The Linux Manuals (man pages) document is an important part of Linux documents. Linux Manuals are organized as several sections. Each section has a group of commands for a specific area in Linux usage, administration or development.
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…
dh_installpam – install pam support files Synopsisdh_installpam [debhelper options] [–name=name] Descriptiondh_installpam is a debhelper program that is responsible for installing files used by PAM into package build directories. Filesdebian/package.pam Installed into etc/pam.d/package in the package build directory.Options–name=name Look for files named debian/package.name.pam and install them as etc/pam.d/name, instead of using the usual files and installing them…
dh_installmodules – register kernel modules Synopsisdh_installmodules [debhelper options] [-n] [–name=name] Descriptiondh_installmodules is a debhelper program that is responsible for registering kernel modules. Kernel modules are searched for in the package build directory and if found, preinst, postinst and postrm commands are automatically generated to run depmod and register the modules when the package is installed. These…
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…