfo – install info files Synopsisdh_installinfo [debhelper options] [-A] [file …] Descriptiondh_installinfo is a debhelper program that is responsible for installing info files into usr/share/info in the package build directory. From debhelper compatibility level 11 on, dh_install will fall back to looking in debian/tmp for files, if it does not find them in the current directory (or…

dh_installifupdown – install if-up and if-down hooks Synopsisdh_installifupdown [debhelper options] [–name=name] Descriptiondh_installifupdown is a debhelper program that is responsible for installing if-up, if-down, if-pre-up, and if-post-down hook scripts into package build directories. Filesdebian/package.if-up debian/package.if-down debian/package.if-pre-up debian/package.if-post-down These files are installed into etc/network/if-*.d/package in the package build directory.Options–name=name Look for files named debian/package.name.if-* and install them as…

dh_installgsettings – install GSettings overrides and set dependencies Synopsisdh_installgsettings [debhelper options] [–priority=<number>] Descriptiondh_installgsettings is a debhelper program that is responsible for installing GSettings override files and generating appropriate dependencies on the GSettings backend. The dependency on the backend will be generated in ${misc:Depends}. Filesdebian/package.gsettings-override Installed into usr/share/glib-2.0/schemas/10_package.gschema.override in the package build directory, with "package" replaced by…

dh_installexamples – install example files into package build directories Synopsisdh_installexamples [debhelper options] [-A] [-Xitem] [file …] Descriptiondh_installexamples is a debhelper program that is responsible for installing examples into usr/share/doc/package/examples in package build directories. From debhelper compatibility level 11 on, dh_install will fall back to looking in debian/tmp for files, if it does not find them in the…

dh_installemacsen – register an Emacs add on package Synopsisdh_installemacsen [debhelper options] [-n] [–priority=n] [–flavor=foo] Descriptiondh_installemacsen is a debhelper program that is responsible for installing files used by the Debian emacsen-common package into package build directories. It also automatically generates the preinst postinst and prerm commands needed to register a package as an Emacs add on package….

dh_installdocs – install documentation into package build directories Synopsisdh_installdocs [debhelper options] [-A] [-Xitem] [file …] Descriptiondh_installdocs is a debhelper program that is responsible for installing documentation into usr/share/doc/package in package build directories. In compat 10 and earlier, dh_install(1) may be a better tool for handling the upstream documentation, when upstream’s own build system installs all the desired…

dh_installdirs – create subdirectories in package build directories Synopsisdh_installdirs [debhelper options] [-A] [dir …] Descriptiondh_installdirs is a debhelper program that is responsible for creating subdirectories in package build directories. Many packages can get away with omitting the call to dh_installdirs completely. Notably, other dh_* commands are expected to create directories as needed. Filesdebian/package.dirs Lists directories to be…

dh_installdebconf – install files used by debconf in package build directories Synopsisdh_installdebconf [debhelper options] [-n] [— params] Descriptiondh_installdebconf is a debhelper program that is responsible for installing files used by debconf into package build directories. It also automatically generates the postrm commands needed to interface with debconf. The commands are added to the maintainer scripts by dh_installdeb….

dh_installdeb – install files into the DEBIAN directory Synopsisdh_installdeb [debhelper options] Descriptiondh_installdeb is a debhelper program that is responsible for installing files into the DEBIAN directories in package build directories with the correct permissions. Filespackage.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…

dh_installcron – install cron scripts into etc/cron.* Synopsisdh_installcron [debhelper options] [–name=name] Descriptiondh_installcron is a debhelper program that is responsible for installing cron scripts. Filesdebian/package.cron.daily debian/package.cron.weekly debian/package.cron.monthly debian/package.cron.hourly debian/package.cron.d Installed into the appropriate etc/cron.*/ directory in the package build directory.Options–name=name Look for files named debian/package.name.cron.* and install them as etc/cron.*/name, instead of using the usual files and…

dh_installchangelogs – install changelogs into package build directories Synopsisdh_installchangelogs [debhelper options] [-k] [-Xitem] [upstream] Descriptiondh_installchangelogs is a debhelper program that is responsible for installing changelogs into package build directories. An upstream changelog file may be specified as an option. If there is an upstream changelog file, it will be installed as usr/share/doc/package/changelog in the package build…

dh_installcatalogs – install and register SGML Catalogs Synopsisdh_installcatalogs [debhelper options] [-n] Descriptiondh_installcatalogs is a debhelper program that installs and registers SGML catalogs. It complies with the Debian XML/SGML policy. Catalogs will be registered in a supercatalog, in /etc/sgml/package.cat. This command automatically adds maintainer script snippets for registering and unregistering the catalogs and supercatalogs (unless -n is…

dh_install – install files into package build directories Synopsisdh_install [-Xitem] [–autodest] [–sourcedir=dir] [debhelper options] [file|dir … destdir] Descriptiondh_install is a debhelper program that handles installing files into package build directories. There are many dh_install* commands that handle installing specific types of files such as documentation, examples, man pages, and so on, and they should be used when possible…