dh_gencontrol – generate and install control file Synopsisdh_gencontrol [debhelper options] [— params] Descriptiondh_gencontrol is a debhelper program that is responsible for generating control files, and installing them into the DEBIAN directory with the proper permissions. This program is merely a wrapper around dpkg-gencontrol(1), which calls it once for each package being acted on (plus related dbgsym packages),…
dh_gconf – install GConf defaults files and register schemas Synopsisdh_gconf [debhelper options] [–priority=priority] Descriptiondh_gconf is a debhelper program that is responsible for installing GConf defaults files and registering GConf schemas. An appropriate dependency on gconf2 will be generated in ${misc:Depends}. Filesdebian/package.gconf-defaults Installed into usr/share/gconf/defaults/10_package in the package build directory, with package replaced by the package name….
dh_fixperms – fix permissions of files in package build directories Synopsisdh_fixperms [debhelper options] [-Xitem] Descriptiondh_fixperms is a debhelper program that is responsible for setting the permissions of files and directories in package build directories to a sane state — a state that complies with Debian policy. dh_fixperms makes all files in usr/share/doc in the package build…
dh_dwz – optimize DWARF debug information in ELF binaries via dwz Synopsisdh_dwz [debhelper options] [-Xitem] [— params] DescriptionCaveat: This tool is experimental and may disappear or change behaviour without any notice. dh_dwz is a debhelper program that will optimize the (uncompressed) size of the DWARF debug information in ELF binaries. It does so by running dwz(1) on…
dh_doxygen – helps with packaging doxygen-generated documentation Synopsisdh_doxygen [debhelper options] [-Xitem] [directory…] Descriptiondh_doxygen is a debhelper program that prepares doxygen-generated documentation for inclusion in a Debian package. More specifically: • It removes *.md5 and *.map files. These are created by doxygen to speed up incremental runs.Optionsdirectory By default, dh_doxygen scans your package looking for directories…
dh_dkms – correctly handle DKMS usage by a kernel module package Synopsisdh_dkms [debhelper options] [-l] [-V[version]] [— file] Descriptiondh_dkms is a debhelper program that is responsible for correctly setting postinst, postrm and dependencies in kernel module packages using DKMS. If a file named debian/package.dkms exists, then different actions are performed, depending on its contents. Filesdebian/package.dkms debian/dkms…
dh_desktop – deprecated no-op Synopsisdh_desktop [debhelper options] Descriptiondh_desktop was a debhelper program that registers .desktop files. However, it no longer does anything, and is now deprecated. If a package ships desktop files, they just need to be installed in the correct location (/usr/share/applications) and they will be registered by the appropriate tools for the corresponding…
dh_compress – compress files and fix symlinks in package build directories Synopsisdh_compress [debhelper options] [-Xitem] [-A] [file …] Descriptiondh_compress is a debhelper program that is responsible for compressing the files in package build directories, and makes sure that any symlinks that pointed to the files before they were compressed are updated to point to the new files….
dh_clean – clean up package build directories Synopsisdh_clean [debhelper options] [-k] [-d] [-Xitem] [path …] Descriptiondh_clean is a debhelper program that is responsible for cleaning up after a package is built. It removes the package build directories, and removes some other files including debian/files, and any detritus left behind by other debhelper commands. It also removes common…
dh_builddeb – build Debian binary packages Synopsisdh_builddeb [debhelper options] [–destdir=directory] [–filename=name] [— params] Descriptiondh_builddeb simply calls dpkg-deb(1) to build a Debian package or packages. It will also build dbgsym packages when dh_strip(1) and dh_gencontrol(1) have prepared them. It supports building multiple binary packages in parallel, when enabled by DEB_BUILD_OPTIONS. When the Rules-Requires-Root field is not (effectively) binary-targets,…
dh_bugfiles – install bug reporting customization files into package build directories Synopsisdh_bugfiles [-A] [debhelper options] Descriptiondh_bugfiles is a debhelper program that is responsible for installing bug reporting customization files (bug scripts and/or bug control files and/or presubj files) into package build directories. Filesdebian/package.bug-script This is the script to be run by the bug reporting program for…
dh_bash-completion – install bash completions for package Synopsisdh_bash-completion [debhelper options] Descriptiondh_bash-completion is a debhelper program that is responsible for installing completions for bash, usable installing the “bash-completion” package. If a file named debian/package.bash-completion exists, then different actions are performed, depending on its format. It can be a proper completion snippet, and in that case it…
dh_autotools-dev_updateconfig – update config.sub and config.guess Synopsisdh_autotools-dev_updateconfig [debhelper options] DescriptionDeprecated: dh_autotools-dev_updateconfig and dh_autotools-dev_restoreconfig are deprecated and replaced by dh_update_autotools_config(1) and dh_clean(1) from debhelper. Please replace all uses of dh_autotools-dev_updateconfig with dh_update_autotools_config and then remove any use of dh_autotools-dev_restoreconfig. dh_autotools-dev_updateconfig replaces all occurrences of config.sub and config.guess in the source tree by the up-to-date versions found…
dh_autotools-dev_restoreconfig – restore config.sub and config.guess Synopsisdh_autotools-dev_restoreconfig [debhelper options] DescriptionDeprecated: dh_autotools-dev_updateconfig and dh_autotools-dev_restoreconfig are deprecated and replaced by dh_update_autotools_config(1) and dh_clean(1) from debhelper. Please replace all uses of dh_autotools-dev_updateconfig with dh_update_autotools_config and then remove any use of dh_autotools-dev_restoreconfig. dh_autotools-dev_restoreconfig restores the original config.sub and config.guess files that have been backed up by dh_autotools-dev_updateconfig under the…
dh_autoreconf_clean – Clean all changes made by dh_autoreconf Synopsisdh_autoreconf_clean [debhelper options] Descriptiondh_autoreconf_clean removes all files which have been created or changed during the autoreconf call executed by dh_autoreconf(1). It also reverts any ltmain.sh patch applied by dh_autoreconf. See Alsodebhelper(7), dh_autoreconf(1), dh-autoreconf(7) AuthorJulian Andres Klode <jak [at] debian.org>
dh_autoreconf – Call autoreconf -f -i and keep track of the changed files. Synopsisdh_autoreconf [debhelper options] [-Xitem] [–mode=mode] [program — params] Descriptiondh_autoreconf is responsible for calling autoreconf and creating the files debian/autoreconf.before and debian/autoreconf.after which contain checksums of all files before/after the build. It is complemented by dh_autoreconf_clean which creates a list of all changed and added…
dh_auto_test – automatically runs a package’s test suites Synopsisdh_auto_test [build system options] [debhelper options] [— params] Descriptiondh_auto_test is a debhelper program that tries to automatically run a package’s test suite. It does so by running the appropriate command for the build system it detects the package uses. For example, if there’s a Makefile and it contains a test or…
dh_auto_install – automatically runs make install or similar Synopsisdh_auto_install [build system options] [debhelper options] [— params] Descriptiondh_auto_install is a debhelper program that tries to automatically install built files. It does so by running the appropriate command for the build system it detects the package uses. For example, if there’s a Makefile and it contains a install target, then this…
dh_auto_configure – automatically configure a package prior to building Synopsisdh_auto_configure [build system options] [debhelper options] [— params] Descriptiondh_auto_configure is a debhelper program that tries to automatically configure a package prior to building. It does so by running the appropriate command for the build system it detects the package uses. For example, it looks for and runs a ./configure script,…
dh_auto_clean – automatically cleans up after a build Synopsisdh_auto_clean [build system options] [debhelper options] [— params] Descriptiondh_auto_clean is a debhelper program that tries to automatically clean up after a package build. It does so by running the appropriate command for the build system it detects the package uses. For example, if there’s a Makefile and it contains a distclean,…